Engaging the Next Generation of News Consumers
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
As traditional business models for news have weakened, the news industry must look to innovators, entrepreneurs, and emerging technologies to help ensure a future for quality, public-interest journalism. But how can the industry ensure that the audience will be there, too?
On October 25, 2011, the Paley Center for Media and the Carnegie Corporation of New York will present “Engaging the Next Generation of News Consumers,” a half-day event that will explore the challenge for journalists and news organizations to find and sustain an audience for original news content. The event will feature brief presentations of new products and applications from news innovators and entrepreneurs representing both the academic and commercial worlds, and a moderated dialogue among a select audience of senior news executives, educators, thought leaders, and venture capitalists.
Moderator:
Andrew Heyward, Monitor Group/MarketspaceNext; former president, CBS News
Presenters:
Paresh Dave, Neon Tommy (USC's Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism
Alyssa Katz, The New York World (Columbia Journalism School)
Lauren Offers, Aurasma
Evan Ratliff, The Atavist
John Tayman, Byliner.com
Michael Zimbalist, New York Times R&D Lab
Dialogue Participants:
Rafat Ali, Founder, paidContent.org and Guidism.com
Jim Brady, Editor-in-Chief, Journal Register Company
Sean Branagan, Director, Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Scott Kurnit, Founder and CEO, Adkeeper
Jennifer 8. Lee, Knight News Challenge, Hacks/Hackers
Betsy Morgan, President, The Blaze
Dave Morgan, CEO, Simulmedia
Alan Patricof, Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft Partners
Howard Schneider, Dean, Stony Brook University Journalism School
Vivian Schiller, Chief Digital Officer, NBC News
Stephen Shepard, Dean, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Michael Silberman, General Manager, Online, New York Magazine
Scott R. Singer, Vice President, Business Innovation, USA Today
This event is exclusive to Media Council members and other invited guests. To register for this event, or to find out if you're eligible to join the Media Council, contact Stephanie Kousoulas at 212-621-6732 or mediacouncil@paleycenter.org.
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