The Next Newsroom

These are either the best of times, or worst of times for journalism. Newsrooms, along with the role of journalists, are changing and will have to adopt continuous change in the time ahead. Join CNW for breakfast with Kirk LaPointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun, as he shares the story of the challenge for journalism today and its implications for the communications business.

Kirk LaPointe, a veteran media executive, runs western Canada's largest newsroom day to day and has helped to oversee a large cultural shift at the Vancouver Sun as it embraced the digital imperative in journalism. Kirk is executive in residence as an adjunct professor at the graduate school of journalism at University of British Columbia. A long time digital media participant, Kirk blogs at www.themediamanager.com. Follow him on Twitter @kirklapointe.