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Conference on Excellence in Journalism and the New Media

Program
These are links to a transcript of an April 23, 1998 new media conference sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the Committee of Concerned Journalists and the Knight Fellowship Program at Stanford University.

Click on any of the highlighted words to go to that portion of the program.

Opening Remarks
- Orville Schell, dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- James Risser, Stanford University Knight Fellowship Program
- Tom Rosenstiel, Committee of Concerned Journalists
- David Weir, Salon
- David Talbot, Salon

Panel 1 - The Promise and Threat of New Media
- G. Pascal Zachary, Wall Street Journal (moderator)
- Jack Shafer, Slate
- Louis Rossetto, Wired
- Katherine Fulton, Global Business Network
- Adam Clayton Powell III, The Freedom Forum
- John Markoff, New York Times
- Jonathan Weber, The Industry Standard
- Denise Caruso, New York Times columnist

- Discussion

Panel 2 - Excellence in the New Media
- John McChesney, National Public Radio (moderator)
- Kevin McKenna, New York Times/Knight Fellowship Program
- Gary Kamiya, Salon
- Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
- Jai Singh, CNET
- Pamela Pfiffner, ZDTV.com
- Spencer Ante, new media journalist, formerly with Web Magazine

- Discussion

Panel 3 - Credibility and the New Media
- Paul Grabowicz, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (moderator)
- Lewis Perdue, IdeaWorx
- Phil Lemmons, PC World
- Steven Chin, Channel A
- Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News
- Dale Peskin, Dallas Morning News
- J. D. Lasica, Microsoft Sidewalk
- Kathleen Delaski, America Online
- Clair Whitmer, CNET

- Discussion

Panel 4 - The Future of New Media
- David Weir, new media consultant, formerly with Hotwired (moderator)
- Richard Gingras, @home
- Francis Pisani, Le Monde/El Pais
- Todd Oppenheimer, Newsweek Interactive
- Joey Anuff, Suck.com
- Bruce Koon, Mercury Center
- Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future

- Discussion

Closing Remarks
- Orville Schell, dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- Tom Rosenstiel, Committee of Concerned Journalists

Panelists and speakers at the conference came from a wide variety of new media companies and organizations.

Funding for the conference was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Graduate School of Journalism and the Knight Fellowship Program.