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Across Canada, radio and television stations are closing newsrooms or reducing service. Here and in the United States, daily papers are cutting editions, laying off journalists or, in a few cases, abandoning newsprint altogether to go completely digital. This upheaval has journalists and media watchers talking about the future of news gathering. The Ryerson University School of Journalism is pleased to further this discussion by hosting What's Next for News: A Conversation about the Future of Journalism, Friday, October 2 at 5:30 p.m. This is a free event, open to all.

Co-sponsored by the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association, this panel discussion will address many questions, such as: How should the news industry adapt and change in a new journalistic universe? Can the old models be reworked or should they be discarded? Who will pay for the reporting, the investigation, and writing so central to democratic ideals?

“Journalism's future depends on a blend of old and new media: the old to provide values, and standards in reporting, and the new to help gather information, disseminate it quickly and take the pulse of the audience,” said Jeffrey Dvorkin, Rogers Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson and What's Next For News event organizer. “It’s finding the balance that we have to figure out. As one of Canada’s premier schools of journalism, Ryerson has a responsibility to our students, our alumni and to the field itself to facilitate that discussion and help establish some direction for the industry.”

This event is an opportunity for the best minds in journalism to think aloud about how news will evolve and how news gatherers will adapt. Panellists include media futurist Clay Shirky of NYU, author Andrew Keen and Globe and Mail technology writer/blogger and Ryerson journalism alumnus, Mathew Ingram.

What’s Next for News is presented in conjunction with Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association’s annual seminar, Wordstock. This year’s theme is journalism tools in the new universe. For full Wordstock details, visit http://www.rjaa.ca

Seating for What’s Next for News is limited. Please R.S.V.P. to secretary@journalism.ryerson.ca

WHAT:	What's Next for News: A Conversation about the Future of Journalism
WHO:	Clay Shirky, Media Futurist
	Andrew Keen, Author, Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet Is Killing Our Culture
	Mathew Ingram, Technology Writer/Blogger, Globe and Mail
WHEN:	Friday , October 2
	5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:	LIB 72, Library Building
	Ryerson University
	350 Victoria St., Toronto

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