AUDIO: Editors roundtable on future of newspapers

How bullish are senior editors about the future of U.S. metropolitan daily newspapers? Fordham University business school Prof. Everette E. Dennis and an audience mostly of Univ. of Missouri j-school graduates listened to -- and quizzed -- seven editors and executives during a panel on Thurs., Sept. 11, 2008. The event was part of the opening of the Reynolds Journalism Institute and also marked the 100th anniversary of the Missouri School of Journalism's founding.

The panelists (all Missouri grads):

Janet E. Coats, The Tampa Tribune

Lewis W. Diuguild, The Kansas City Star

Michael Golden, The New York Times Co.

Pam Maples, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ken Paulson, USAToday and USAToday.com

Marty Petty, St. Petersburg [Fla.] Times

Mark E. Russell, Orlando [Fla.] Sentinel

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