Census Bureau Media Seminar Schedule

The Census Bureau hosted a media seminar at the University of Missouri School of Journalism covering how journalists use census data, including presentations on data trends, products, and online demonstrations of mapping and data access tools.

Census Bureau Media Seminar Schedule:

8:30 - 9:00 Registration 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Dean Mills, Dean of MU School of Journalism - Marvin Postma, Director of Census Bureau Regional Office, Kansas City

9:15 - 10:15 How the Media Uses Census Data - Ray Bancroft, PIO for the Census Bureau, Washington, DC - Byron Scott, Chairman of the Editorial Dept., MU School of Journalism - Bill Elder, Research Associate of the MU Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:15 Subject Content - John Kavaliunas, Chief of the User Training Branch, Census Bureau, Washington, DC

11:15 - 12:00 Trends to Track National Trends: Pete Bounpane, Asst. Director of the Decennial Census, Washington, DC State and Local Trends: Rex Campbell, MU Sociology Dept.

12:00 - 1:00 Census Products Availability and Support - John Kavaliunas - Marlys Davis, Census Data Center, Missouri

1:00 - 2:30 Lunch

2:30 - 3:00 On-line panel - Elliot Jaspin, DATACORE, MU - Cendata Representative

3:00 - 3:30 Breakout Sessions Q & A Session on media uses of census data: Byron Scott, Ray Bancroft and Bill Elder

On-Line Demonstration - Elliot Jaspin - Cendata Representative

Mapping demonstration - John Kavaliunas, Tiger Mapping System - Tod Everett, Strategic Mapping - Tim Haithcoat, MU Dept. of Geography

3:30 - 3:45 Break

3:45 - 4:15 Tape Panel - Elliot Jaspin, NineTrack Express - Tod Everett, Strategic Mapping - John Kavaliunas, Census Bureau

4:15 - 4:45 Breakout Sessions How census data is obtained and used - Emmett Morris, Census Bureau Regional Office, Kansas City - Ryan Burson, Census Data Center, Public Law Data File, MO

CD-ROM demonstration - John Kavaliunas

Tape Demonstration - Elliot Jaspin, Tod Everett

4:45 Closing Session