April 27 - 29, 2012    Toronto , Canada
The 2012 CAJ conference is scheduled from April 27-29, 2012 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Confirmed sessions at this point include:

The CAJ events committee is currently finalizing the full conference schedule, but some of the panels and speakers that are already confirmed include:

-Local TV news is back! Featuring Ward Smith of Global TV, Sophia Hadzipetros of the CBC, Tina Cortese of City TV and Steve Kassar of CTV Toronto
-Sports journalism before the summer Olympics: moderated by Malcolm Kelly, CBC Sports.ca and co-ordinator of Canada’s only post-grad sports journalism program
-The latest in training on using Buzz Data, Google, and Adobe CS.
-Daylong data journalism / computer-assisted reporting courses led by David McKie, Investigations team, CBC Radio News and the Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor.
-The CAJ Awards gala Saturday night, April 28.
-Sessions on trauma, professionalization, privacy, ethics and more.

Delegates attending the Newspapers Canada conference and those attending the National Newspapers Awards will qualify for reduced rates to the CAJ conference. A room rate is available at the Royal York starting on April 26 and is set at $185 a night.

Venue

Location: Fairmont Royal York
Contact 100 Front St. W Toronto , Canada

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