Effect of blogs, cellphones on news part of discussions at RTNDA Canada conference

TORONTO – Is Afghanistan Canada’s Vietnam? This is one of the panel topics on the agenda of the sold-out RTNDA Canada national conference, running June 21-23 at Vancouver’s Sutton Place Hotel. Another session includes Canada’s top three national anchors – CTV’s Lloyd Robertson, CBC’s Peter Mansbridge and Global Television’s Kevin Newman – discussing blogs, YouTube, MySpace, cellphones and where the world is getting its news these days. Other panel topics include The Future of News, which will include a look at RSS feeds, IPTV, HD and citizen journalism; and Owning the Podium: Fact or Fantasy, a discussion of whether Canada...