News Gathering
Andrew Revkin’s Big Job
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Andrew Revkin, climate change beat reporter and blogger for NY Times, has one of the most important and difficult jobs on Earth. He’s watch captain as the planet undergoes epic transformative change, and as the impacts pile up in accelerating fashion. While his writing and reporting are up to the task he’s been handed, it’s […]
21st Century Editor in Chief Panel
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008An innovation is just an idea until the person in the corner office signs off and makes it real. We wanted to get a sense for what executive decisions are like for people at the top of the editorial pyramid. Specifically, we’re eager to learn how an Editor in charge assesses new technologies, and how […]
Paul Ferguson added to Advances in News Gathering Panel
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Paul Ferguson recently won a technical Emmy award for mobile news gathering system that he and Terence Burke put together for CNN’s International desk. The backpack-able system allows a one-man band or a pair of journalists in the field to gather, edit, and upload news video with equipment that fits in a backpack. They can […]
Opening Keynotes
Friday, January 4th, 2008The Symposium starts at 1pm on Friday, February 22, (late enough for travelers from the Midwest and Northeast to take early a.m. flights to Atlanta). Starting the meeting will be Opening Keynote talks from Krishna Bharat, Principal Scientist at Google, and Michael Skoler, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public […]