+ Challenges Facing Journalists Today

• + The role of the blogosphere
• + Are journalists changing the way they go about reporting?
• + Is there a war on the press?
• + Is the damage to the press self-inflicted?

+ The Future of the News

• + What counts as news?
• + Who will pay for newsgathering?
• + The disappearing foreign bureau
• + Serving the public or shareholders?
• + The citizen journalism movement
• + The line between journalism & activism
• + The future of newspapers
• + Should newspapers go "hyperlocal"?
• + Media convergence

+ The Internet and New Media

• + How new technology changed the media landscape
• + How the Internet has benefited reporting
• + The role of the blogosphere
• + The rise of citizen journalism
• + The impact of online news aggregators
• + New Media's reliability/accuracy
• + Investing in the Web
• + What is the state of online advertising?

+ Newspapers

• + The challenges facing newspapers
• + The circulation slump
• + Are classified ads history?
• + Do staff cuts jeopardize news coverage?
• + Should newspapers go "hyperlocal"?
• + Are newspapers a good investment?
• + Who should own newspapers?
• + The Los Angeles Times: past struggles, future challenges

+ Television News

• + Does network news still matter?
• + The news anchor: reporter or celebrity?
• + News v. entertainment?
• + News, profits & corporate takeovers
• + Was early television a golden age?

+ When the Press Gets It Wrong

• + Iraq and WMD
• + What's it like to get spun by your sources?
• + "Rathergate"

+ Media Bias

• + Is the news media biased?
• + The public's view of the press
• + The conservative critique and rise of conservative media
• + Can journalists be truly objective?
• + Is there a war on the press?

+ Secrets, Spin & Leaks

• + Why reporters need confidential sources
• + Is classifying documents out of control?
• + What's it like to be a source?
• + What's it like to get spun by your sources?
• + Why do people leak information to the press?
• + The press's role as a watchdog on government
• + Opening a Leak Investigation

+ Reporting on National Security

• + Balancing the public's need to know vs. national security
• + Is classifying documents out of control?
• + The New York Times' NSA wiretapping story
• + The New York Times' SWIFT story
• + The Washington Post's secret CIA prisons story

+ Reporter's Privilege

• + Should reporters have a privilege?
• + Should there be a federal shield law?
• + Who's a journalist?
• + Branzburg: the key Supreme Court decision
• + An influential judge rereads Branzburg
• + Justice Dept.'s guidelines on subpoeaning journalists

+ Washington & the press

• + Washington's culture of leaking
• + The Bush administration & the press
• + The Nixon administration & the press
• + The Pentagon Papers
• + Watergate
• + Is there a war on the press?
• + The press's role as a watchdog on government

+ The Plame Investigation

• + Deciding whether to testify in the Plame case
• + Judith Miller's controversial role
• + Did the Plame investigation have a chilling effect?
• + The prosecution's tactic of using waivers
• + What does the Plame case add up to?

+ The Current Leak Investigations

• + Subpoenas' impact on in-depth reporting
• + Should the BALCO reporters go to jail?
• + Wen Ho Lee's lawsuit
• + Prosecuting reporters/the Espionage Act
• + Is there a war on the press?
• + Are journalists changing the way they go about reporting?
• + Opening a Leak Investigation