Conference
New Directions
Learning from the Past—Planning for the Future
New Mexico Press Women
2012 Conference
Friday, May 4-Saturday, May 5, 2012
Marriott Courtyard Santa Fe
3347 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, N.M. 87507
santafecourtyard.com
HOTEL RESERVATION METHOD/DUE DATE: To book a room at the discounted rate, please call Santa Fe Courtyard no later than April 15 at (505) 473-2800. Be sure to ask for the “New Mexico Press Women’s Group Rate.” Credit card information is required at the time reservations are made.
(The discounted rate is $89 for single/double rate for king size bed or double queen. The king suite is available for $118.)
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
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Conference Schedule
Pre-conference Activities
FRIDAY, May 4
4:40 p.m. Travel to downtown Santa Fe. Assemble in lobby for shuttle van downtown or travel downtown in your own car. (Please indicate participation on registration form.)
5-7 p.m. Gallery Art Walk/New Mexico History Museum/New Mexico Museum of Fine Art/Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Take a stroll to art galleries on Palace and Lincoln avenues. Free admission to the museums on Friday night.
7-9 p.m. Dinner with a Local. Groups will meet at their chosen restaurant downtown. Each group will be led by a local member. (Please indicate participation on registration form.) Participants will pay for dinner that night. Options include San Francisco Bar & Grill, Il Piatto, La Plazuela at La Fonda and Tia’s Cocina.
9:15 p.m. Return to the Hotel. Shuttle van and carpools leave downtown. (Please indicate participation on registration form.)
SATURDAY, May 5
Conference Day
8-9 a.m. Breakfast Buffet/Registration Desk Opens.
8:30-10 a.m. NMPW Membership Meeting. Participate in the annual state membership meeting of New Mexico Press Women. Don’t miss the election of new officers.
10:15- 11 a.m. Narrative Nonfiction: Truth in Storytelling. Acclaimed author James McGrath Morris will share some of his tips. In this centennial year, hear how the author brings history to life in his books.
11:15 a.m.-Noon: Real or Fake: Indian Arts at the Crossroads. With the future of traditional arts at stake, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) created the Traditional Arts Ambassadors program. Learn why this has become an economically and culturally critical issue for Native artists from the first two appointed ambassadors: Darryl Begay, Navajo/Dine, and Cippy Crazyhorse, Cochiti Pueblo. Bruce Bernstein, SWAIA executive director, will join Begay and Cippyhorse on a panel moderated by long-time journalist Kay Lockridge.
12:15-1:45 p.m. Zia Awards Luncheon. The top three finalists are honored and the winner will be announced. The category is nonfiction. Book lovers will hear from the authors about their works.
2-3:30 p.m. Social Media: Are You Part of the Conversation? See examples of some of the latest trends and tips from our presenters: Wendy Forbes, a professional consultant on social media; Todd Lovato, managing editor of the dynamic/interactive website SantaFe.com; and award-winning writer Lisa Abeyta, who is the founder of APPCityLife, Inc., a mobile app development company.
3:45-4:30 p.m. Re-inventing yourself for fun and profit. Learn how to create your own job or prepare for your next career move. Hear from two veteran writers, Lesley S. King and Shirley Raye Redmond, who continue to hone their skills to excel in changing times.
5:30 p.m. Scholarship Silent Auction Opens/Cocktail Reception. No host bar. Awards Dinner Registration.
6:30 p.m. Awards Dinner. Buffet Opens.
7:00 p.m. Introduction of Scholarship Winners.
7:30 p.m. Silent Auction Closes.
7:30-8 p.m. The State of the Free Press and What We Can Learn from History.
Journalist and author James McGrath Morris‘s most recent book “Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power” received a starred review in Booklist and accolades from reviewers on Amazon and in the media. Earlier in April, he spoke on Joseph Pulitzer and his legacy at Columbia University and joined a panel discussion for the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Morris’ previous book, “The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism” was selected by The Washington Post as one of Best Nonfiction Books of the Year. His “Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars” was praised as “The most current and comprehensive book available on correctional journalism… a great study of freedom, confinement, communications and several nearly forgotten aspects of penal history.” He is currently at work on a biography of a groundbreaking black woman journalist: “Eye on the Struggle: Ethel L. Payne’s Journey Through the Civil Rights Revolution.”
8-9:30 p.m. Communications Contest Awards Ceremony.
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2012 Conference Bios
Workshop: Narrative Nonfiction: Truth in Storytelling
James McGrath Morris is the author of several nonfiction books, the most recent of which is Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power. His previous book, The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism was selected by The Washington Post as one of Best Nonfiction Books of the Year and was optioned as a film. He is currently at work on Eye on the Struggle: Ethel L. Payne’s Journey Through the Civil Rights Revolution. Morris is the editor of the monthly Biographer’s Craft and executive director of Biographers International Organization (BIO).
Panel: Real or Fake: Indian Arts at the Crossroads
Darryl Dean Begay began creating innovative jewelry based on his Navajo culture in 1997 and has won many awards, including the coveted Best in Show Award at the 2009 Indian Market. Using the techniques of tufa casting and lapidary inlay, Begay has created a definitive niche in the Native art world. He crafts one masterpiece at a time, using only the best material, including his favorite stone, turquoise. Begay often collaborates with his wife, Rebecca, who also is an award-winning jeweler.
