Emily Bell
director Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Mathew Ingram
chief digital writer Columbia Journalism Review
Rasmus Nielsen
director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Margaret Sullivan
media columnist The Washington Post
The journalism industry is struggling financially around the world, with advertising revenues coming under increasing pressure. Meanwhile, two of the companies most responsible for that pressure — Google and Facebook — are swimming in cash. They have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to journalism-related programs, including the Google News Initiative and Facebook’s Journalism Project. But should media entities and journalists accept this funding, or does it involve an inherent conflict of interest?