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Forum on the Future of Journalism: Tonight at U of Md.
The National Press Club and the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism Society of Professional Journalists Chapter are teaming up to look at the future of the news media and how to protect its core values at 6:30 p.m. today. “The Changing World of Journalism: From Teletype to Twitter … Where Do We Go From Here,” will be held in Room 1140, Plant Science Building, at the university’s College Park campus. It is open to the public and admission is free. Panelists include:Amar Bakshi, washingtonpost.com Mark Miller, News Director, WBAL Radio Kevin Blackistone, Povich Chair…
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U.S. Diplomacy a Success, Says Glassman
Contrary to the widespread belief that the United States is in increasingly unpopular around the world, “Support of America is rising, and support of Muslim extremism is falling,” declared James K. Glassman, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, at a Oct. 3 Club Luncheon. And despite criticism of the nation’s diplomatic efforts, he insisted, “America has public diplomacy that we can be proud of. Public diplomacy is succeeding.” The former editor-in-chief of Roll Call, publisher of The New Republic and president of The Atlantic Monthly described how the nation’s…
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Journos Become Investigators; Panel 6:30 Tonight
There is life after working for traditional journalism companies. Hear first-hand from investigators, making higher salaries in a field where opportunity looms. Among those participating in the panel will be former journalists who started their own companies, including a headhunter for the investigative industry. Panelists:Gary Cohen, Orpheus LLC and former US News investigative reporterJohn Mintz, Mintz Group and former Washington Post investigative reporterKen Cummins, Capitol Inquiry, Inc and former CityPaper writer and editor, CityPaperKathy Lavinder, Security & Investigative…
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Craigslist Founder Takes On-line Organizing to Prez Campaign
Craig Newmark helped define the possibilities of Internet connections over the last 13 years. His Web site craigslist publishes classified ads that have linked millions of people to jobs, real estate and romance. Now Newmark wants to use the Internet to get young people to the votingbooth. In a National Press Club Newsmaker on Friday, Oct. 3, he announced that craigslist, Google and other Internet sites have launched an initiative called “Declare Yourself.” The effort is a natural outgrowth of craigslists’ strength--using social media to bring people together, according to Newmark. “I’ve…
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Club Sponsors Journalism Panel in Seattle Oct. 22
The Club and the University of Washington will sponsor a panel on the future of the news media at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Seattle. Panelists are: Ryan Blethen, associate publisher of the Seattle Times Lori Matsukawa, anchor of KING-5 TV news Knute Berger, columnist for Crosscut.com and former publisher of the Seattle Weekly Randal Beam, University of Washington Associate professor of journalism The panel will be moderated by Gil Klein, a veteran national correspondent, a past Club president and director of the Club’s Centennial Project. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the…
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Fragmenting Audiences Require News Organizations to Rethink Mission
RICHMOND, Va. – Fragmenting audiences are making it more difficult for news organizations to identify whom they are reaching so they can convince advertisers to support their journalism, leading Virginia journalists said at an NPC Centennial Forum here Monday. “The press used to sit as the tollgate,” said Reid Ashe, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Media General Inc., a newspaper, television and online news company. “Now there is no gate any more. It is a free-for-all. I fear in the present, and perhaps in the future as well, there is going to be fewer resources to…
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Journos at NPC Forum Foresee Huge Changes
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The newspaper as we know it will soon be published just once a week, and will eventually disappear. Radio reporters will be master multitaskers, filing reports in various forms for their stations’ web sites. And more and more journalists will be entrepreneurs, building their own brand in their own names rather than relying on the lumbering mastadons of the mainstream media. Those are just a few of the scenarios likely under a bold new world of journalism that a panel of experts foresaw Monday at a forum called "The Changing World of Journalism: From Teletype to Twitter…
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NPC Forum in Atlanta Oct. 14
he Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Pultizer Prize-winning editorial page editor and the anchor of an Atlanta TV station will appear with a journalism professsor and a longtime political writer and editor to discuss the news industry next week as part of the Club's nationwide conversation about the direction of the business. The Oct. 14 event will begin at 6 p.m. at Georgia Public Broadcasting, 260 14th St. in Atlanta. It is open to the public. Admission is free for National Press Club members, Atlanta Press Club members and students; admission for others is $15. The NPC Forum on “The First…
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New Economic Models for News Organizations: Panel
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – New ways of raising revenue will be developed to support the news business, leading North Carolina journalists said at a NPC here Tuesday. The two mistakes that have been made to far with Internet news are the idea that news is free on the Internet and that the price of advertising should be based on the television model – how many eyeballs see an ad, said Penny Muse Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor of digital economics. That will change, she said. “You will have business models that emerge that take advantage of information that just can’t be free,” she…
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New Economic Models for News Organizations: Panel
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – New ways of raising revenue will be developed to support the news business, leading North Carolina journalists said at a NPC here Tuesday. The two mistakes that have been made to far with Internet news are the idea that news is free on the Internet and that the price of advertising should be based on the television model – how many eyeballs see an ad, said Penny Muse Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor of digital economics. That will change, she said. “You will have business models that emerge that take advantage of information that just can’t be free,” she…
Type: News