MEDIA ADVISORY:News and Technology Leaders to Examine How Tablets Are Changing the Game for Publishers
Symposium will be livestreamed: www.rjionline.org/tv
WHAT: “How Are Tablets Changing the Game for Publishers?” will be the focus the Fall 2010 Tablet/E-Reader Symposium hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI). The event is free and open to the public. Participants include representatives from news organizations, technology companies, media associations and universities.
Ken Doctor, a leading news industry analyst and the author of “Newsonomic: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get” will give the opening keynote presentation. Other speakers include:
Jared Cocken, Creative Director, The Wonderfactory
Bill Tallent, Chief Executive Officer, Mercury Intermedia
Tim Massey, Vice President for Software Engineering, Handmark
Scott Merkle, EVP Business Development, Page Foundry
Colleen Newvine, Market Research Director, The Associated Press
Adam Maksl, Ph.D. Student, Missouri School of Journalism
RJI and The Associated Press will share the results of their recent iPad surveys and discuss their implications for publishers.
WHO: Roger Fidler, RJI Program Director for Digital Publishing, will moderate the sessions. He can be contacted at fidlerr@rjionline.org
WHERE: Fred W. Smith Forum (Room 200), Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia. All sessions will be webcast live at: www.rjionline.org/tv. The agenda and more information can be found on the RJI website at: www.rjionline.org.
WHEN: Friday, December 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central time.
Time Session
9:00 a.m. Tablets 2011: Which Games Will They Change? — Ken Doctor
10:45 a.m. In Search of a New Modality for Digital Periodicals — Jared Cocken
1:00 p.m. Publishing News on Ultra-Portable, Touch-Screen Computers — Bill Tallent
2:15 p.m. News Consumption on the iPad: Results of the RJI and AP Surveys— Colleen Newvine and Adam Maksl
4:00 p.m. What Can We Expect to See in 2011? — Tim Massey and Scott Merkle
Kelly Peery
Communications Coordinator
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
573-882-9650
About the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute engages media professionals, scholars and citizens in programs aimed at improving the practice and understanding of journalism. Part of the Missouri School of Journalism, RJI collaborates with citizens, news and technology companies, professional associations and foundations to generate and test innovative models and technologies for journalism and advertising. Six Donald W. Reynolds Fellows spend an academic year at RJI, working with Missouri faculty and students and RJI staff to develop new ways to gather, process and deliver news, information and advertising. RJI was launched in 2004 with an initial $31 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. In 2009, the Foundation awarded the Institute an additional $15 million for operating support.
About The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation is a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, it has committed more than $110 million to its National Journalism Initiative in the United States.
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