Program schedule 2024
Below is the schedule for all sessions included in the 2024 Presidency and the Press program. If you know the specific date you would like to view, please select one of them in the list below:
For more information, please contact Dr. Kristen Nevious at (603) 899-1039.
The week starts Monday afternoon with Melanie Plenda, Executive Director of the Granite State News Collaborative, working directly with our student media to frame coverage of this week’s theme: Youth Engagement in our Democracy.
On Tuesday, the Press Bus will take us to Concord and The State House for briefings with New Hampshire officials. After lunch with state media, we will meet with Congresswoman Annie Kuster’s staff, and youthful representatives of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
Wednesday is a full day and includes the recording of NHPBS’s weekly digital public affairs show, The State We’re In, in the Patterson Television Studio. New Hampshire State Representative Jonah Wheeler, one of the youngest elected officials in the Granite State, will talk with us in the afternoon followed by a panel discussion with people who have engaged in our democracy in a variety of ways, from serving as a state director of a presidential campaign, and serving in the White House press operations.
The remote production facilities of the Patterson Studio will be busy Thursday as you interview young Republicans from across the state. We will also hear from award-winning podcaster Anthony Payton and Political Scientist Christina Cliff. The day is topped off by a visit to Pearly Pond! Bring swimming gear!
The week ends on Friday with Meet the Student Press, a sure-to-be compelling look at Engage in Our Democracy: A Youthful Perspective.
We have two decades of successful programming behind us, and we are looking forward to another year of providing support and encouragement to NH student media in their development as journalists and engaged citizens.
The Press: Preparing to Cover the Roard to the White House -
Monday, July 8, 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00 pm | Check-in |
Lakeview #26 & #27 |
| 5:00 pm | Press Club: Dinner | In the Café |
| 6:00 pm | Newsroom: Preproduction |
in FC 105
The Youth Voter Guide, The Granite State News Collaborative
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| 8:00 pm | Press Bus Departs for Lakeview At Peterson Manor Parking Lot |
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| 8:15 pm | R&R |
The Road to the White House Runs Through the Granite State:
Concord - Tuesday, July 9, 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15 am | Press Club: Breakfast |
in the Café |
| 7:30 am |
Press Bus Departs for Campus |
Peterson Manor Parking Lot |
| 8:00 am | Press Bus Departs for Concord Conference participants will board the press bus with their laptop and equipment, and head to the Capital of the Granite State for a working day on the road. |
At Peterson Manor Parking Lot |
| 10:00 - 11:15 am | Briefing: It Begins Here…at The New Hampshire State House, 107 North Main St. We will tour The New Hampshire State House, the oldest continuously in use in the United States, with Visitors Center Director Virginia Drew |
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| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Briefing: Voting in New Hampshire Bud Fitch, Election Legal Counsel, Office of the Secretary of State, New Hampshire Bud Fitch, will brief us on the history of the First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary and answer your questions about the 2024 General Election. |
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| Noon | Photo/Stand-Up Opps, on the State House grounds This is your opportunity to capture additional footage or interviews to round out your coverage. |
State House Grounds |
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Meet NH Young Democrats, lunch at The Works, |
42 North Main St. |
| 2:30 pm |
Meet & Greet: Office of Congresswoman Annie Kuster, |
18 North Main St. |
| 3:30 pm | Meet the NH GOP: Virginia Drye, Chair, NH Young Republicans Jim MacEachern, Vice Chair, NHGOP The Republican National Convention is in Milwaukee next week, but Drye and MacEachern are in New Hampshire and ready to answer your questions about what this means for young voters. |
NHGOP Headquarters, 10 Water St. |
| 4:30 pm | Depart for Campus | |
| 6:00 pm | Press Club: Dinner | in the Café |
| 7:30 pm | Press Bus Departs for Lakeview |
Peterson Manor Parking Lot |
| 8:00 pm | R&R |
Engaging in Our Democracy: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Engaging in Our Democracy - Thursday, July 11, 2024
We're Live! - Friday, July 12, 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:45 am | Press Buss Departs for Campus | Lakeview |
| 8:00 am | Press Club: Breakfast | In the Cafe |
| 8:45 - 10:30 am | Pre-production: Meet the Student Press in the Fitzwater Center Patterson Studio |
Fitzwater Center Patterson Studio |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | LIVE in the Patterson Television Studio LIVE: Meet the Student Press Engaged in Our Democracy: A Youthful Perspective Parents and friends are welcomed into the studio as the students of The Presidency & The Press share the stories of the week. |
Fitzwater Center Patterson Studio |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | LIVE in the Patterson Television Studio: The Presidency & The Press Honors The staff of The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication gathers with the students of The Presidency & The Press one last time for awards, thank yous and a few stories of their own. |
Fitzwater Center Patterson Studio |
| 11:30 - NOON | Check-out |
CONTACT Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication
Dr. Kristen Nevious
Director of the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication
(603) 899-1039
neviousk@franklinpierce.edu
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
