Two bloggers, Corrin Foster and Kristin Sheppard, will host a discussion at SXSW Interactive about journalism ethics in the digital age. The discussion will center around questions like how consumers distinguish between different news sources, whether bloggers should follow the same ethical codes as journalists, and the role of citizen journalism sites like Reddit. The session aims to start a conversation around credibility and trustworthiness in new and traditional forms of online media.

1. 
NEW JOURNALISM
BLACK AND WHITE AND REDDIT ALL OVER
A SXSW INTERACTIVE CORE CONVERSATION
WITH CORRIN FOSTER AND KRISTIN SHEPPARD
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2. JOINTHE CONVERSATION
SXSW Interactive
Sunday, March 15
12:30-1:30
Hyatt Regency
Big Bend
208 Barton Springs Road
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3. PRESENTERS
 Corrin Foster
 Blogger/Marketing Manager
 Greenleaf Book Group
 www.ohheywhatsup.com
 Kristin Sheppard
 Founder/Creative Director
 Giant Squid Media
 www.giantsquidmedia.com
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4. CONVERSATION STARTERS
 WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR NEWS?
 AS A CONSUMER OF INFORMATION, DO YOU
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SOURCES? IS THERE A
HIERARCHY OF TRUST? IS A REPORTER ALWAYS
MORE ACCURATE THAN A BLOGGER?
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5. CONVERSATION STARTERS
 WHAT MAKES A JOURNALIST MORE TRUSTWORTHY
THAN SOMEONE ELSE? HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO
TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND A PAYCHECK CARRY?
 WHEN A BLOGGER IS PAID, DO THEY BECOME LESS
CREDIBLE? DOES THE SAME STANDARD HOLD TRUE
FOR JOURNALISTS?
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6. CONVERSATION STARTERS
 SHOULD BLOGGERS BE MADE TO FOLLOW THE
SAME ETHICAL CODES AS JOURNALISTS, DESPITE
BEING FREE AGENTS? WHAT WOULD THAT ENTAIL?
ARE FTC GUIDELINES ENOUGH?
 WHAT MAKES SOMEONE CREDIBLE? IS IT AS SIMPLE
AS TRANSPARENCY = HONESTY? OR DOES AN
ESTABLISHED REPUTATION MEAN MORE TO
CREDIBILITY?
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7. CONVERSATION STARTERS
 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CITIZEN
JOURNALISM?
 ARE SITES LIKE REDDIT FURTHERING THE
CONVERSATION AND HELPING JOURNALISTS? DOES
THE POTENTAIL FOR SPREADING MISINFORMATION
NEGATE THE POSSIBLE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
MEDIA?
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