The panelists continued with the issue of the public lost of trust in corporations. Wacker then got into the ability everyday people have to create their own reality. The present environment makes it difficult for people to figure out who they trust. This needs to be changed. People need to find a common context with […]

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.

In Us We TrustParticipants: Craig Newmark, Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslistRichard Edelman, President & CEO, Edelman PRWatts Wacker, CEO, FuturistKaren Stephenson, President, NetformModerator: Dale Peskin, Co-Director, The Media CenterTo download the MP3 of the session, click here. Tag: wemedia

Activism & Democracy Participants:Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times ColumnistMarcus Xiang, CEO, PDX.CNBrian Reich, Director, Mindshare Interactive CampaignsSeth Green, Executive Director, Americans for Informed DemocracyModerator: Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-Founder, Global VoicesTo download the MP3 of the session, click here. Tag: wemedia

Culture, Politics & BuzzParticipants: Dominik von Jan, Director, NextNextBigThingJohn Gerzema, Chief Insights Officer, Young and Rubicam BrandsModerator: Farai Chideya, Editor & Founder, Pop and PoliticsTo download the MP3 of the session, click here. Tag: wemedia

We InvestTo download the MP3 of the session, click here. Audio begins during intro of Rick Ducey, Executive VP, BIA FinancialOther panelists are:Brad Burnham, Partner, Union Square VenturesPaul Ginocchio, Media Analyst, Deutsche BankBrad Feld, Managing Director, Mobius Venture CapitalModerator: Susan Mernit, Senior VP, 5ive Tag: wemedia

Media Watching Participants:Jessica Coen, Editor, Gawker.comPatrick Phillips, Founder & Editor, I Want MediaJay Rosen, Founder, PRESSthinkModerator: Ellen Kampinsky, Senior Editor, GlamourTo download the MP3 of the session, click here. Tag: wemedia

Rebecca MacKinnon is moderating. Brian Reich on Kos, promotes candidates by so far he is 0-14. So either he has a great impact, or he knows nothing about politics (which is what Brian says he thinks). But there are lots and lots of people reading Kos and getting one perspective. And he says "there are […]

Lex Alexander, Greensboro News JournalSusan DeFife, BackFence.comJ.B. Holston, NewsGatorModerator: Dan Gilmour, "We the Media" Dan: If this is about conversation, the first rule is to listen. What is the state of the art with big media. Lex: The state of the art starts with listening. The more of that they’re doing, the closer to the […]

Jessica Coen, Patrick Phillips, and Jay Rosen on Media Gawking. Jay is moderating. He’s editor of Pressthink, and Jessica edits Gawker, and Patrick edits I Want Media. Patrick left Hearst corporate public relations to start I Want Media. On his site, he tracks changing media, business models. He covers technology, media, and journalism. Patrick started […]

With:— Ana Marie Cox (Wonkette.com)— John Gerzema (Young and Rubicam)— Dominik van Jan (NextNextBig Thing)— Moderator Farai Chideya (PopandPolitics.com) Oops … no Ana Marie; she must be wonketting elsewhere today. John: Self-manifestation by simply typing … creating and presenting your own world. … RSS allows people to create their own applications their own world. How […]

Al Gore Addresses We Media Originally uploaded by MC We Media. Al Gore addresses The Media Center’s We Media conference at AP headquarters in NY. To download the 48-minute, 20 MB MP3 of the speech, click here. Photo by Richard Drew – AP Here is the text of former Vice President Al Gore’s remarks at […]

The next question I hear coming from moderator Jason Calcanis is how do you make citizen media a viable business. But first, a segue into  what would Andrew Heyward do if he had more choices? He says he’d love new media, but the trade off for working in Big Media is larger audience and impact. […]

Al Gore suggested that the good old days of media were when newspapers ruled. Craig Forman of Yahoo! notes this.Television in the early days, few networks, one-way information transmission, did not require much knowledge on the part of the viewer/consumer. Gore lauds the pre-television glory days of print, and there is some truth in that. […]