Power of Narrative 2025

Power of Narrative 2025

2:00pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

Opening Keynote: Connie Schultz

4:45pm EDT

Building community through newsletters Terrace Lounge Finding and Crafting the Human Experience Conference Auditorium Snitch City: Crafting Compelling Narratives Across Platforms with The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team Metcalf Small The Devil in the Details of "Beyond All Repair" East Balcony

5:45pm EDT

Break and refreshments at CitySpace

6:45pm EDT

Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press screening and panel discussion at CitySpace

9:00am EDT

Morning Keynote: "The Hero": Story in an age of disenchantment

10:15am EDT

Agents Meetings: Joy Tutela BY APPT ONLY Frenemies of the People Conference Auditorium The Craft of Disability Memoir Terrace Lounge The Operative Word Is Power: Sharing narrative power vs. wielding it East Balcony Your Bestselling Book Idea Metcalf Small

11:30am EDT

Headline Keynote: Susan Orlean

12:45pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

Agents Meetings: Sarah Khalil BY APPT ONLY

2:15pm EDT

Navigating Lived Experience: Objectivity, Ethics, and Positionality in Narrative Journalism East Balcony Social Storytelling: Connecting with Readers Online Conference Auditorium The Personal and the Political: Weaving personal narratives within broader societal contexts Metcalf Small Unauthorized: Tools, Tactics, and the Ethics of Biography Terrace Lounge

3:30pm EDT

Magazine Pitches East Balcony The Hidden Grammar of Audio Stories Terrace Lounge The Hitman, His Wife, and the Ethics of Narrative: Balancing Trust, Truth, and Consequences in Journalistic Storytelling Metcalf Small The Weight of the World: Community journalists on covering high-profile tragedies in their own backyards Conference Auditorium

4:45pm EDT

Closing Keynote: 2025 Hugo Shong Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Connie Chung

5:45pm EDT

Reception and book signing