i'm joined by gerald celebs a publisher of the trends journal now for more gerald nice to see you so china as a g.d.p. is half of that of the u.s. so how does a country with a much smaller economy have a larger trading volume china is in the business of business in the united states is in the business of war. china's energies and talents are going into making more at lower prices and exploiting it around the world that high profits while america's energy are going into military industrial complex and making sophisticated weaponry waging wars see you can't do both it's either you know it's guns or butter i didn't make that line so the united states has lost its competitive edge because of its military expansionism and secondly it's as though the whole nation is living with attention deficit disorder if they go back to nafta back in one nine hundred ninety four when it was first pushed through many people warned that this was going to happen it was that great sucking sound it wasn't only going to come from mexico it was going to come from around the world as u.s. manufacturing shipped

he chronicles the results of these trends, investigative journalism, a local lose, more opinions butevidence to inform public tauruses and people and policy. michael cops has been a creative advocate and will share his ideas with you. for example, require broadcast japanese to be realizes more frequently in to be challenged to explain how their presentation of the news serve the public interest. i have no doubt that the words citizen united will, in what he is about to say. in accepting the for freedom award in september 2011 from the roosevelt institute, not here, but another roosevelt organization, michael copps echoed franklin roosevelts cautions several years ago. building news and information infrastructure that digs more deeply, gathers facts before shutting opinions, and the fourth expression to the many voices of this nation's wondrous diversity may be our greatest calling no. our country confronts challenges with of liability and in some ways is reminiscent of the 1930's. the national imperative is every american be empowered with the news and information is essential for kn

. >>> facebook cofounder chris hughes recently discussed digital journalism and trends in social media. he's the publisher and editor-in-chief at the new republicans book about the evolution of the digital age and how media organizations can better engage online consumers. this is hosted by the harvard can be school on the press, politics and public policy. >> hello. i'm alex jones, director of the shorenstein center here at the kennedy school of government at harvard and we are glad to have you all with us today. it is my particular pleasure to welcome chris hughes to the ranks of the world which he may be a digital god but because of the new republic he's entered a world that is also one stooped in tradition. today's interview and conversation is going to be recorded by c-span, so i would ask you when you come down to ask questions later, those of you that interested come to these mics. the hash tag if you are falling on trotter is -- following on twitter is chrishughes. i don't need to introduce cress much to this group. obviously she is someone from hickory north carolina that got

it's just an example in the cliche of journalism, three makes a trend, that we're looking for this thereng did follow a pattern of contagion in the consciousness, or is there a contagion of consciousness in the grassroots? >> i think it's a contagion. i really think what the women's movement has been doing globally for the last couple decades. in march the u.n. commission on the status of women is focusing on preventing violence against women. and we're going to see thousands of women's groups from around the world gather in new york city to bring attention to what i think is going to be the issue in of the 21st century. >> and that is what? >> that we have to focus on violence against women. >> i think also the revolutions that we're seeing happening have been happening on a seemingly political quote/unquote stage. and women have begun these revolutions and they're by no means over. and they need a social and sexual aspect to them. for the longest time, when we had revolutions, we were talking about this earlier, we were always told, wait, this isn't the time. we need to fix the environ

." >> up next, facebook co-founder chris hughes discussing digital journalism and trends in social media. he's now a publisher and editor-in-chief of the new republic. this hourlong event is hosted by harvard's kennedy school on public policy. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, i'm alex jones, and we are very glad to have you all with us today. and it is my particular pleasure to welcome chris hughes to the ranks of the ink-stained wretches of this world which he may be a digital guy, but he is now, because of the new republic, entered a world that's also one steeped in tradition. today's interview and conversation is going to be recorded by c-span, so i would ask you to be mindful of that when you come down to ask questions later, those of you who are interested, you come to these two mics. the hash tag for today if you are following on twitter is chris hughes. i don't think i really need to introduce chris hughes very much to this group, obviously. he is someone who is from a southerner from hickory, north carolina, who got himself to harvard and by a set of fortuitous circumstances,

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. >> today in the journal, arguing that he might say yes to keystone. so that trend could change.ut on the consumer, january numbers for retailers in general were pretty good, shortened month, though. >> many people don't get their paychecks until the end of the month. maybe walmart internal e-mail, you know, that certainly is sort of a warning sign for a lot of these from dollar store, lower end retailers potentially. >> when i was away, i was working on this concept to introduce it on "mad money." the rich are not like us. and what's happened, that's north based which is not cheap. then there's the charts of dollar tree and dollar general and there's the appeal of walmart. and you begin to say to yourself, wait a second, maybe i should be getting out of stocks that are dealing with small business where it's weak and then, boom, office depot and office max occur. so you keep getting the facts in the way of the larger story. by the way, i think it's gasoline that could be more of a story. remember, a lot of people don't live close to their jobs. and that gasoline acts as a tax. so

journalism we do. whether or not that will be enough is an open question pri is certainly part of the trend where journalists are not just researching and writing. they are researching, writing, promoting, engaging in dialogue, and being important participants in events and interacting with their readers. other brands in our field have moved on to cafes, retail, particularly monocle, 20% of their revenue comes from their stores, which they have dozens of around the world. and there are still other ideas. from mice -- from my perspective, an era where they -- where there were sizable profits in this industry is over. the second part of the 20th century. we now have to adapt to a different kind of business. it is a double bottom line business. that is the right way to think about it. we have a mission that is important to the world. at the same time, we have a profit mission. we have to find some business model which will return us to the point of prosperity that was the case 20 or 30 years ago in this industry. i think it is wishful thinking. to say a word about advertising, the advertising market is very slo