NLGJA 2026 National Convention

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8:00am PDT

Quiet Room/Work Room Golden Gate Room

8:30am PDT

Bi+ Morning Meet Up Waterfront A Trans and Nonbinary Meet Up Waterfront B

9:00am PDT

Expo Kickoff & Café Grand Ballroom BPhRMA Career & Community Expo Grand Ballroom B

9:30am PDT

Finding the Real AI Story Seacliff DThe Wall Street Journal If We Built Queer Journalism Today, Would We Call It a Newsroom? Seacliff AEvan Milward • Missy Spears • Divya Karthikeyan • Alex Cooper Reporting on Suicide: A Skill-Building Lab for Ethical Storytelling Seacliff CChristine Yu Moutier Ripped from the Headlines: A Fireside Chat with LGBTQ+ Documentary Filmmakers Seacliff BMeg Shutzer • Hansen Bursic • LaTajh Weaver

10:45am PDT

Triplett Series - The Road Ahead Has Many Paths: How Can Media Meet at the Intersections of Faith, Gender, Race and Class? Grand Ballroom AKierra Johnson • Cathy Renna • Caitlyn Ryan • Christopher Wiggins

12:15pm PDT

QPOC Brownbag Meet-Up Waterfront A Women's+ Brownbag Meet-Up Waterfront B

1:45pm PDT

Leveling Up the Narrative: Journalists' Contributions to HIV Prevention and Care Grand Ballroom AGilead Sciences

3:00pm PDT

Coffee Break Cafe Seacliff FoyerMaynard Institute

3:30pm PDT

Deepfakes, Gender and Sexuality in the AI Era Seacliff ASam Cole • Kathleen Massara • Kate Conger • Tat Bellamy Walker LGBTQ+ Women in News Seacliff C Navigating a Career in Broadcast and Advocating for Yourself Seacliff BSAG-AFTRA The Podcast Era: Audio & Video Storytelling, Queer Narratives and Holding Space Seacliff DPJ Brescia • Ryan Lu

4:45pm PDT

A Tale of Two States: The Role of the Media in Informing Voters about Ballot Initiatives in the 2026 Midterm Elections Seacliff DAnna Castro • Sara Mar • Nadine Bridges • Robert Fischer • Transgender Law Center How CBS News Bay Area (KPIX) and CBS News 24/7 Are Reinventing Broadcast Seacliff BCBS News and Stations Leveling Up Your Reporting with IRE Seacliff CAdam Rhodes The Art of the Slow Burn: A Masterclass in Long-Form Pacing and Narrative Writing Seacliff AJeremy Fox • Terra King • Denny Nivens • Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

6:00pm PDT

Diversity Reception Waterfront CDE

7:30pm PDT

Spectrum Dinner TBACNN & TNT Sports

8:00pm PDT

Night OutQueerty