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2009 Forum on Communications and Society

August 4, 2009

For Immediate Release
Contact: Erin Silliman
Project Manager, Communications and Society Program
Tel. 202.736.5818 Fax. 202.467.0790
Email: erin.silliman@aspeninstitute.org
For details: www.aspeninstitute.org/focas

The Aspen Institute Communications & Society Program’s 2009 Forum on Communications and Society will be held in Aspen, Colorado and open for observation by the media by RSVP only.

WHO: Participants include (among many others):

  • Madeleine Albright, Albright Stonebridge Group
  • Gordon Crovitz, Journalism Online, LLC
  • Alberto Ibargüen, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • Marissa Mayer, Google
  • Craig Newmark, craigslist
  • Theodore B. Olsen, MediaNews Group
  • Rey Ramsey, One Economy Corporation
  • Paul Sagan, Akamai
  • Vivian Schiller, National Public Radio
  • Stephen Shepard, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • William Dean Singleton, MediaNews Group, Inc.
  • Paul Steiger, ProPublica

WHAT: The Forum on Communications and Society Plenary Roundtable discussion topics include:

  • American Journalism’s Relationship to Democracy
  • The Business Realities of Journalism, 2009
  • Journalistic Ecosystems for Large Communities
  • Models for Hyper-Local Approaches
  • New Online Payment Systems for Journalism

WHEN: Monday, August 17, 2009 – Wednesday, August 19, 2009

WHERE: Doerr-Hosier Center at the Aspen Institute Aspen Meadows Campus, 1000 North Third Street, Aspen, Colorado 81611

Please RSVP: erin.silliman@aspeninstitute.org or 202.736.5818

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