9:00am Opening Remarks• Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, NAMLE Executive Director • Stephen J. Adler, Reuters President and Editor-in-Chief

9:15am - 10:15am

2018 U.S. Midterms - What Did We Learn?In a conversation centered on the recent elections, panelists will explore key election issues and the changing political landscape.

• Moderator: Leela de Kretser, U.S. Managing Editor, Reuters.com• David Gaffen, Reuters Editor-in-Charge, Energy Markets • Liesl Schillinger, The New School Journalism Professor• Stephanie Brumsey, Reuters Producer• Patrick Hedlund, Wall Street Journal Social Media/Off-Platform Editor

10:15am - 11:00am

First-Time VotersHear from four 18-year-olds who voted for the first time on November 6, 2018. The discussion will cover reasons to vote, youth civic engagement and the impact media and celebrity have on teens’ relationship with politics.

• Moderator: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, NAMLE Executive Director• Sarah Baum, freshman, Hofstra University• Jordan Gilchrist, senior, Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School

Philadelphia• Qhidir Rashid, senior, Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School,

Philadelphia• Isabella Gonzalez, senior, Livingston High School, New Jersey

11:00am - 11:15am

Introducing the 22x20 Initiative22×20 is a groundbreaking national campaign that supports youth, building nonpartisan media literacy skills to interpret, critique, and respond to political messages as a critical step towards engagement. Catherine Burgess, Operations Manager, The LAMP, and Margaret Irving, Education Programs Associate, The LAMP, will speak.

11:15am - 12:00pm

Be MediaWise: An Interactive Fact-Checking SessionCan you spot fact from fake? It’s harder than you might think. Katy Byron, Editor & MediaWise Program Manager, The Poynter Institute, will lead a workshop on fact-checking and verification techniques from the experts and how you can bring key skills into your schools.

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Mix and Mingle

AGENDA | NOVEMBER 9, 2018

REUTERS + NAMLE

2018 MEDIA LITERACY WEEK#MediaLitWk | #MLW18 | www.MediaLiteracyWeek.us

Photo Credits (left to right):REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton; REUTERS/Mike Blake; REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson