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
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
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
158th Annual MPA Convention & Trade Show
