From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?

The Federal Trade Commission will hold two days of free public workshops to explore how the Internet has affected journalism. The sessions will assemble representatives from print, online, broadcast and cable news organizations, academics, consumer advocates, bloggers, and other new media representatives.

A significant focus of the workshops will be on the governmental policies - including antitrust, copyright, and tax policy - that have been put forward as new ways for journalism to thrive.  The sessions will consider a wide range of issues, including: the economics of journalism and how they are playing out on the Internet and in print; the many new business and non-profit models emerging for journalism online; and the impact of targeted online advertising, online news aggregators, and bloggers.

Updates regarding the December 1 and 2, 2009 workshops, including an agenda and panelists will be posted on this webpage, or can be accessed via RSS Feed from this webpage.

Location:

FTC Conference Center
601 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001