Tomorrow’s keynote session, “A Wikileaks Download,” will focus on how the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will affect journalism and the role of the Internet in news.
But several ONA attendees asked to talk today on camera about the organization’s means of leaking the classified documents were reluctant to do so, citing corporate rules or personal reservations.
Wikileaks released tens of thousands of classified documents July 25 detailing U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan war; on Oct. 22 it released almost 400,000 classified documents on the Iraq war, according to Wikileaks.org.
The following journalists voiced their opinions, with interesting takes on freedom of information and journalism.
Mandy Jenkins – TBD.com
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Nicolas Kayser-Bril – OWNI.fr
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(OWNI.fr developed the browsing interface and crowd sourcing platform for the recent Iraqi War Log release)
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Brian Boyer – Chicago Tribune
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