Join us for our November media #DemoNight! NOTE: earlier start time at 6:30pm!
We'll feature emerging entrepreneurial media ventures and innovators, including the New York Times Election Bot, Cheddar, StreetLiband Electionland(a partnership between ProPublica, Google News Lab, WNYC, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, First Draft, Univision, USA Today and many more).
Doors Open and Light Snacks:6:15pm
Presentations:6:30pm - 8:00pm
Optional Hanging Out/Networking: 8:00-8:30pm
Twitter Details:
Hosts:@tkCUNY@CUNYJSchool
Hashtag:#DemoNight
Presenters:
Andrew Phelps @andrewphelps, product director at The New York Times, will present the Times' Election Facebook Messenger bot.
Peter Gorenstein @PeterGorenstein, chief content officer, will present @Cheddar, streaming tech, media and culture news.
Giacomo D'Angelo @GiacomoDAngelo, head of StreetLib USA, will present@StreetLib, an online book selling and publishing tool.
Carrie Brown @Brizzyc, head of CUNY's social journalism program,and John Keefe @jkeefe, WNYC Data News Editor, will present @electionland, a project to cover voting access across the US in real time.
Hosted by theTow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalismat theCUNY Graduate School of Journalism.