I'm sitting in the first session at WeMedia at the University of Miami, FL. Here are some quick notes:

Lisa Stone, BlogHer - What we're seeing with women bloggers is that they are no longer waiting to receive the news they are actively seeking the news, they're discussing.

Eduardo Hause, Daily Me - 123 Million newspaper delivered each day, 150 million over the weekend, compare that to only 50 million internet users reading news sites in a week

Shel Israel - Shel immediately questions the stats that Eduardo stated.....how many of those 123 million papers are read, what percentage of the paper is read by that smaller portion?

Ian Rowe, MTV - What we're also seeing is the change in the editorial process. Before it was a group of men sitting in a room deciding what stories would be reported and what show would be aired at 9pm on a particular night. That's changing.

Lisa Stone - Did we all really love Lucy or did we all watch it because it was the only thing on? In court reporting there are a number of lawyers that now cover trials via blogs, previously most court reporting was handled by traditional journalists that were not lawyers. There is a new level of expertise out there.

Question from the audience, what is community or is it communities? Many media folks thing community is their local geographic region.

To follow-up on this, just because I live in Central Florida, is that my community? No, I belong to many communities. Some real, some virtual.

The Guardian Unlimited has some coverage of this session as well.