RUN OF SHOW

8:30 am: Doors Open

9:00 am: Welcoming Remarks

Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute
Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute

9:10 am: Remarks from Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pascale St-Onge

9:20 am: Panel Discussion: The Road Ahead for Financially Independent and Sustainable News Media

Edward Ongweso, Finance Editor at Logic(s) Magazine and host of This Machine Kills podcast (moderator)
Amy Awad, Director General, Digital and Creative Marketplace Frameworks (Canada)
Regina Brown Wilson, Executive Director, California Black Media
Sanjukta Paul, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

10:15 am: Remarks from California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (video)

10:20 am: Coffee Break

10:35 am: Panel Discussion: Reshaping News Media for a Stronger Democracy,
and a Fair, Inclusive, and Competitive Economy

Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute
Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer, PEN America
Jon Schleuss, President, The NewsGuild - Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA)
Julian Do, Co-Director, Ethnic Media Services
Rachel Oswald, CQ Roll Call and chairperson of the National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee

11:45 am: Remarks from Sen. Amy Klobuchar

12 pm: Closing Remarks

Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute
Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute