Washington Ideas Forum has become a signature platform for The Atlantic and its partners

Reinforcing their thought leadership for our Washington community and the wider world.  Despite busy fall schedules and a looming election, the Forum has evolved into a must-schedule, must-discuss event for those interested in the day’s newsmakers.
The second annual Washington Ideas Forum captured wide-spread press attention, generating more than 420 million media impressions to date—a number that continues to grow daily.  By comparison, the 2009 Forum generated 254 million impressions.
More than 60 members of the working press attended the Forum over the course of two days.  Additionally,
 *   C-SPAN, CNN and Al-Jazeera sent camera crews
 *   AP and Getty Images sent photographers
 *   NBC, CNBC, Fox News, PBS Newshour, Bloomberg TV, Reuters TV and Voice of America pulled live or archived footage from the Forum
Reflecting the broad range of topics addressed, the Washington Ideas From drew attention from all quarters.  Media highlights include:
 *   C-SPAN broadcasts of full Haley Barbour, Richard Holbrooke, Spike Lee, Kenneth Feinberg, James Webb and Eric Schmidt’s sessions as well as the Campaign 2010 Panel
 *   Multiple news-driven posts from widely-read and respected reporters including the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, Slate’s David Weigel and Daily Caller’s Jon Ward
 *   PBS Newshour airing footage of Richard Holbrooke’s session
 *   Coverage of Michael Bloomberg’s session including MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the Anderson Cooper 360 blog, Fox News, the New York Observer and Politico
 *   Coverage of Timothy Geithner, Nassim Taleb and Kenneth Feinberg’s sessions by agenda-driving business outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, Marketwatch and The Business Insider
 *   Coverage of Eric Schmidt and Craig Newmark’s sessions by technology influentials including Fast Company, Ars Technica, ZDNet, The Hill’s Hillicon Valley, Geek Sugar, Switched and How Stuff Works
 *   Favorable overviews of the Forum from New York Times’ The Caucus, Columbia Journalism Review, Washingtonian and Mediabistro’s Fishbowl DC
 *   Items in gossip-oriented outlets including the Washington Post’s Celebritology, New York Magazine’s Daily Intel, Washington Examiner’s Yeas and Nays, Washington City Paper’s Loose Lips and NBC Washington’s Nite Side