Sarah Glover and Jill Geisler

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 11, 2017) —  NABJ President Sarah Glover will participate in a leadership role at “The Power Shift Summit,” a high-level gathering of invited leaders across journalism and the media industry that will focus on sexual misconduct in newsrooms and how to create meaningful and sustainable change.

Jill Geisler, who is Loyola University Chicago’s Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity, will lead the conversations. President Glover will be working with Geisler as a co-navigator for the day’s discussions.

The summit will feature three major discussions that will engage participants in solutions-based conversation about what newsrooms and media organizations are doing now to deal with emerging cases, and what systemic changes are needed for the future.

Journalists who reported stories about sexual misconduct will discuss the impact of their coverage during the summit on Jan. 9, 2018 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

The invitation-only summit is organized as a series of discussions featuring respected conversation leaders from all media platforms.

Participants include:

• Carrie Budoff Brown, editor, POLITICO
• Amy Brittain, investigative reporter, The Washington Post
• Alfredo Carbajal, managing editor of Al Día at The Dallas Morning News and president, American Society of News Editors
• Paul Farhi, media reporter, The Washington Post
• Loren Mayor, chief operating officer, NPR
• Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director, International Women’s Media Foundation
• Lauren Williams, editor-in-chief, Vox

Additional participants will be announced. The summit, sponsored by the Newseum and The Freedom Forum, will be livestreamed. Follow along with #PowerShiftSummit.

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