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Contact us:
Minnesota Journalism Center
111 Murphy Hall
206 Church Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
P: 612-626-1723
F: 612-626-7543
mnjrnctr@umn.edu
www.mjc.umn.edu/sdd2007

Sunday, June 24, 2007
Radisson University Hotel, Minneapolis

5:30-Reception: self-introductions and cocktails
6:00-Welcome and plan for the conference: Kathleen Hansen, Arthur Rolnick
6:15-Dinner
7:00-Terry Fitzgerald, Minneapolis Fed, "Decline of the Middle Class?"

Monday, June 25, 2007
U of MN SJMC Conference Center , Murphy Hall, Minneapolis

8:30-Continental breakfast
9:00-noon-Principles of Economic Thinking-V. V. Chari, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Lunch Panel-Tom Stinson, MN State Economist and Arthur Rolnick, Minneapolis Fed
1:30-4:00-Writing about the Economy: David Wessel, Wall Street Journal
--types of stories; where to find data and information; developing
sources; understanding economists (schools of economic thought, policy battlegrounds, etc.)
4:00-5:00-Break: return to hotel
5:00-Pick up at hotel for trip to Federal Reserve Bank
5:30-6:00-Role of Federal Reserve Bank, tour of facility: Art Rolnick, David Fettig
6:00-7:30-Cocktails and Dinner
7:30-Informal discussions among participants
8:00-Return to hotel

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
U of MN SJMC Conference Center , Murphy Hall, Minneapolis

8:30-Continental breakfast
9:00-10:30-Answering questions about the case study: Focus on "economics of aging " - economic principles, sources, tools, critiques of stories on the topic Arthur Rolnick, V. V Chari, Mike Meyers, Star Tribune (tentative), Chris Worthington, Minnesota Public Radio (tentative)
10:30-noon-Participants write their stories
Lunch
1:00-5:00-Story critiques: analysis of ideas, sources, tools, etc.
5:00-5:30-Summary and adjournment