JTM Google Group

I wanted to let the group know about a media conference that the
Citizen Media Law Project and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at
Kennesaw State University are organizing in Atlanta, GA on Saturday
September 25, 2010.

There will be topics to help journalists transitioning to independent

Well, I've finally gotten my chance to write my thoughts on this at
Going Meta - Student Speech, Education, Sharks, Lady Gaga, Richard
Blumenthal, Linda McMahon and Colin McEnroe
[link]
Besides Ms Wojcicki's article, it also links to Paul Farhi's artice in AJR
about 'Traffic Problems'.

This line blew me away this morning:
"Far too many of our future
journalists, citizens and leaders unquestioningly accept that school
administrators -- government officials -- should have the authority to
dictate what they read, write and talk about. "

But the more I think about my own 20-year-old daughter and some of my

The Media Consortium are collaborating to run "Open Journalism & the Open
Web," a FREE, six-week interactive online course that will bring together
journalists and programmers. Registration is now open. Limited space is
available -- there are spaces for twenty programmers and twenty journalist
-- and registration is first-come, first-served.

[link]
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Bill Densmore
CircLabs / RJI
617-448-6600
Wpdensm...@gmail.com

The BBC is one model, and Ross' point about cultural and political differences is an important one. We are currently wrapping up an in-depth analysis of nearly 10 other international public media models - looking specifically at how they construct their firewalls between funding and content. We are exploring what is working and what's not and are complementing this with a content analysis that shows how different political and funding structures impact news output and coverage. We're also looking at how public media interacts with commercial media in productive and competitive ways.

Whether it is right-wing or left-wing, backlash from conspiracy theorists is
not really going to have much impact. But central question raised by this
article, is government funded media ever really independent, is a good one.
The BBC does a good job of representing the diversity of views among
mainstream decision makers. But it was created to knit together an empire

Just sharing:
The following turned up in my Google alerts, and I think it shows the
potential backlash that can happen with talk of increased public
funding of media. Same backlash happened with some of FDR's programs
at the end of the Depression. Problem is that the piece lumps all
kinds of media together, even some of the new independents that could

Sharing it just in case some of you are in the area.
-------- Original Message --------
*Fat Profits on the Economic Fringes: Award-winning Reporter and
Writer-in-Residence Gary Rivlin <[link]>*
*When:* Wednesday, September 8
Reception: 5:30 PM
Lecture: 6:00 PM
*Where:* North Gate Hall Library

Esther Wojcicki, director of Palo Alto [Calif.] High School's journalism
program (and chairman of the nonprofit Creative Commons), has written an
inspired argument for journalism education at the secondary-school level.
It's in the Summer 2010 edition of Nieman Reports, which came out in early
July. Here's the link:

See:
[link]
To: cl...@publicus.net
MediaShift Idea Lab <[link]>
<[link]>
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10 Must-Read Sites for Hyper-Local

Breaking journalism news from The Onion:
[link]
This is a must-watch. You may think the headline says it all, but there's so
much more.
bp

Journalism That Matters is very excited to announce that no fewer than 10 media initiatives, dubbed "collaboratories," have evolved from break-out sessions during the January "unconference" in Seattle. Here's the story, by our new outreach coordinator, Cate Montana:
JTM CONFERENCE INSPIRES 10 JOURNALISM PROJECT INITIATIVES

Briefly:
Ben Ullman, one of the JLAB partners of The Charlotte Observer, is
using Ning for his site, with Google Ads at the moment and local ads
soon, he says.
He went through the freemium/paid switch. It has taken lots of his own
time and learning, but it demonstrates that Ning for local community

Jane,
That's very interesting. You folks at The World Company have created some great CMSes!
I'm wondering how the functionality of WellCommons differs from a whitelabel social networking service such as Ning.com. I've contemplated integrating Ning into The Hawaii Independent, our local news startup.

NEH Announces Guidelines for 2011 NDNP Awards - Application Deadline:
Nov. 2, 2010 <[link]>
NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the
National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP is creating a national,
digital resource of historically significant newspapers published

New Arrival!!!
At long last, it is available. I am delighted to say that Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity is now for sale from Amazon, Berrett-Koehler, Barnes and Noble, or through local bookstores.

I have a confession. I have an ambitious goal for the book: to meet today's needs in the way The Fifth Discipline did 20 years ago. And you can help make that happen.

Hi Jane and Ikaika,
I too had been searching for a platform that provided social
networking functions and a robust content management system...one that
could easily feature news and information from trusted sources, but
still allowed for user-generated content and social media functions.

I still think the CMS I found for LocallyGrownNews.com is one of the

Ning's "freemium" model is now over. You have to pay to use their system. So,
one might as well look at different forum/CMS software before going the Ning
route.
Tish

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To: Ikaika M Hussey <ikaikahus...@gmail.com>
Cc: rji-fellows@googlegroups.com; jtmlist Matters <jtmlist@googlegroups.com>

Thanks, Ikaika!
I've started a couple of Ning groups, but find the system difficult to
navigate. It obviously works for many groups, so I don't mean to
denigrate Ning. It just doesn't work for what we're trying to do,
which is create a safe place and a trusted source for news and
information. Also, the jurno (the person formerly known as our health