{"id":35,"date":"2010-02-19T19:02:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T03:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/poynter\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T19:02:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T03:02:07","slug":"pre-conference-conversations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/poynter\/pre-conference-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Conference Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the conference preparation, participants were paired to start the conversation.\u00a0The questions below were offered as a way to break new and fertile ground. \u00a0Reflections on the interviews follow the questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is the story of your work and how did it lead to saying “yes” to this gathering?<\/li>\n
  2. We’re well beyond the debate that journalism is changing. Tell me about an experience you.ve had with these new realities — roles, tools, relationships, economics — in which the emerging news ecology actually made a difference in telling a story that mattered. What did that experience teach you about the gifts of both new ways of working and the traditional roots of journalism?<\/li>\n
  3. Without being humble, what do you value most about yourself? What do you see yourself bringing to this meeting?<\/li>\n
  4. What is it about journalism without which it would cease to be journalism; what is its essential core? What are you ready to let go of?<\/li>\n
  5. The year is 2014 and the new news ecology is a vibrant media landscape. What is journalism bringing to communities and democracy that matters most? What steps did we take back in 2009 to begin to bring this about?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reflections on the conversations:<\/strong><\/p>\n