七月十二日開始, 這次的主題是探討市民新聞的發展, 相比去年的市民記者大會, 準備較周全, 請了一些市民媒體的搞手出席.
"The forum starts its three-day program on July 12, to be attended by
over sixty citizen reporters and leading figures of global citizen
journalism, including Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, Dan
Gillmor, J.D. Lasica of Ourmedia.org, Jeffrey Bates of Slashdot.org,
Susan DeFife of Backfence.com, Ethan Zuckerman of Globalvoices and
other distinguished speakers."
不過從會議的議程和講者的題目看, 大部份的討論都集中在市民新聞的形式, 除尼泊爾的一節外, 並沒有討論這種新新聞的政治和市民媒體的反思.