WSU Virtual Journalism Summit

Robert Force, Kris Raikes, and Susan Lionhart of WSU NOPLC attended the world's first Virtual Journalism Summit at WSU in Pullman, WA.

They attended virtually within a program called Second Life. This ability to travel within virtual spaces was a topic that was discussed at length during the summit. Cost effective and environmentally friendly networking in this manner is rapidly becoming the norm.

They were able to participate in Q&A with Helen Thomas; Former White House Bureau Chief, Bob Scheiffer; CBS News Chief, Washington Correspondent, Philip Rosedale; Founder of Second Life, Lane Merrifield ; Executive Vice President, Disney Online Studios,
Lila King; Senior Producer, CNN Interactive Storytelling, Erica Driver; co-founder, ThinkBalm, Wagner James Au; Virtual World Journalist, Bernhard Drax; Virtual World Journalist.

Egyptian bloggers Eureka Dejavu and Schmilsson Nilsson of DIP's (Dancing Ink Productions) Dispatches from the imagination Age were able to be present in Second Life and premiere their latest documentary - Virtual Journalism: Inside the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo.The virtual event took place on WSU Island, a replica of the actual brick and mortar of the Pullman WSU campus. If you would like to see more of this event, please visit http://experience.wsu.edu/