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Transformation: From Newspapers to the New Newsmakers
September 19, 2006
Alex Beam columnist, Boston Globe
Ellen Foley editor, Wisconsin State Journal
Stuart N. Brotman visiting scholar, CMS, MIT

Working journalists, media critics and digital visionaries discuss the ongoing transformation and apparent decline of American newspapers. Topics include the aging of the newspaper reader, the emergence of citizens' media, the blogosphere, the fate of local news and the local newspaper, and news and information in the networked future.

Cosponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

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