I will be part of a panel today at Columbia University's Tow Center (School of Journalism). The program is titled Journalism + Silicon Valley and it explores how today's journalism is increasingly dependent on and influenced by companies that dominate the social web. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are no longer “just platforms” – they are shaping how journalism is practiced and funded. The all-day program will involve a series of sessions analyzing this symbiosis between two worlds that have historically had different cultures, technologies and business models is creating both tension and opportunity.
The program opens with a Keynote: The News Industry and Social Networks led by Emily Bell, of the Tow Center, and Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times.
My panel will discuss the subject of Newsroom Strategies for the Social Web, with Raney Aronson (Frontline) , Trushar Barot (BBC), Nicholas Carlson (Insider), and moderated by Mark Hansen, Director, David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation.
Stay tuned as I plan to report highlights in the Friday blog
For more information:
http://towcenter.org/fall-2015-conference-journalism-silicon-valley/
CityLab Latino to Launch in Early 2016 on Univision.com
This is another example of the power of Spanish-language media in the United States. The latest to create an alliance are The Atlantic and Univision Digital, which have just announced a collaboration in which they are building a Spanish-language version of The Atlantic’s award-winning digital publication, http://CityLab.com. The new destination, to be called CityLab Latino, will feature original journalism in Spanish as well as reporting from http://CityLab.com, adapted and translated for the new platform. CityLab Latino is expected to launch in early 2016 at Univision.com, the #1 multi-platform digital property for U.S. Hispanics.
CityLab Latino will provide Hispanic America with coverage of the pressing issues, ideas, and innovations emerging from the world’s urban centers. The destination will offer original reporting in Spanish along with translated versions of http://CityLab.com articles, and will report on topics ranging from crime, politics, and immigration, to the environment, design, culture, and technology. The editorial team for CityLab Latino will be split between Miami and Washington, D.C., with writers in key cities across the country.
“This partnership allows us to widen CityLab’s range and put its ideas-driven journalism before a new audience,” said James Bennet, editor in chief and co-president of The Atlantic. “In our conversations with Univision’s team we’ve discovered an unusual alignment of values and ambitions, and we’re excited to have the chance to work alongside them.”