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The Mohamed cartoons -- not many lessons learned

Posted by Tarek Atia on June 7, 2006 at 2:29 PM
The hottest debate at this year's World Editor Forum was about -- you guessed it -- the lessons learned from the Danish cartoon crisis...
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Freedom of speech versus respect for religions – is that the real issue?

Posted by Tarek Atia on June 6, 2006 at 5:52 PM

Tuesday’s World Editors Forum meeting ended with an intense debate about the infamous Danish cartoon controversy, and the lessons that might be learned from it. 

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Converged newsrooms -- not even up for debate...

Posted by Tarek Atia on June 6, 2006 at 8:09 AM

When it comes to large traditionally print media entities, the Washington Post has always been ahead of the curve on the web side. Washingtonpost.com’s executive editor Jim Brady’s presentation at the World Editor’s Forum in Moscow showed why. Brady told the audience what the Post had done, and what it was planning on doing, to ensure that its newsroom was steeped in the hi-tech art of convergence.

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Q and A -- Eli Noam and the future of newspapers

Posted by Tarek Atia on June 5, 2006 at 1:52 PM

So, how did a room full of top news editors react to Eli Noam’s prediction that their lives would soon become far more complicated, as it becomes harder and harder – in a free content world – for paid newspapers to continue offering the same kind of material to readers who will be less willing to pay for it…

At first – complete and utter silence. Perhaps the editors were so stunned that they couldn’t think of anything to say. Maybe they wanted to avoid the situation altogether…

But then, slowly but surely, reality dawns and the hands start to rise…

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