Bruce Bernstein became executive director of the Southwest Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) after years of service on its board and as a volunteer, as judge, evaluator and receiver at the SWAIA Market. He is a curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington and was an assistant director for cultural resources at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Bernstein also has been director and chief curator at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) in Santa Fe.
Cippy Crazyhorse has created distinctive silver jewelry in the classic traditional Pueblo (Cochiti) style for more than 35 years and is acknowledged as a Master Silversmith. Employing deep stamp and chisel designs on thick-gauge silver, Crazyhorse crafts a variety of popular jewelry pieces for both everyday wear and display. His work was featured recently in a two-man exhibit at MIAC and is sought after by collectors from all reaches of the globe.
Kay Lockridge has been a reporter, writer and editor for The Associated Press, Business Week, Wall Street Journal and American Banker publications. She has served as a journalism professor at various universities, including Michigan State University. She moved to Santa Fe in 1997 after 24 years in New York City and began writing features—a welcome departure from her long news-writing career—for The Santa Fe New Mexican soon after her arrival in the City Different.
Panel: Social Media: Are You Part of the Conversation?
Lisa Abeyta is founder of APPCityLife, Inc, a mobile-app development company that provides innovative, affordable mobile-marketing solutions for small businesses. APPCityLife was named by VentureBeat as of the top 10 hottest app startups of 2010. An award-winning writer featured in local, regional and national publications, Abeyta previously taught writing classes and provided social-media marketing services to local businesses including the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum.
Wendy Forbes operates a social-media strategy company (www.wendy92.com), based in Albuquerque. Forbes has a broad background in all facets of communications including social media, journalism, public relations, advertising and film. She consults for clients in hospitality, tourism, arts and culture and has become a sought-after social- media speaker and trainer for restaurants, resorts, artists, musicians and tourism groups.
Todd Eric Lovato, a Santa Fe native, is the managing editor of SantaFe.com, where he facilitates some 40 community bloggers, an editorial staff and the web presence of six radio stations, including KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe, Blu 102.9, Talk 1260 KTRC and ESPN 1400. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication & Journalism from the University of New Mexico and an MBA in finance from the College of Santa Fe. Before joining SantaFe.com in April, Lovato’s media experienced included a position as director of public and media relations at Santa Fe Community College. With five New Mexico Music Industry Awards to his name, Todd is also a musician, songwriter and producer with his own independent record label.
Panel: Re-inventing Yourself for Fun and Profit.
Author and speaker Lesley S. King has traveled to exotic places all over the world writing for such publications as The New York Times, Audubon magazine, United Airlines Hemispheres magazine and Frommer’s and Dummies guides. She is author of The Baby Pact, a novel, King of the Road, a book of travel essays, and co-author of By the Way: A Guide to New Mexico’s 25 Scenic Byways. In the virtual publishing world, she has found the freedom to write what she pleases. She blogs to build a following, offers books and courses on her website, and speaks to groups about the new publishing age. Readers can tune into her blog at www.lesleysking.com.
An award-winning nonfiction writer and former columnist for The Santa Fe New Mexican, Shirley Raye Redmond has sold 27 books and over 450 articles to a variety of publications, including The Pacific Stars and Stripes and Cosmopolitan. Two of her nonfiction titles have sold more than 200,000 copies each. Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Random House) was a Children’s Book of the Month Club selection. Pigeon Hero! (Simon and Schuster) won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award. Her most recent title is Fairies: A True Story, about Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cottingley fairy photos.
Keynote: The State of the Free Press and What We Can Learn from History
Journalist and author James McGrath Morris‘s most recent book “Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power” received a starred review in Booklist and accolades from reviewers on Amazon and in the media. Earlier in April, he spoke on Joseph Pulitzer and his legacy at Columbia University and joined a panel discussion for the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Morris’ previous book, “The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism” was selected by The Washington Post as one of Best Nonfiction Books of the Year. His “Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars” was praised as “The most current and comprehensive book available on correctional journalism… a great study of freedom, confinement, communications and several nearly forgotten aspects of penal history.” He is currently at work on a biography of a groundbreaking black woman journalist: “Eye on the Struggle: Ethel L. Payne’s Journey Through the Civil Rights Revolution.”
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Past Keynote Speakers:
- Hank Stuever, award-winning pop culture writer for the Washington Post and author of “Tinsel”
- Diana Washington Valdez, El Paso Times investigative reporter and author of “The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women”
- Doug Fine, journalist, author, humorist and outdoor adventure writer
- Alicia Shepard, author of “Woodward & Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate”
- Karen Jones Meadows, award-winning author, actress and producer
- Susan Seligman, New Mexico Director of the Anti-Defamation League
Past Workshop Topics:
- Blogging
- Social Networking
- Producing Online Video
- Film Making in New Mexico
- Digital Photography
- Getting Images That Tell A Story
- Writing Relationships
- Creating Your Own Niche
- Public Relationships in a Digital Age
- Screenwriting
- Journalists As Authors
- Travel Freelance
- Current events, such as Investigating the Juarez Murders
