INVITATION: Journalism That Matters comes to Detroit, June 3-6

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06/03/2010 - 12:15 - 06/06/2010 - 12:15

How can we reshape journalism so that it engages and serves all people & communities?


Participate in "Journalism That Matters Detroit -- Create or Die: Forging communities that initiate, incubate and innovate." 

This focused, three-day gathering of results-driven, action-oriented participants will discover, assess, shape and create forward-looking enterprises focused on key elements of community -- diversity, shared values, tolerance, participation and developing youth.

JTM especially invites persons of color -- journalists, entrepreneurs, programmers, technologists, bloggers, videographers, venture capitalists, artists, funders, educators and all who have an interest -- to explore how voices often unheard or misrepresented can reshape the future of journalism.

Re-imagining News & Community in the Pacific Northwest - January 7-10

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01/07/2010 - 14:00 - 01/10/2010 - 12:00

 

Haggett Hall, University of Washington, Seattle

January 7-10, 2010

Staying connected after the conference

Conference multimedia

  • jtmpnw.org aggregation page; (and RSS feed)
  • UStream video
  • YouTube video
  • Photos on Flickr (also here) and Picasa
  • Breakout session notes wiki (includes audio)

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    Participant blogs

    Other conference information

    Participant blogs/articles/reports

    More conference information

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    What questions do you have?

    Submitted by Mike Fancher on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 10:44am

    The first full day of JTM/PNW was possibility day -- a series of conversations about questions. Here are some of the topics:

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    mind stretched open - eyes wide

    Submitted by jamesian on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 5:56pm

    I was the host of a session that I did not want to host.

    (cue music from Twilight Zone) because someone came up to me and asked, "Will you host a session>"

    First surprise.

    His name is Lion, and he has a scientist's education but a philosopher's questions. Why do people fracture into pro and anti-science?

    Because of his leadership, we had about seven people who could not stop talking. My role as facilitator was easy.. they talked and talked and talked.

    Thanks to the JTM group for bringing this new process in and helping us accept that the right people are there at the right time.

    I learned something new.

    Second surprise.

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    Look Who's Coming to Journalism That Matters/Pacific Northwest

    Submitted by Mike Fancher on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 10:41am
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    More than 200 people are registered to attend Journalism That Matters/Pacific Northwest, which opens today at the University of Washington.

    For fun, I arbitrarily categorized how the participants described themselves in biographies they posted on the JTM site. Nobody fits neatly in any one category, so I picked the description that seemed most central to the person's work.

    Here is a breakdown:

    1. Civic activists / Community representatives 42
    2. Educators 23
    3. Online journalists 21
    4. Students 14
    5. Newspaper 12
    6. Radio 11
    7. Television 10
    8. Technologists 9
    9. Organization representatives 8
    10. Filmmakers 7
    11. Targeted publications 7
    12. Entrepreneurs 6
    13. Freelancers 6
    14. Public and Media Relations 6
    15. Business representatives 5
    16. Photographers/visual 5
    17. Media Reformers 4

    I'm delighted that the largest category is made up of people who don't produce journalism themselves but who care about it enough to attend this gathering. After all, the convening questions for JTM/PNW include:

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    The Right Conversation

    Submitted by Mike Fancher on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 9:14am
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    Journalism That Matters/Pacific Northwest is the right conversation, in the right place, at the right time, with the right people.

    I say that because of work I've done in the past year with the Aspen Institute and the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. The Commission identified three key objectives:

    1. Maximize the availability of relevant credible information to all Americans and their communities.
    2. Strengthen the capacity of individuals to engage with information.
    3. Promote individual engagement with information and the public life of the community.

    It identified these central points that resonate with JTM/PNW:

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