The Shapiro Center at Wesleyan

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, October 29

• 11:00am – 12:15pm: How to Start a Magazine | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Rebecca Panovka (The Drift), Daisy Alioto (Dirt), Alexander Provan (Triple Canopy), Samuel Rutter (Kismet), Hélène Werner (Now Voyager) Moderator: Merve Emre

• 12:15pm – 1:30pm: Making a Magazine Union: Labor Organizing in the Current Media Landscape | Shapiro Center
  • A lunch discussion between Hannah Aizenman (The New Yorker) and Chloe Arnold (Harper’s)

• 1:30pm – 2:45pm: Troubleshooting: The Problems of Running a Small Magazine | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Brodie Crellin (Granta), Celeste Marcus (Liberties), Clare Sestanovich (The Yale Review), Rebecca Panovka (The Drift) Moderator: Samuel Rutter (Kismet)

• 1:30pm – 2:45pm: The Art of Freelancing | Memorial Chapel
  • Panelists: Brandy Jensen (Defector), Lovia Gyarkye (Hammer & Hope), Niela Orr (The New York Times Magazine), Ratik Asokan (Equator) Moderator: Jamie Lauren Keiles

• 3:00pm – 4:15pm: Magazines vs. NYC | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Daniel Gumbiner (The Believer), Jon Baskin (The Point), Kyle Tibbs Jones (The Bitter Southerner), Adam Ross (The Sewanee Review) Moderator: Brandy Jensen (Defector)

• 4:30pm – 5:45pm: The State of Magazine Fiction | Memorial Chapel
  • Panelists: Brodie Crellin (Granta), Dennis Zhou (The Paris Review), Adam Ross (The Sewanee Review), Clare Sestanovich (The Yale Review) Moderator: Namwali Serpell

• 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Drinks and Refreshments | Alsop House

Friday, October 30

• 10:00am – 11:15am: Finding an Audience | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Aliza Abarbanel (Cake Zine), Elena Saavedra Buckley (The New York Times Magazine), Genevieve Smith (New York Magazine), Lou Bahet (The Metropolitan Review) Moderator: Alana Pockros (The Nation)

• 10:00am – 11:15am: Fact-Checking Masterclass | Frank Center 001
  • Speaker: Fergus McIntosh (The New Yorker)

• 11:30am – 12:45pm: Experiments in Audio | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Mia Lobel (Slate), Sara McCrea (Random House), Andrew Leland, John DeLore (Starlight Diner Studio), Kevin Lozano (Bloomberg) Moderator: Michele Moses (The Yale Review)

• 11:30am – 12:45pm: Gen-Z and the Future of Magazines | Memorial Chapel
  • Panelists: Charlotte Klein (New York Magazine), Hengzhi Huang Yang (House House Magazine), Elan Kluger (The New Critic), Isabel Bekele (Dazed), Oliver Egger (The Yale Review) Moderator: Elena Saavedra Buckley (The New York Times Magazine)

• 1:00pm – 2:15pm Early Career Writers and Editors Lunch | Shapiro Center
  • Hosted by Mia Foster (The Atlantic)

• 2:30pm – 3:45pm: Editing in the Age of A.I. | Beckham Hall
  • Panelists: Alexander Provan (Triple Canopy), Meghan O’Rourke (The Yale Review), Jon Baskin (The Point), Thomas Meaney (Granta) Moderator: Merve Emre

• 2:30pm – 3:45pm: Comparative Editing | Memorial Chapel
  • Panelists: Lisa Borst (n+1), Genevieve Smith (New York Magazine), Elena Saavedra Buckley (The New York Times Magazine), Daniel Zalewski (The New Yorker) Moderator: Kevin Lozano (Bloomberg)

• 4:00pm – 5:30pm: What are Magazines For? | Memorial Chapel
  • Panelists: Meghan O’Rourke (The Yale Review), Jake Silverstein (The New York Times Magazine), Emily Greenhouse (The New York Review of Books), Jon Baskin (The Point), Thomas Meaney (Granta) Moderator: Merve Emre