Newsweek, Bloomberg represented at next 'Digital' installment, Wednesday, March 16
The Freelance Committee and the Events Committee have announced the expanded and final lineup for the next installment of the National Press Club’s “Digital” series at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the conference rooms.
The session -- “Where should news be and how do we get there?” -- will explore the trend of social media channels that have moved or are moving into news production. The panel discussion will feature the multimedia journalists listed below.
The event kicks off with networking at 6:30 p.m. followed by the panel discussion from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m., followed by a question and answer session.
Carmen Russell, a freelancer whose work has appeared on National Geographic, NBC News, PBS and in various publications will moderate the event.
The panel includes:
Shane Harris, a senior correspondent at The Daily Beast who covers national security, intelligence, and cyber security. He is also an International Security Program fellow at New America. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, TheAtlantic.com, National Journal, The Washington Post, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings. He has provided analysis and commentary for CNN, NPR, the BBC, The History Channel, National Geographic, several foreign media organizations and many local public radio stations;
Rajiv Mody, vice president of social media for National Geographic Partners. Mody oversees all social media across the Society. National Geographic Society has a combined fan base of over 100 million across all its social platforms and is the No. 1 non-celebrity brand in the world in terms of followers on Instagram. National Geographic was named the top U.S. Social Brand in 2014 by Shareable and consistently ranks No. 1 for total fans and engagement in the magazine industry across major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram;
Margarita Noriega, director of social media for Newsweek. Prior to joining Newsweek, Margarita wrote and edited breaking news, video, and Internet culture stories for Vox.com in Washington, D.C., oversaw social media strategy for Fusion, including launching the network's international Snapchat Discover channel, and oversaw both breaking news and social media for Reuters News Agency. Margarita studied international affairs at George Washington University. She is based in New York;
Nicholas Johnston, a managing editor in Bloomberg's Washington bureau who oversees the First Word breaking news desk, Congress Tracker and Bloomberg Government's newsletters. He's covered Congress, campaigns and the Obama administration for Bloomberg News. Before joining Bloomberg he covered local banking, finance and technology for The Washington Post. He's a graduate of Georgetown University.
The journalists will explain how firms like Twitter, Facebook and BuzzFeed have transformed the culture by defining the rules for social media and now dispense news in one form or another.
Among the questions that will be tackled: Does the brand name behind the news matter to those who are consuming it? Where is the news actually coming from? What does the future hold for newspapers, broadcast news organizations and cable news channels? The panel will also explore how journalists are using social media as a reporting tool.
The event will also be live tweeted at #NPCLive.