Knight-Civic Hall Symposium on Tech, Politics, and the Media: Member Invite

Knight Foundation and Civic Hall cordially invite you to their post-election convening on tech, politics, and the media. Join leaders in the field and Knight grantees for a day of thought-provoking panels and discussions unpacking what happened in this election. How did online platforms affect the way Americans get and perceive information? How can we improve civic participation and voting to get out the 44% who didn't vote? How can journalists better report and listen across geographies, data, and perspectives? What role did technology play in the election? This event is invite only to ensure focused participation and collaboration.

Civic Hall is releasing a limited number of tickets to Civic Hall members on a first come first serve basis. Please RSVP as soon as possible as tickets are limited.

The agenda for the day is below:

8:30 AM -- Light Breakfast

9:00 AM -- Opening Remarks

9:30 AM -- Listening Deeply: How can journalists do a better job of reporting the whole picture? How can pollsters improve their work? What roles do data, story-telling, and geography have in reporting? How can media organizations listen beyond the echo chamber?

• Amalie Nash - USA Today
• Nate Silver - 538
• Sally Buzbee - AP
• Nicco Mele (moderator) - Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center

10:30 AM -- Break

10:45 AM -- How Social Platforms are Reshaping News: How does the online environment affect the information that Americans see and share with each other? What can be done to ensure that people have access to credible sources of information?

• Eli Pariser - Upworthy
• Zeynep Tufekci - University of North Carolina
• Sam Blakeslee - Institute of Advanced Technology and Public Policy, CalPoly
• Brian Stelter - CNN
• Claire Wardle (moderator) - First Draft Coalition

11:45 AM -- Remarks from Anthony Marx, President of the New York Public Library

12:00 Noon -- Lunch

1:30 PM -- Civic Engagement in the 2016 Election: Are there better ways of engaging people in the public arena? What worked in 2016? What didn't? Can we make voting, along with other forms of civic participation, more fun? More valuable?

• Eric Liu - Citizen University
• Seth Flaxman - Democracy Works
• Tiana Epps-Johnson - Center for Technology and Civic Life
• Kate Krontiris - Independent Researcher
• Seamus Kraft (moderator) - OpenGov Foundation

2:30 PM -- The Role of Tech in the Campaign: What can be learned from data-driven targeting of voters? Does psychographic targeting work? What about new methods of scaling volunteer engagement?

• Becky Bond - Bernie Sanders 2016 Campaign
• Mindy Finn - Vice Presidential Candidate with Evan McMullin
• Molly Schweickert - Cambridge Analytica / Donald Trump 2016 Campaign
• Jess Morales Rocketto - Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign
• Nancy Scola (moderator) - Politico

3:30 PM -- Break

3:45 PM -- Freedom of Speech and of the Press: What will be the most significant threats to First Amendment freedoms over the next four years; what are the big questions that will be presented to the courts; and how are the courts likely to answer them?

• Jameel Jaffer - Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University
• Lynn Oberlander - First Look Media
• Floyd Abrams - Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Chris Hughes (moderator) - Knight Foundation

4:45 PM --Closing Remarks

5:00 - 6:00 PM -- Drinks