Free and Open to the Public!
Sponsored by the Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May 10-11, 2005

SCHEDULE
tentative schedule -- subject to change

1. Tuesday, May 10, Foellinger Auditorium. 5-6:30 PM Seymour Hersh, Keynote address. MillerComm

2. Tuesday May 10, Foellinger Auditorium. Opening Plenary 7:30-9:30PM
Host: Bob McChesney
Opening Welcome: Chancellor Richard Herman
Speakers: Amy Goodman, Rep. Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein

3. Wednesday, May 11, Krannert. Festival Theater 9:00AM-10:30AM
Moderator: Dean Ron Yates
Speakers: Seymour Hersh, Danny Goldberg (Air America), Linda Foley (president, Newspaper Guild), Orville Schell (UC-Berkeley)

4. Wednesday, May 11, Krannert. Festival Theater 10:45AM-12:15PM
Moderator: Professor Bruce Williams
Speakers: Phil Donahue, John Nichols, Naomi Klein

12:30-1:30 workshop: Creating Alternative Media: Examples from Champaign-Urbana

5. Wednesday, May 11, Krannert Festival Theater. 1:45-3:15
Moderator: Prof. Angharad Valdivia
Speakers: Len Hill, Dennis Swanson (Viacom), Paul Jay, Roberta Baskin (Center for Public Integrity)

6. Wednesday, May 11, Krannert Festival Theater. 3:30-5:00
Moderator: Prof. Dan Schiller
Speakers: Ben Scott (Free Press), Amy Goodman, Bill Fletcher