Breakout Session 1.5: Digital Natives: The New Media Generation

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Young people, who constitute the majority of the population in many countries, are fueling media innovation. How do young people get and share their news in the digital age? Will growing up digitally change the way a new generation engages in the public debate?

Moderator: Jason Rzepka, Vice President, Public Affairs, MTV Networks, United States

Shiv Bhaskar Dravid, Founder, The Viewspaper, India

Emin Milli, Founder, Alumni Network Youth Group, Azerbaijan (via Skype)

Adnan Hajizada, Founder, OL! Azerbaijani Youth Movement, Azerbaijan (via Skype)

Jennifer Ehidiamen, journalist, Celebrating Progress Africa and the Global Press Institute, Nigeria

Maria Sadovskaya, Journalist, European Radio for Belarus, Belarus


Breakout Session 1.5: Digital Natives: The New Media Generation from World Press Freedom Day 2011 on Vimeo.