. >> tonight, representatives of buzz feed, cocker discuss -- gaw ker, discuss modern media. >> not every story needs to get the same amount of traffic. that is the most important thing to understand, for us, for me. what i think about most is the story reaching the people it needs to reach. if we are doing a story on chronic fatigue syndrome and it goes to 60,000 people and you do a quiz on moments that restore your faith in humanity, and he goes to one million people, that is ok. people who read the chronic fatigue syndrome are e-mailing you come asking for translations. there are so many different metrics we can measure success on thinking everything about traffic is detrimental and bad for business. >> do you have expectations for how well certain kinds of stories should do you have? >> i have a general idea what a success looks like depending on the story. but we don't have traffic goals. >> that was part of the discussion held on modern newsgathering and dissemination at the university of chicago. you can see the entire event at 9:25 p.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow, on washington j