What We Do
FUTURE OF NONFICTION VIDEO SCHEDULE
Convening the brightest minds to collectively question what is and isn’t working in nonfiction video (in 2025). Powered by Knight Foundation, hosted by Columbia Journalism School. ↓
- 5:30 PM Registration, drinks + light bites, community mingling
- 7:00 PM Program Launch: welcome and intentions (Lecture Hall)
- 7:15-8:45 PM
- Conversation: From Vox to Independent: On Journalism without a Net, featuring Joss Fong, Sam Ellis, Christophe Haubersin, Phil Edwards, moderated by Sky Dylan-Robbins
- Documentary Screening, TBA
- Closing comments, prep for Saturday
- 8:45 - 9:45 PM Music, drinks + light bites, community mingling
- 10:00 PM Afterparty (optional)
- 9:00 AM Registration, room assignments, coffee and conversation
- 10:00 AM Introductions + Intention Setting (Doors close for the day)
- 10:30 AM Community Discussions (Classrooms)
- Pre-assigned rooms
- Pre-assigned rooms
- 11:30 AM Sharing (Lecture Hall)
- 12:00 PM Talk (Community-chosen topic)
- 12:45 PM Pause / Lunch
- 1:45 PM Talk: How can we maintain a balanced doc life? with Nick Bruckman
- 2:30 PM Coffee (Lecture Hall, World Room)
- 3:00 PM Idea Shares, Round 1 (Classrooms, 4 concurrent sessions)
- Ethical AI and filmmaking in practice: the robots are coming for our docs — or are they? Facilitated by Akmyrat Tuyliyev and AX Mina.
- Riding Algorithmic Waves and Social Video Trends: How do you leverage new formats for bigger reach? Facilitated by Jonah Kessel.
- How do you navigate the industry after graduation? Facilitated by Subhanjana Das, Alex Clark, Josh Davidsburg.
- How do you effectively build an online presence and brand? Facilitated by Erin McGoff.
- 3:45 PM Idea Shares, Round 2 (Classrooms, 4 concurrent sessions)
- How do you build sustainable/collaborative video teams within a newsroom? Facilitated by Adam Banicki, Lindsay Perna, Jake Nicol.
- How can newsrooms engage communities in the TikTok era of 8-second attention spans? Facilitated by Adriana Lacy, Krishna Sharma.
- Navigating Creative Philosophies, Ethics of Care, and Future Models: what's next in doc distribution? Facilitated by Adam Neuhaus, Rebecca Davis, Jessie Dong.
- How do you pivot post-staff role and build something new? Facilitated by Phil Edwards, Zach Toombs.
- 4:30 PM Sharing + Findings, grand finale and closing remarks
- 4:45 - 6:30pm Postmortem drinks + light bites, community hangout (Lecture Hall, World Room, optional)
Feb 7-8, 2025, at Columbia Journalism School: Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway (enter at 116th Street), New York, 10027.
Photo ID is necessary to enter campus. Bringing your own water bottle (to conserve cups and plastic) is also encouraged!
FONV's Facilitators
Adam Banicki
Head of Video, Fortune
Nicholas Bruckman
CEO, People's Television
Alicia Cherem
Alex Clark
Director, Producer, DP, Producer
Rebecca Davis
Producer
Josh Davidsburg
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Senior Lecturer, Lot1 Films
Sky Dylan-Robbins
Executive Director, Founder, The Video Consortium
Subhanjana Das
Multimedia Journalist, Sahan Journal
Jessie Dong
Independent filmmaker and sociologist
Phil Edwards
Video producer
Sam Ellis
Head of Content, Search Party, NewPress
Joss Fong
Co-founder, Howtown
Grace Galletti
Journalist & Doc Filmmaker
Christophe Haubursin
Video Journalist, youtube.com/@christophe
Ezra Kaplan
Investigative Reporter, KPTV Portland
Jonah Kessel
Deputy Director of Opinion Video, The New York Times
Adriana Lacy
Consultant, Adriana Lacy Consulting
Duy Linh Tu
Filmmaker, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia Journalism School
Erin McGoff
Director/Editor
A.X. Mina
Impact and Engagement Consultant, Archival Producers Alliance
Adam Neuhaus
Founder, Neuhaus Ideas
Jake Nicol
Video Journalist
Andy Pergam
Media/Tech Executive and Advisor
Lindsay Graciela Perna
Executive Producer, Video, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Joe Posner
Director, Fire-Works Film
Diane Schutz
Producer / director
Krishna Sharma
Audience Engagement Editor, The Baltimore Banner
Zach Toombs
Executive Director, Evident
Akmyrat Tuyliyev
Producer, MIT Open Documentary LabWith gratitude for making FONV possible.
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