New Media, Censorship and Google News

By Jay Hauben, published on OhmyNews, 2007-11-27

Can the "new media" help an uncensored journalism to emerge? Is there a connection between new media and new journalism? One clue to an answer to these questions is that new media especially the Internet make possible new sources and forms of journalism such as citizen journalism and blogger journalism. But why is a new journalism needed and what would be its mission?

Recently, a panel (see below) was gathered at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism CJS[1] in New York City to address "The Changing Media Landscape." This was the third annual panel under this title. The hall was full and the session with six panelists and questions from the audience lasted for two-and-a-half hours. The whole event was Web cast live[2] and had a live chat session by which offsite watchers could ask questions....
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