Newseum Launches 'The Future of News' in Televised Series Hosted by Frank Sesno

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Newseum is launching "The
Future of News," a new 10-part television series featuring lively,
cutting-edge conversations with well-known journalists and new media pioneers
about the evolution of news reporting in an Internet age.

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The initial 10 programs will be hosted by Frank Sesno, award-winning
broadcaster and professor at George Washington University. Panelists include
NBC's Ann Curry; The Washington Post's Bob Woodward; ABC's Sam Donaldson; Tina
Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast; Craigslist founder
Craig Newmark; Instapundit Glenn Reynolds; new media critic Jay Rosen;
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei; and Charles Sennott of Global Post.

"The Future of News," produced at the Newseum and distributed by American
Public Television, will feature in-depth discussions and debates about
traditional news media adapting in a digital world, new media solutions
outside traditional news business models, citizen journalists, the future of
newspapers, the "digital divide," the speed of news and other topics.

Each 30-minute program will highlight emerging news sources and offer timely
tips on how news consumers can navigate the ever-expanding maze of digital
information. Touch-screen technology will be used to introduce viewers to Web
sites that offer credible alternatives to traditional news providers. In
addition, the guests will discuss the role of a free press in a digital
democracy.

Video segments produced by the Newseum's award-winning producers will set up
each week's topic. The Newseum's vast content, which includes thousands of
historic newspapers, photographs and news-related artifacts, will be
incorporated into the programs to provide historical context.

"The Newseum is uniquely positioned to lead the discussion about where people
will go to find accurate news in the future," said Paul Sparrow, vice
president of broadcasting for the Newseum. "This show will be a User's Guide
to News 2.0, bringing together the best and the brightest in both traditional
and new media."

"The Future of News," which is slated to air in early 2010, will be available
via the varied distribution platforms of public television. The Newseum
programming is partially funded with a grant from the Ford Foundation.
Additional underwriting is welcome. Funders are entitled to a 15-second
acknowledgement at the beginning and end of each show and will be included in
all online and print material.

About the Newseum Production Team

Host
Frank Sesno is an award-winning broadcast journalist who formerly served as
CNN's Washington, D.C., bureau chief, news anchor, analyst and reporter. Now a
special correspondent for CNN, Sesno serves as director of the School of Media
and Public Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where
he also is a professor of media, public affairs and international affairs.
Sesno has appeared on public television channels nationwide, the History
Channel and National Public Radio as an independent commentator. He also
hosted the innovative Web/broadcast special "Planet Forward" for PBS and the
long-running annual specials "A Public Voice," distributed by American Public
Television.

Production Executive
Paul Sparrow is an Emmy Award-winning producer with 30 years' experience in
television production. He came to the Newseum in 1998 and produced "Holocaust:
The Untold Story," which was nominated for an Emmy Award and carried by the
History Channel. He also was executive in charge of production for "The World
at Large," a public television series featuring David Gergen and produced in
association with SCETV. Before coming to the Newseum, Sparrow produced more
than 300 hours of prime-time network programming.

Series Producer
Susan Brooks Kelly is an award-winning multimedia producer for the Newseum
with more than 25 years of broadcasting experience. Before joining the
Newseum, she spent nearly 10 years in NBC News' Washington bureau, working on
documentaries, the "Today" show and as production manager for "Meet the Press"
with the late Tim Russert.

About the Newseum

The Newseum -- a 250,000-square-foot museum of news -- offers visitors an
experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second
technology and hands-on exhibits. Within its seven levels of galleries and
theaters, the Newseum offers a unique environment that takes museum-goers
behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made.

The Newseum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and is closed on Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors (65
and older) and $13 for youth (7 to 18). Annual memberships also are available.
For additional information, the public may call 888/NEWSEUM (888/639-7386) or
visit newseum.org.

American Public Television

American Public Television (APT) has been a leading distributor of
high-quality, top-rated programming to America's public television stations
since 1961. Among its 300 new program titles per year are prominent
documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs, children's series and classic
movies, including "Spain . . . on the road Again," "Rick Steves' Europe,"
"Worldfocus," "Globe Trekker," "Simply Ming," "America's Test Kitchen From
Cook's Illustrated," "Lidia's Family Table," "P. Allen Smith's Garden Home,"
"Murdoch Mysteries," "Doc Martin," "Rosemary and Thyme," "Johnny Cash at
Folsom Prison," "Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti" and "John Denver: The
Wildlife Concert." APT also distributes to international channels through its
APT Worldwide service. In 2006, APT launched Create(TM) -- the TV channel
featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. For more
information about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.

SOURCE Newseum

Susan Bennett of the Newseum, +1-202-292-6310