It starts at the top, says Larry Kramer. You hear that sentiment over and over and over again. And it is SO true! CBS is educating its news division to "the new competitiveness." But top management must encourage this; insist on this. We confront people at CBS News every day about the way they do […]

Audio for this event will begin to be posted on the blog later today. The Feedburner feed for this is http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogs/wemedia05 … back to the control room. Chad CapellmanChad 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 […]

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 […]

You don’t have public trust unless you’re completely open and accessable. … Context and explanation … like a football game where the fans want to join in and play!

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. […]

Farai Chideya:There is no real separation of the media anymore. Tom Curley (AP):Images (and audio) provided by citizens … Serves up the f-word before breakfast (something John Feinstein did on Saturday during the Navy football broadcast!) … Competitive challenges and WHO owns the rights. Larry Kramer (CBS):CBS has recently revamped its website (www.cbs.com) … Public […]

Trust is a paramount concept underpinning this collaborative society. I forgot to look to see who said that, but I think Andrew. It’s a two-way street, publishers and producers of media asking readers to trust them, and readers asking these producers to trust them too. Society becomes participatory. I’m a educational researcher who studies learning, […]

Hi … Steve Klein from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., checking in. I’ll be blogging for WeMedia today, too.

Al Gore, Chairman, Current TV; Former Vice President of the United States Craig Newmark, Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist Tom Curley, President & CEO, The Associated Press Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC Global News Division Andrew Heyward, President, CBS News Larry Kramer, President, CBS Digital Media Karen Stephenson, President, Netform Ana Marie Cox, Editor, Wonkette […]

Preparing the rooms for We Media Originally uploaded by MC We Media. We’re less than 24 hours until We Media ’05 in New York at AP headquarters and we’re busy setting up for what promises to be an informative, lively, interactive event. — Chad Capellman