158th Annual MPA Convention & Trade Show
Hotel Vandivort | 305 Walnut Street | Springfield | Sept. 19-21, 2024
Thursday, September 19
11AM | Registration Open
Noon | MPF Board Meeting | Cornerstone Room
2PM | MPA/MPS Board Meeting | Ballroom
6:30-9PM | Foundation Fundraiser
Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar
11AM | Registration Open
Noon | MPF Board Meeting | Cornerstone Room
2PM | MPA/MPS Board Meeting | Ballroom
6:30-9PM | Foundation Fundraiser
Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar
Friday, September 20
7:30AM-6:30PM | Registration and Better Newspaper Contest Photo Displays | Living Room
8AM-4PM | Trade Show Open | Living Room
8:15AM | Breakfast
8:30AM | Breakfast Program and Welcome | Ballroom | David Harrison, MO Poet Laureate | Bryan West, Gannett’s Taylor Swift Reporter
9:15AM | General Session | Ballroom
Connecting with Young Readers Panel Discussion | Moderated by: Wyatt Wheeler, Springfield NewsLeader with Panelists: Jordyn Wilson, The Lake Sun; Ryan Pivoney, Jefferson City News Tribune; Greta Cross, Springfield News-Leader and Chrysioher Andru, Jackson, Elite3vsn
10:00AM | Break Tradeshow Area | Living Room
10:30AM | General Session | Ballroom | Using AI in Ads: Mortality, Machines, and Magic Words | Gabriel Cassady, 2 Oddballs Marketing
11:15AM | General Session | Ballroom | Earn Your Ad & Press Pass | Joey and Lindsey Young
Noon | Lunch
12:15PM | Lunch Program | Ballroom | From Missouri to Outer Space! | Astronaut Dr. Linda Godwin
1PM | Business Meeting | Ballroom
1:15-1:40PM | Sundae Break | Living Room
2PM | Political Forums | Fox Theater
157 Park Central Square | Moderated by: David Lieb of the Associated Press and Panelists: Lucas Presson, Southeast Missourian; Christine Temple, Springfield Business Journal and Alvin A. Reid, St. Louis American
2PM |Gubernatorial
3:20PM | Senate
6PM | Hall of Fame Reception | Ballroom
6:20PM | Silent Auction Ends | Ballroom | Last Call for Bids!
6:30PM | Hall of Fame Dinner | Ballroom
Est. 8:30PM | Hospitality Room Open | Master Suite
7:30AM-6:30PM | Registration and Better Newspaper Contest Photo Displays | Living Room
8AM-4PM | Trade Show Open | Living Room
8:15AM | Breakfast
8:30AM | Breakfast Program and Welcome | Ballroom | David Harrison, MO Poet Laureate | Bryan West, Gannett’s Taylor Swift Reporter
9:15AM | General Session | Ballroom
Connecting with Young Readers Panel Discussion | Moderated by: Wyatt Wheeler, Springfield NewsLeader with Panelists: Jordyn Wilson, The Lake Sun; Ryan Pivoney, Jefferson City News Tribune; Greta Cross, Springfield News-Leader and Chrysioher Andru, Jackson, Elite3vsn
10:00AM | Break Tradeshow Area | Living Room
10:30AM | General Session | Ballroom | Using AI in Ads: Mortality, Machines, and Magic Words | Gabriel Cassady, 2 Oddballs Marketing
11:15AM | General Session | Ballroom | Earn Your Ad & Press Pass | Joey and Lindsey Young
Noon | Lunch
12:15PM | Lunch Program | Ballroom | From Missouri to Outer Space! | Astronaut Dr. Linda Godwin
1PM | Business Meeting | Ballroom
1:15-1:40PM | Sundae Break | Living Room
2PM | Political Forums | Fox Theater
157 Park Central Square | Moderated by: David Lieb of the Associated Press and Panelists: Lucas Presson, Southeast Missourian; Christine Temple, Springfield Business Journal and Alvin A. Reid, St. Louis American
2PM |Gubernatorial
3:20PM | Senate
6PM | Hall of Fame Reception | Ballroom
6:20PM | Silent Auction Ends | Ballroom | Last Call for Bids!
6:30PM | Hall of Fame Dinner | Ballroom
Est. 8:30PM | Hospitality Room Open | Master Suite
Saturday, September 21
7:30AM-Noon | Registration and Better Newspaper Contest Photo Displays | Living Room
8:30AM | Breakfast Program| Ballroom | Susan Croce Kelly, “Newspaper Women of the Ozarks”
9:15-9:30AM | Break | Living Room
9:30-10:15AM | General Session | Cornerstone Room | Facebook vs. Smalltown Newspapers | Dr. Nick Mathews, University of Missouri
10:15-11:15AM | General Session | Cornerstone Room | Free Press? The Marion Co. Record Raid, Emily Bradbury of Kansas Press Association
11:30AM | Better Newspaper Contest Lunch | Ballroom
7:30AM-Noon | Registration and Better Newspaper Contest Photo Displays | Living Room
8:30AM | Breakfast Program| Ballroom | Susan Croce Kelly, “Newspaper Women of the Ozarks”
9:15-9:30AM | Break | Living Room
9:30-10:15AM | General Session | Cornerstone Room | Facebook vs. Smalltown Newspapers | Dr. Nick Mathews, University of Missouri
10:15-11:15AM | General Session | Cornerstone Room | Free Press? The Marion Co. Record Raid, Emily Bradbury of Kansas Press Association
11:30AM | Better Newspaper Contest Lunch | Ballroom