This session will examine how industry and academia are collaborating, and how such collaboration could be expanded and improved. In the so-called “hard” sciences, academics are leading the commercial industries in research and development. How could journalism benefit from a similar model? In this session, newsroom managers will gain a better understanding of how industry-focused research in academia functions. Academics will find better ways to integrate applied research opportunities into the classroom.

Jay Rosen, Faculty, New York University; Paul Volpe, Deputy Politics Editor, washingtonpost.com; Retha Hill, Director of the New Media Innovation Lab and Professor of Practice, Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism; Ryan Thornburg, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina.