NCMR11 - Journalism and Democracy: Rebuilding Media for Our Communities
Channel: Free Press
Date: 2011-06-02

As traditional media struggles to survive, innovators and entrepreneurs are launching exciting new journalism projects around the country. But too often questions about the future of journalism focus on what business model will pay the bills or what new technologies will save journalism. 

This session, held at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 9,  will ask a different question: What does democracy demand of journalism? 

Panelists include: Dan Gillmor, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship; Robert McChesney, Media scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Aarti Shahani, freelance journalist and writer; Tom Stites, editor and entrepreneur, the Banyan Project; Laura S. Washington, journalist (Chicago Sun-Times and In These Times). John Nichols, journalist (The Nation, Capital Times), served as moderator.

Thanks to Kyle Johnson of Gila/Mimbres Community Radio for the footage.

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