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Panelists at the UN Department of Public Information's forum, "The News Media and New Media: Challenges and Opportunities", included (from left to right): Peter Ericson, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations; Johann Aeschlimann, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations; Juliana Rotich, Program Director at Ushahidi and Environment Editor at Global Voices Online; Joshua Benton, Director of Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab; Marco Antonio Nakata, Counsellor at the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil; Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cape Verde to the United Nations; Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Amy Khor, Chairperson of Singapore-based REACH (Reaching Everyone for Active Citizenry@Home); Macon Phillips, Director of New Media at the White House; and Kiyoshi Wada, First Secretary of General Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations.