JournalismThatMatters_DCSessions Bill Densmore, director The Media Giraffe Project at UMASS Amherst movies opensource_movies August 7-8, 2007 The George Washington University Washington, D.C. Over 150 journalists, educators, citizens and media reformers gather for "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" to help create The Next Newsroom and consider the future and purpose of journalism. Seven experts charted the rapid evolution of citizen media, including its impact on the public, politics, and on journalism teaching and practice. This is an edited version of the 90 minute public forum. Opening speakers: Chris Peck, editor The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tenn. Stephen Silha Journalism That Matters co-convenor Peggy Holman The Open Circle Company Discussants: Prof. Jay Rosen New York University Fay Anderson Blogger, Brooklyn, N.Y. Cody Howard The World Co., Lawrence, Kansas Jan Schaffer J-Lab, Univ. of Maryland Peggy Holman, dean Univ. of Montana J-School Merrill Brown / NowPublic.com and Carnegie-Knight Initiative Dan Gillmor Center for Citizen Media For more information: http://mediagiraffe.org/jtm/ 2007 2007 journalism that matters, journalism, media giraffe project http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ 2007-10-16 19:40:24 2007-10-16 19:40:04 bela_nico@yahoo.com sound color 1:30:20 English 2007-10-16 20:12:48 belanico