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washington, d.c., a discussion on the future of journalism and digital media. npr host robert see gal moderates a discussion with panelists from reuters, voice of america, google, and the academic world. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jim duff here at the museum and it's my distinct pleasure to welcome you all here. it's an hon fornor for us to host such a wonderful event, the 50th anniversary celebration that you're all participating in at the columbia journalism review. and it just gives us all the more credibility in what we're doing here to host wonder...

well, for nearly all in beijing for cnn. the bureau chief. almost raised to that task taken been taking by academic parents to beijing as child and put into public schools an went on to report at bureau chief in tokyo and now is a senior fellow at the new america foundation. her book "consent of the network" examines the very challenges that we'll be addressing here. holding a copy there. lee ballenger, you've made the most explicit proposal for how we should address journalism in the digital age. give us briefly your diagnosis of the problem and what the solution should be. >> sure....

happened to the media that says it's all worse than it used to be in the golden age of the '70s and '80s is very much one that comes from the news room is of "the washington post," the "l.a. times," maybe the "new york times." it's not necessarily one that comes from what people experience. and something i think about a lot, it's also i think a very coastal even sort of a corridor narrative. i grew up in a small town in northern alberta. what we could read when i was a kid was "peace river record gazette," our local paper once a week. listen to cbc. and "edmonton journal," delivered ...

which was something of a mirage in recent years but let's build something really worthwhile. and, yes, it will take time but it will be built to last rather than as the last recovery was, built on sand. it is difficult. and politics is not easy, obviously. when you are working in coalition, when you are dealing with difficult economic circumstances. but the most important thing is to do the right thing and to do the right thing by the people of this country who want government to think about the long term and not about tomorrow's headlines. >> just to underline that point, the latest...

maybe the most important one since he's taken office. it will deal with the health issue. tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern on cnn. right now on cnn, john king and "ac 360." breaking news tonight in the murder of byrd and melanie billings this is happening literally right now. susan candiotti with the details. police -- new development in the case. susan? >> reporter: here is what is new, john. cnn has learned according to a source familiar with the investigation there was a second safe in the house. and that that safe, according to the same source, contained about $100,000. this was ...