Digerati Alert: YouTube Panel on Online Video Journalism Is Up

On January 12, 2009 in Washington, YouTube hosted an event: "Broadcasting the World: The New Ecosystem for News Online." 

The panel ("Reeling Them In: Building an Audience for News Video") featured:  Chris Cillizza, Journalist, The Washington Post, Jim Brady, Executive Editor of WashingtonPost.com, Ann Derry, The New York Times' Editorial Director of Video and Television, Refet Kaplan, Managing Director, Fox News, Lila King, Director of CNN iReport and Jon Sawyer, Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

The panel was introduced by YouTube's Steve Grove, who heads news and politics and host of the event.

YouTube has published the entire 1-hour session.  We attended the conference and found it quite interesting.  We are pleased to see it published and to share it right here on purple channel.

-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer