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Date: 12.04.2006
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The power of trust in the media and citizen journalism are among the topics to be discussed by top media names at a two-day forum in London next month hosted by the Â鶹Éç and Reuters.
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The 2006 We Media Global Forum will bring together opinion formers and leaders from media, business and technology to discuss and collaborate on how the media can foster trust and influence global issues in a world made smaller by the Internet.
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The forum takes place from 3 to 4 May - presented by The Media
Center, a United States-based non-profit think tank.
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Forum speakers include:
- Jean-Marie Colombani - Chairman & Publisher, Le
Monde
- Richard Dreyfuss - actor and activist
- Joanna Fields - Director of Partnerships, Google
- Tom Glocer - CEO, Reuters
- Scott Heiferman - Founder & CEO, Meetup.com
- Wadah Khanfar - Director-General, Al Jazeera
- Rebecca MacKinnon - Co-Founder, Global Voices
- Carolyn McCall - CEO, Guardian Newspapers
- Richard Sambrook - Director of Global News, Â鶹Éç
- David Schlesinger - Global Managing Editor, Reuters
- Dave Sifry - CEO, Technorati
- Mark Thompson - Director-General, Â鶹Éç
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Day one of the programme, at the Â鶹Éç Television Centre in West London,
includes a live broadcast of the Â鶹Éç World
Service programme World
Have Your Say and an interactive experience with the Digital
Assassins, a digital media group.
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Day two, at Reuters global headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, includes
a series of satellite-linked 'town hall' meetings around the world, and an in-depth
look by venture capitalists and business leaders at the changing economics of
media and value of social capital.
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Throughout the two days of the programme, the Global
Forum will offer glimpses of the future in short 'Future Forward'
segments - first
looks at emerging technologies and media from leading developers,
entrepreneurs and companies.
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A full programme of speakers and details is available at www.mediacenter.org/wemedia06
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Â鶹Éç Director-General Mark Thompson said: "Trust
has always been central to Â鶹Éç values. We all know the pressures
that news organisations face in this fast-changing multi-media world.
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"I am delighted to welcome participants to the
We Media Global Forum and I hope that it will provide a valuable
opportunity for all of us to share our insights."
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Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, said: "The balance of power between
content creators, suppliers and consumers is changing, with an end to the notion
of a passive audience.
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"The ramifications of this new phenomenon are
most acutely felt in the area of trust. As consumers, this democratisation
of media will have profound effects on where we source news and
entertainment, and who we trust.
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"For a company like Reuters, this
is a great time to be taking a 150-year-old news brand in exciting
new directions."
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The London forum is the second We Media event conducted by The Media Center.
More than 250 leaders participated in the initial event in New York
City in October 2005.
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