"Future of news," today

Newspaper editors and writers gather today in the Satellite Student Union to discuss the future of news.

The 2005 Roger Tatarian Journalism Symposium’s keynote speaker is Gary Pruitt, who is chairman, president and CEO of the McClatchy Company.

The company owns the Fresno and Sacramento Bees, among other papers, and is one of the fastest-growing newspaper chains in a country where the medium is on the decline.

“We seem to be in a changing news landscape,” Pruitt said Thursday. “With the emergence of the Internet so much content has become digital, mobile and interactive.”

Pruitt said new technology is offering more choices, which is fragmenting audiences.

“The sense that the mainstream media is in control will be eroded,” he said.
Pruitt said the McClatchy Company is staying on top by making sure its news is relevant and by being “more adept at the Internet than our peers.”

Other speakers today represent the Orange County Register, the San Jose Mercury News and the Visalia Times-Delta.

The event begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to last until noon.

- Laban Pelz

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