Panelists:
Angie LAU
Reporter, Bloomberg Television
Mariko SANCHANTA
Senior Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia
Asha PHILLIPS
Senior Editor, Storyful
David BANDURSKI
Researcher at China Media Project, a project of The Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong
Roy SEKOFF
Founding Editor, The Huffington Post and Producer of HuffPostLive (via Skype)
Topic: Tug-o-War: Mainstream Media versus Social Media
This panel brings together long-time social media leaders and high profile journalists for a lively debate. How will traditional media retain its relevance? How can social media guarantee its content? In an era of free content who will pay for journalism? In media-censored countries, how does social media fill the information gap?
Speaker: Angie LAU
Reporter, Bloomberg Television Mariko SANCHANTA
Senior Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia Asha PHILLIPS
Senior Editor, Storyful David BANDURSKI
Researcher at China Media Project, a project of The Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong Roy SEKOFF
Founding Editor, The Huffington Post and Producer of HuffPostLive (via Skype),
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