Dale Peskin introduced the day’s last session explaining that the panel was formed to talk about collaboration and the social and business changes that it is causing. Panelists were asked to give their perspectives on ‘trust systems.’ Wacker – trust and ethics are going to be dominant in the next generation. ‘Institutional crisis is pandemic.’ […]

Lots of laughs and interesting conversation went on between conference participants during the short break between session. Business cards were exchanged and future rendez-vous dates were established as all headed upstairs to start the days final session, In Us We Trust.

Question – It seems that a lot of the people we are involving are already our core audience. How are we going to include more people into the conversation? Kramer said that the most important thing we can do is to keep explaining stories better and better by listening to the public. Getting people engaged […]

Brown used the example of the NYT referring to the recent job cuts and asking how newsrooms are going to embrace the cultural change. Sambrook followed by saying the BBC is in the middle of a reorganization, a reprioritization of the digital on-demand envriornment. It’s a complete revamping to the whole organization. For many of […]

Chideya continued to describe the relationship between source and public differs between her online journal Pop and Politics and NPR. When asked if he is fulfilling the role of the press in including citizens, Curley explained the difference between professional and consumer media, saying that AP photographers use a mixture. AP plans on remaining business […]

Merrill Brown introduced We Media’s first session, "We News," saying that it’s ironic that the first panel is not necessarily ‘we media’, but ‘the media.’ Farai Chideya, Tom Curley, Larry Kramer and Richard Sambrook, all very respected figures of ‘the media’ sat on the panel. Brown asked each to briefly tell why they were here. […]