Session 1 – New Journalism Ecosystem
Charles Lewis, Executive Editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, discusses current standards of transparency and disclosure, and the percentage of journalists with prior professional experience.
Session 2 – Ethics for the New Investigative Newsroom
Panelists Andy Hall, Brant Houston, Stephen JA Ward, Carol Toussaint and Marty Kaiser present their findings on emerging ethical issues in nonprofit investigative journalism.
Session 3 – Bridging the Gaps: Old-Media Values in a New-Media World
Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, delivers the conference’s keynote address.
Session 4 – Whatever Happened to Verification in Journalism?
Panelists Scott Cohn, Kristin Czubowski, Phil Rosenthal, Sue Robinson and John Smalley discuss whether journalism verification and online speed are compatible values.
Session 5 – When Journalists Join the Media Revolution
Kathleen Bartzen Culver speaks with Alfred Hermida about the ethical issues arising when mainstream journalists use new media, including social media, blogs and Twitter.