The hierarchy between journalist and audience has broken down. While some fear the change, others see the enormous potential in bringing the work of professional and amateur journalists together. How are eyewitnesses, often using social networks, creating new story-telling models? What is the best way to leverage the experience of professional journalists in this new world?
Session Chair: Lou Ferrara, Deputy Managing Editor for Multimedia, The Associated Press
- Michael Tippett, Founder, NowPublic
- Kate Marymont, Executive Editor, The News-Press, Ft. Myers, Florida
- Lauren McCullough, Online Editor, The Associated Press
- David Cohn, Editor, NewAssignment and NewsTrust
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Chad Capellman is the web producer for wemedia.com. He has served in this capacity for every We Media conference even while working for other employers that included Boston.com, Eons.com and O’Reilly Media. He has applied many of the CMS, social networking and extended reach lessons he learned from five years at the Media Center at the American Press Institute and elsewhere to client web sites. He can be found at capellman.com