Invitation to Seattle Journalism conference

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

Susan Palmer and I will be attending this conference, representing 
Moscow Vision 2020.  We'll be discussing our email list.  Perhaps you 
would also like to attend....

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>              QUALITY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY:
>              The Challenges of Money, Medium and Message
>              _________________________________
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>You are invited to the Committee of Concerned Journalists'
>Forum sponsored by The Seattle Times and the University of
>Washington Graduate School of Public
>Affairs
>
>              Friday, Sept. 25, 1998
>              8:30 am-5:00 pm
>              University of Washington, main campus
>              Savery Hall 239
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>To Register:  Call (206) 694-6782 or e-mail mandk@nwlink.com
>
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>CONFERENCE TOPIC
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>On behalf of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, The
>Seattle Times and the Graduate School of Public Affairs we
>invite you to an important and unusual forum on quality
>journalism in the 21st century.  During this day-long
>conference we will examine what needs to be done to maintain
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>and sustain quality journalism and discourse during a time
>of costly development of new online media, strong profit
>pressures, declining public attention to news, the 24-hour
>news cycle and rapid technological change.  The objective of
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>the forum is to focus participants=92 attention on realistic
>options, costs and benefits of choices to be made, and what
>must be done to sustain quality journalism given the modern
>environment in which the media operates.  Joining us in this
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>discussion will be several prominent figures representing a
>variety of media and citizen perspectives.
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>PARTICIPANTS
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>James Fallows, former national magazine editor and author of
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>=93Breaking the News, How the Media Undermine American
>Democracy=94 will participate in the conference along with
>Richard Meislin, Editor in Chief of The New York Times
>Electronic Media Company, and Michael Slade, creator of
>Starwave along with representatives of MSNBC, Mother Jones,
>abcnews.com, Microsoft=92s Sidewalk, The Seattle Times, KCTS,
>The Stranger, The Pew Center for Civic Journalism, RXL
>Pulitzer, Northwestern University Medill School of
>Journalism, Willamette Week, Good News/Good Deeds,
>University of Washington,  Mercury Center, State of
>Washington and City of Seattle, Slate, TVW, University of
>Oregon School of Journalism, Tacoma News Tribune, Moscow
>Vision
>2020, The Spokesman-Review, The Fairness Project, Center for
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>Contemplation and Nonviolence and others.
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>CONFERENCE AGENDA
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> 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Parrington Hall Commons
> 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Savery Hall 239
> 9:00 a.m. Opening Plenary
> 10:45 a.m. Best Practices Presentation
> 11:15 a.m. Discussion Groups Convene, Parrington Hall
> 12:30 p.m. No Host Lunch, Parrington Hall Commons
> 1:30 p.m. Discussion Groups Reconvene, Parrington Hall
> 2:45 p.m. Reports from Discussion Groups, Savery 239
> 3:45 p.m. Closing Plenary
> 4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
> 5:00 p.m. Reception, Parrington Hall Commons
>
>The conference is free and open to the public.  You must
>preregister to attend either by calling (206) 694-6782 or
>responding via e-mail by Monday, September 21, 1998.  If you
>
>would like us to order you a lunch please mail your payment
>of $9 along with your confirmation to:
>
>The Seattle Times Conference
>14916 93rd Blvd. NE
>#U-202
>Bothell, WA 98011
>
>If you register via e-mail please include the following
>information:
>
>Name
>Organization
>Daytime phone
>Mailing Address
>
>Also, be sure and indicate which discussion group you would
>like to attend during the break-out session.
>
>o Media Publisher
>o Print Journalist
>o Broadcaster
>o Online Journalism
>o Portal/Entrepreneur
>o Alternative Voices
>o Citizen/Consumer Voice
>o Public Sector
>o Youth Consumer
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>BACKGROUND:  The Committee of Concerned Journalists
>
>The national Committee of Concerned Journalists, located in
>Washington, D.C., is a consortium of reporters, editors,
>producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about
>the future of their profession.  The group believes this is
>a critical moment in American journalism.  Revolutionary
>changes in technology, in economic equations, in our
>relationship with the public, threaten the core principles
>that define jounalism=92s role in a democratic society.  To
>secure journalisms=92 future, the group believes that
>journalists from all media, geography, rank and generation
>must be clear about what sets our profession apart from
>other endeavors.  To accomplish this, the group wants to
>create a national conversation among journalists about
>principles.  This forum is part of
>a series of forums held around the country to clarify the
>purpose and aims of journalism as a profession, sponsored in
>
>part by a grant from the Pew
>Charitable Trusts.
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>Planning Committee Members
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>Chair: Michael Fancher, Executive Editor and Vice President
>of The Seattle Times; David Boardman, Assistant Managing
>Editor of The Seattle Times; Mark Trahant, columnist for The
>
>Seattle Times; Margaret Gordon, Dean Emeritus and Professor,
>
>UW Graduate School of Public Affairs; Professor Andrew
>Gordon, UW Graduate School of Public Affairs; Kristina
>Wilfore, Consultant and Conference Coordinator; Katherine
>Fulton, Global Business Network; and the Committee of
>Concerned Journalists.
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