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Bill Densmore, director The Media Giraffe Project at UMASS AmherstJournalism That Matters - The DC Sessions (2007)

August 7-8, 2007
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

Over 150 journalists, educators, citizens and media reformers gather for "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" to help create The Next Newsroom and
consider the future and purpose of journalism.

Seven experts charted the rapid evolution of citizen media, including its impact on the public, politics, and on journalism teaching and practice. This is an edited version of the 90 minute public forum.

Opening speakers:
Chris Peck, editor
The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tenn.

Stephen Silha
Journalism That Matters co-convenor

Peggy Holman
The Open Circle Company

Discussants:

Prof. Jay Rosen
New York University

Fay Anderson
Blogger, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Cody Howard
The World Co., Lawrence, Kansas

Jan Schaffer
J-Lab, Univ. of Maryland

Peggy Holman, dean
Univ. of Montana J-School

Merrill Brown / NowPublic.com
and Carnegie-Knight Initiative

Dan Gillmor
Center for Citizen Media

For more information: http://mediagiraffe.org/jtm/


This movie is part of the collection: Open Source Movies

Producer: Bill Densmore, director The Media Giraffe Project at UMASS Amherst
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: journalism that matters, journalism, media giraffe project

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

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