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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1><u>MIT COMMUNICATIONS
FORUM<br><br>
</u></font><font face="arial" size=5><b>Why Newspapers Matter<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Thursday, October 5, 5-7
pm, Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab<br><br>
<b>Jerome Armstrong</b> (<i>Crashing the Gate</i>), <b>Pablo Boczkowski
</b>(<i>Digitizing the News</i>), <b>Danta Chinni</b> (Project for
Excellence in Journalism), <b>David Thorburn</b>, (MIT)<br><br>
Working journalists, media critics and digital visionaries discuss the
ongoing transformation and apparent decline of American newspapers.
Topics to be addressed: the aging of the newspaper reader, the emergence
of citizens' media and the blogosphere, the fate of local news and the
local newspaper, news and information in the networked future.<br><br>
This is the third in a series of forums that asks <i>Will Newspapers
Survive?</i> Also in the series: <i>The Emergence of Citizens' Media
</i>(Sept. 19), <i>News, Information and the Wealth of Networks</i>
(Sept. 21).<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Series co-sponsor:
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation <br><br>
Forums are free and open to the public. <br><br>
More information: <a href="??">http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum<br><br>
</a>A reception in the lower atrium of the Media Lab follows this wrap-up
forum. Food provided by Jules Catering.<br>
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MIT Communications Forum<br>
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14N-430<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
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voice 617-253-3521<br>
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