Conferencia en San Antonio: ¿Cómo recuperar la confianza del público en el periodismo?

El próximo 9 de agosto tendrá lugar en San Antonio (Texas), una jornada dedicada a debatir si la confianza y la calidad pueden ser los valores añadidos que permitan subsistir al periodismo en el siglo que acaba de comenzar. Entre los asistentes, Jay Rosen, padre del periodismo cívico, Philip Meyer, gurú del periodismo de precisión y autor del reciente libro The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, y Dan Gillmor, apóstol del periodismo ciudadano. Organiza la Public Journalism Network, presidida por Leonard Witt, de la Kennesaw State University, en el marco del proyecto Journalism and the Public: Restoring the Trust.

He aquí un avance del programa:

A Wake Up Call
Can Trust and Quality Save Journalism?

An Interactive Conference for Journalists, Academics, and Citizen Activists · August 9, 2005 · Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio

11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. – Registration
Will be wireless and blog friendly?

12:00 – 12:15 Welcome– Leonard Witt/Cole Campbell

12:20 – 1:35 – The Wake Up Call
Is the Mass News Media in a Death Spiral? Can Trust, Quality Save It?
Moderator – Cole Campbell
Issue Introduction – Leonard Witt
Panelists:
· Philip Meyer, UNC, author Vanishing Newspaper
· Dori Maynard, the Maynard Institute

1:40 – 2:55 — Breaking Away from Main Stream Traditions
Will Nonprofits, New Technologies, Citizen Journalism Restore the Trust or Are They More Nails in the Coffin?
Moderator/Commentator – Jay Rosen
Panelists:
· Neil Chase, Deputy Editor, NYTimes.com
· Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity and President, Fund for Independence in Journalism
· Dan Gillmor, author We the Media, Grassroots Journalism, by the People, for the People

2:55 – 3:10 – Snack Break

3:10 – 4:15 – What Do You Mean Restore the Trust?
Have Groups Long Neglected by the Main Stream Media Now Found Their Own Voices?
Moderator: Alice A. Tait, Professor, Central Michigan University
Panelists:
· George Cisneros, VuTure Art, Urban 15 Group, San Antonio
· George White, UCLA Center for Communications and Community
· Alejandro Manrique, Managing Director, Rumbo, San Antonio
· Tino Duran, publisher, La Prensa, San Antonio

4:20 – 5:20 – Mass Media Meets Community and Niche Markets
Is the Roman Empire of Mass Media Disintegrating into Niche Media?
Moderator – Peggy Kuhr, Knight Chair, University of Kansas
Panelists:
· Kendra Hurley, Editor, Youth Media Reporter, ymreporter.com
· Jock Lauterer, UNC, Community News
· Brett Thacker, Managing Editor, San Antonio Express-News