{"id":11,"date":"2011-01-02T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/amherst\/mgp2006\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T04:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T04:17:46","slug":"mgp2006","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/amherst\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy &#038; Independence: Sharing News &#038; Politics in a Connected World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5287\/5314698292_a1e4e073ba_m_d.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><strong>This is the permanent location of links to blog reports and other resources from the June 29-July 1, 2006 summit conference, &#8220;Democracy &amp; Independence: Sharing News &amp; Politics in a Connected World,&#8221; which drew 300 participants to the University of Massachusetts. It was the first event organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\"> The Media Giraffe Project<\/a> at UMass Amherst.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newshare.typepad.com\/mgp2006\/2006\/07\/next_steps_what.html\">WHAT WE LEARNED\/NEXT STEPS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newshare.typepad.com\/mgp2006\/2006\/07\/next_steps_what-1.html\">(Slides)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Opening-comments\">Excerpts of opening comments at MGP2006, June 28, 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newshare.typepad.com\/mgp2006\/\">Giraffes at work: Reports from the field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>News about the Media Giraffe Project<\/strong><br \/>\nClick to <a href=\"http:\/\/newshare.typepad.com\/mgp2006\/files\/mgp-wamc-2006-06-30.mp3\">download a 10-minute (4MB) MP3 file<\/a>, an audio interview with MGP director Bill Densmore broadcast on Northeast Public Radio, WAMC 90.3, Albany, N.Y., on Fri., June 30, at 9:20 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogging MGP2006<\/strong><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Blogging\">full page of links<\/a> to individual blog posts about the MGP2006 summit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos from MGP2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/mgp2006\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/mgp2006\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cecilytrestle\/tags\/mediagiraffe\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cecilytrestle\/tags\/mediagiraffe\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/acmeboston\/178450202\/in\/set-72157594182567224\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/acmeboston\/178450202\/in\/set-72157594182567224\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ilonameagher\/sets\/72157594184890056\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ilonameagher\/sets\/72157594184890056\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevegarfield\/sets\/72157594182722991\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevegarfield\/sets\/72157594182722991\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Link to archived downloadable video of MGP2006 sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Many of the nearly 40 sessions at the June 28-July 1 MGP2006 summit of the Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst were videotaped. We&#8217;re gradually making them available for online viewing and download as QuickTime and Flash files. Click to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Live\">annotated descriptions and links.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethanzuckerman.com\/blog\/?p=947\">video on citizen media<\/a> produced by Cambridge Community Television which features interviews conducted at MGP2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other key resource pages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/amherst\/summit-topics\/\">REVIEW DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MGP2006 BREAKOUT SESSION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/News\">NEWS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Jtm-amherst\">THE JOURNALISM THAT MATTERS BREAKOUT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/artman\/publish\/article_373.shtml\">CONFERENCE STAFF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Resources\">GENERAL RESOURCES PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Blogging\">Who blogged the summit?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>READ the <a href=\"http:\/\/newshare.typepad.com\/mgp2006\">&#8220;official&#8221; MGP2006 blog.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LEARN about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Meetings\">Special sessions\/meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Citizen_filmmaking\">Citizen Filmmaking Resource Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FOLLOWUP with Christopher Lydon and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Newengland\">The New England Common<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>FOLLOWUP on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Political_bloggers\">gathering of Massachusetts &amp; New England &#8220;citizen&#8221; and political bloggers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>REGISTER YOUR INTEREST: In the post-conference <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.dowire.org\/groups\/citizenmedia\">online community of practice for citizen media leaders<\/a> suggested by Steven Clift<\/li>\n<li>EXHIBITORS &#8212; We&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/artman\/publish\/article_372.shtml\">got a few<\/a> in the Campus Center Reading Room and in the concourse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediagiraffe.org\/wiki\/index.php\/nenc\">New England News Forum information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the permanent location of links to blog reports and other resources from the June 29-July 1, 2006 summit conference, &#8220;Democracy &amp; Independence: Sharing News &amp; Politics in a Connected World,&#8221; which drew 300 participants to the University of Massachusetts. 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