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The conference will consist of two panels. The first will ask, “How do people consume the news, and what do they do with it?” and the panelists will include Rich Gordon, director of digital technology in education at Medill; Andrew Huff, editor and publisher of Gapers Block; Amanda Maurer, social media producer for the Tribune; and Daniel X. O’Neil of everyblock.com; it’ll be moderated by Dan Sinker, founder of the late Punk Planet.
Panel two poses a $64 question: “How do you make money selling the news and who is willing to pay for it?” The panelists are Eric Easter, vice president for digital and entertainment at the Johnson Publishing Company; Brad Flora, founder and publisher of the Windy Citizen; Tom Lynch, director of client satisfaction at IMP!; Steve Rhodes, founder of the Beachwood Reporter; and Patrick Spain, CEO of Newser. The moderator’s Barbara Iverson, a professor of journalism at Columbia College and copublisher of chicagotalks.org.
Warren writes, “There’s no mention on its website but the Newspaper Association of America, the industry trade group, has assembled top executives of the New York Times, Gannett, E. W. Scripps, Advance Publications, McClatchy, Hearst Newspapers, MediaNews Group, the Associated Press, Philadelphia Media Holdings, Lee Enterprises and Freedom Communication Inc., among more than two dozen in all.”
