Monthly Archives: June 2011

Global Citizen Journalism (GCJ): Diversity of Convergence

Seung-Hyun Lee The project was awarded mentorship and business development support through the Winston-Salem: Wake Forest University Babcock Demon Incubator The idea – 1. Reporting diverse cultural difference for understanding in the world. 2. Reporting the summary of current political … Continue reading

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Empowering Tomorrow

Barbara Lewis The idea – A journalism training and education program for urban high school students to develop the writing, visual and digital skills to effectively gather the new and tell stories about themselves and their communities Going forward… needs, … Continue reading

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Digital DNA – Digital Identity Management and Community Mapping System

Michelle Ferrier, Byung Lee, Mani St. Victor, Rick Rodgers, Kaycie Coy, Norm Roulet The idea – Create a platform/system for managing digital identity along multiple points of interest and mapping these in geographical and topical spaces. Engage individuals in creating … Continue reading

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The Obama Effect

Paradise Gray The idea – A documentary following a group of African American men and the youth that they mentor as they work to stop the violence in their community and work to make sure the community has a voice … Continue reading

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immediate Justice hotline

Tani Ikeda The idea – A smart phone app for therapists to organize and facilitate volunteering for rape crisis help lines Going forward… needs, supports? • A network of health providers • Techies What’s next Need a grant

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Media Reinvestment

Jordan Green The idea – A community news service – primarily online – what would serve a distressed community, meaning de-industrialized, losing population, struggling with foreclosure, difficulty providing government services. More about the idea: Start with watchdog government coverage (public … Continue reading

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Hill District Historians Oral History Project

C. Denise Johnson The idea – Historic Hill District’s legacy is digitally captured through interviews of elders conducted by neighborhood youth (middle school and up), thus forming the foundation of an ongoing living document to upon. Interviews shared via multimedia … Continue reading

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“Show Me Your I.D. Pt. 3”

SESSION 3 Merging of Whole Create or Die Group Saturday, June 4th 2011 Travis, IMJ, 1HOOD, Sandy Ordonez, “SHOW ME YOUR ID” COMPONENTS “Show Me Your ID” Virtual Plaza for underrepresented Michelle Ferrier providing the “ID card” a digital, layered, … Continue reading

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How Do We Make Money?

Session Host: Elwin Green Reporter: Carmen Lee Participants: C. Denise Johnson, Jeff Hermes, Jordan Green, Seunghyun Lee, Byong Lee How Can We Make Money? I. Money-generating models A. Syndicated model 1. Operation funded by foundation grants 2. Stories sold to … Continue reading

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“Show Me Your I.D.”

SESSION 1 @12:15 1HOOD, IMJ, Mani (Marveloper Media), Sandy Ordonez Notes taken by Sierra Ferrier PART 2 of “SHOW ME YOUR I.D.” “The future of journalism is not content creation, but content curation.” -Mani Saint-Victor “to give the voice to … Continue reading

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