When Web Data Makes News
With search engines, data crawlers and memory by the terabyte, it is becoming ever easier to crunch previously unimaginable amounts of data from across the web into useful information. What are the watchdog possibilities and privacy dangers for journalists harnessing newly opened information? Conveners: Adam Clayton Powel III, University of Southern California; Brant Houston, Investigative Reporters & Editors; Adrian Holovarty, WashingtonPost.com.