Report from TGGD #16: The Future of Media

Toronto Girl Geek Dinner’s 16th meet up on November 9th featured a lively panel discussion on the future of media. The panel featured:

Candice Faktor (moderator) from Torstar Digital
Lori Beckstead from Ryserson University
Angela Misri from CBC
Doreen Iannuzzi from Multimedia Nova Corporation

There was certainly no shortage of stimulating conversation, interesting perspectives and opinions at this TGGD event. The panel discussed an incredible variety of topics such as:

• The importance of reaching cultural audiences
• Content producers as collaborators
• Journalists as content curators
• Hype versus reality, particularly when it comes to social media
• The struggle to be a trusted news source while incorporating user-generated content
• What applications such as Facebook Connect mean for how users engage with content online
• The role of marketers in the social media landscape
• Digital and information literacy

One only has to check out the TGGD hashtag on Twitter to get a sense of the breadth and depth of the conversation going on at this event. The audience and the panel engaged with one another, the result of which was an incredibly dynamic and frank discussion about such an all-encompassing topic.

If you were at the event last night, lets us know what topics you'd like to see covered in a potential 'Part 2' of this discussion.

Thanks to our event sponsor Hover – head on over to hover.com for all of your domain name registration needs. Keep your eyes peeled for the next TGGD event!