Region 2 Conference
Registration for the Region 2 Conference is $50 for students and $60 for pros. Lunch only is $37.
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The event starts with a reception Friday evening, March 31. Registration opens Saturday, April 1, at 8:45 a.m., followed by a full day of breakout sessions. Mark of Excellence Awards will be presented at the conference luncheon. For information contact Region 2 Coordinator Stephenie Overman.
Washington Post enterprise video reporter and on-air correspondent Joyce Koh will be this year’s keynote speaker April 1 at SPJ’s Region 2 Conference.
The conference, which will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park, also features the Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards.
The conference will kick off March 31 with an evening reception. Saturday sessions will include “How (or Whether) to Use AI/ChatGPT in Reporting” and “Mining the Trade Journalism Job Market.”
Bonnie Newman Davis will lead a panel on “Fighting to be Heard.” Davis is managing editor of the Richmond Free Press and author of “Truth Tellers: The Power and Presence of Black Women Journalists Since 1960.”
Koh, an alumna of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has covered the war in Ukraine, the 2020 presidential campaign, police brutality protests following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the Trump administration, and the national opioid crisis. Prior to working at the Post, she covered the South Carolina state house as a television reporter.