What is journalism's obligation to police our own? What do we do about the malign influence of Rupert Murdoch's empire in the English-speaking democracies and the taint he brings our field?

Regulation of the net has brought a series of unintended consequences affecting freedom of expression, the business of news organizations, and they power of platforms (giving them more). Is there an a...

Almost every news title on the internet relies on advertising, much of it programmatic adverts supplied by the tech giants. For a lucky few, subscription revenue offers a way out of this codependency,...

Every revenue model for news is in serious trouble: Advertising is collapsing. Paywalls work for only some sites. There's not enough charity from foundations or the public to support the journalism we...

If you read the techlash that has taken over media coverage of the net and society, you're likely depressed and counting the days to the armageddon. Why the sudden hostility from the same journalists ...

If we were able to influence the decision-making process of news algorithms, how would that work and what does it look like? How should news ranking and recommendation systems work? One answer has be...

More and more journalists are being asked to step into roles that previously were the sole domain of the business side. The Guardian's membership scheme is run by a journalist. More and more newsrooms...

Europe is leading the world in regulating the internet. In this session we will debate the positive and the negative, the intended and the unintended consequences - the lessons - of that regulation so...

Is the "story" the atomic unit of journalism or a seductive siren that leads us to favor drama and engagement over truth? The Claas Relotius scandal at Der Spiegel - revealing rampant fictionalizing b...

Facebook and Twitter are being blamed for almost every ill of society. Have the tech companies screwed up? Sure. But are journalists justified leaving social platforms and turning their backs on the c...

Facebook said it is shifting to enabling "meaningful interaction between people." Media companies emphasize conversation as the goal of community? Is that the right definition of community? Let's help...

Media commentators are calling for technology companies to be nationalized, boycotted, and even shut down, claiming they are the ruination of society. Really? Are we worse off or better off with the n...

Modeled after the Newsgeist sessions that ask "What Could Google Do for News?", we will bring the discussion about Facebook's role and responsibility in society directly to journalism with a construct...

Both platforms and media helped get us into the mess we are in -- and before we can expect them to get us out we need to help them write the principles that should guide their decisions on product des...

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ijf17talk by Adam Mosseri. Moderator Jeff Jarvis. Adam Mosseri, VP of News Feed at Facebook, will share how his team thinks about improving News Feed so people see personally relevant stories every t...

#netzwende. Trump is the best that could ever happen to journalism - because it is a wake-up call that has long been overdue. Considering this potential, VOCER takes the opportunity of hosting a panel...

To hell with mass media. Journalism, properly conceived, is a service, not a content factory. As such, news must be built on relationships with individuals and communities, no longer a mass, helpin...