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• Wikileaks, the Web, and the Long, Strange Journey of Journalism

  by Ben Werdmuller, James Moore and Scott Braddock

  Is it morally correct for the US to pursue prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange? Is alleged leaker of military documents Bradley Manning a hero or a traitor? And what do Wikileaks and the Internet mean to the future of journalism? James Moore, the New York Times bestselling author of "Bush's Brain" is joined by technologist Ben Werdmuller from the UK, the creator of one of the web's early social networking platforms, and KRLD Dallas radio host Scott Braddock, to discuss "Wikileaks, the Web, and the Long, Strange Journey of Journalism." Moore will lead the panel by arguing that Assange and Manning are heroic figures and ought to be honored in a culture that requires information to sustain a democracy. Werdmuller will offer his insight on the Internet’s long term reach and impact with regard to information, systems, and public access to data that was previously unavailable, and Braddock will articulate the perspective that Assange and Manning have done harm to America and its allies and need to be treated as people who have acted outside of the law. Audience participation and questions will be encouraged.

  • Journalism
  • WikiLeaks

  At 9:30am to 10:30am, Tuesday 15th March

  In Town Lake Ballroom, Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake

• Wikileaks: The Website That Changed the World?

  by Ian Katz, Stephen Engelberg, Issandr El Amrani, Sarah Ellison and Carne Ross

  Wikileaks began as an audacious idea, a statement about the potential of the internet to speak truth to power and to open governments. Barely four years later, the whistleblower's website finds itself at the centre of an unprecedented global storm over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of confidential cables from US embassies around the world. To many WikiLeaks's founder Julian Assange is a hero who has shone the bright glare of public scrutiny into places governments would rather keep hidden; to others he is a vandal, taking a sledgehammer to the secrecy all states need to maintain to function. Is Wikileaks just one expression valve for the web, one that would be replaced by others if it was closed? Has it changed the public's understanding of and relationship to government in any real and lasting way, or is it a media preoccupation?

  LEVEL: Intermediate

  • Journalism
  • WikiLeaks

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Tuesday 15th March

  In Town Lake Ballroom, Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake