The Northern Star Alumni group is hosting a panel discussion on Saturday, Feb. 23 here at NIU-DeKalb. Topic: new media, old media, who will survive and how. NINA people are invited!
Featured guests include:
- Famed political blogger Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Daily Kos;
- Diane Mermigas, who writes about technological trends for the Hollywood Reporter;
- Kurt Gessler, assistant managing editor/online at the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights;
- and Mitchell Locin, senior editor, electronic news, Chicago Tribune.
The focus will fall on how traditional news and entertainment outlets are being pressured by what some call “democratizing digital media” such as blogs, Web sites and delivery of information any time, anywhere. Questions to be explored include: “As business models evolve, how will the mainstream media mesh the old and new effectively enough to stay solvent and compete?”
The program starts at 4 p.m.. It's free and open to the public and the media, as well as NIU students and faculty. The alumni dinner follows at 6:30, and costs $30. Anyone may register for either event, or both.
Full information and a registration form are available at http://www.northernstar.info/alumni/. Note the Feb. 11 registration deadline. To register, contact Maria Krull at 815-753-0707, or mkrull@niu.edu.
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