Will Old Media Paradigms Shift Into the New Media World?
April 20, 2:00 p.m., Hemisphere A
Description: A discussion among print and broadcast journalists, in addition to bloggers
and social media mavericks about the differences and similarities between the old media
& the new media worlds. Specifically talk about the constructs of gender equality & how
the "old boys club" may have found a new home within the political blogosphere; destruct
the idea of gatekeepers & agenda setters online; talk about how issue advocacy & journalism
must change to be effective within the online space, while still maintaining the integrity of information.
* Stephen Hess (Brookings Institute)
* Susan Swain (CSPAN President)
* Carol Jenkins (Women's Media Center)
* Steve Roberts (Journalist)
* Garrett M. Graff (Editor at Washingtonian Magazine)
* Amanda Terkel (Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and Managing Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org)
* Micah L. Sifry (Co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum)