2006 Public Broadcasting New Media Conference, part 1

This is the first of what I hope will be several posts from the 2006 Public Broadcasting New Media Conference in Seattle.  Actually, today I attended a pre-conference new media seminar for CEOs put on by Andrew Nachison and Dale Peskin of the Media Center of the American Press Institute.  One take-home from their presentation was a list of three "propositions," general shifts that are taking place in society (below).  --Dennis

• The digital everything -- all news and information is or will be represented digitally and everything will be impacted by that. 
• Know-trust networks --  new kinds of networks are replacing the traditional trusted intermediaries (e.g., craigslist). 
• The individual -- shift from institutional power to individual power.