Out of the Senate and Into the Squawk Box

Update: I just did Squawk Box and will post my impressions in a bit. In the meantime, you can check out some clips from the show here. I'd love to hear what you thought of the show. Please post your reactions in the comments section.

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I spent Wednesday afternoon in DC, taking part in a Senate hearing on the future of journalism, organized by John Kerry, chairman of the subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.

I was joined by Google's Marissa Mayer; James Moroney of the Dallas Morning News; Steve Coll, former managing editor of the Washington Post; Alberto Ibarguen of the Knight Foundation, and The Wire creator David Simon.

I have to admit, my favorite moment of the hearing came when Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, during her questioning of the panel, said she likes reading HuffPost on her BlackBerry and held it up.

You can check out my opening remarks and an exchange I had with Sen. Kerry here.

Now it's off to New York, where I'll be guest hosting CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning 7 am - 9 am EDT. Among those I'll be interviewing: Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Warren, GM CFO Ray Young, Yale economics professor Robert Shiller, and economist Simon Johnson. I'd love to have your help deciding what to ask them. Please post your suggested questions in the comment section of this post.

Comments

[webedogs]

Arianna, I love your site. I signed up to tell you this. As a fellow Greek-American, I'm happy for you. Stay well my friend.

[Dukedraven]

I set my receiver to record your show, Arianna. Please ask Robert Shiller if he expects the US to retain its status as the greatest economic power in the world in the next 10 years. Thanks

[freshnotbitter]

Arianna you could address the question to any of your guests but I suppose Simon Johnson might have some academic credentials in the following topic:

What is the record of governments falling due to their involvement in/nationalization of (partial or not) private industries.

Many years ago I was passing thru a European country and the TV all day blared parliamentary hearings ending in a watergate type fall of the labor party that had been ruling since 1946 when the communist party members (2) joined with the right and center against labor. The cause? There had been an explosion in a mine on a barely inhabited island. The mine was run by the government. I think I the story is right as I describe it but the main point is that these things have a way of taking over the agenda. Perhaps you have some experience yourself in such things (Swan Hunter?). Perhaps Obama, and his coterie, have little experience since it is pretty unusual for the US Government to involve itself to the degree we now see in Detroit.

Shouldn't the warning light be flashing?

[happykiddo]

Hi Arianna, What I want to know is, if the government is doing all this to save/stimulate the economy, can we expect these programs to end when the economy turns around? or are we to assume that these programs that are being pushed in congress are going to say around for my kids to enjoy?