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\nBill Mitchell, director of Poynter Online, convened this breakout group to help him as he prepares to reinvent Poynter Online to better help journalists who are working in multiplatform worlds. <\/p>\nMitchell\u2019s hope is to bring together Poynter and its online program with the resources and synergies of other journalism organizations including other professional education programs as well as with \u201cevolving\u201d journalists, broadly interpreted to include nontraditionals. <\/p>\n
The group discussion identified an assortment of what journalism and journalists \u201cneed.\u201d According to our group, those needs include: <\/p>\n
*A media-literate audience that understands the diversity of sources and has the sophistication to distinguish the credible among the many voices;
\n*Specialists who have depth and breadth of understanding on a myriad of topics as well as the passion to continue to develop expertise;
\n*Openness or embracing of citizen journalism and ability to analyze what\u2019s good, bad etc.
\n*Training for bloggers, citizen journalism principles, fact-checking
\n*Tools for research and information management for citizen journalism
\n*A greater sense by MSM in how to engage, collaborate with cj and community expertise that has historically been missing from the mainstream media. (Newsrooms need to decide \u201cWhose job is it to wrangle the community expertise?\u201d)
\n*Team up with universities to create training in how to use and create the news. <\/p>\n
What do teachers of journalism need?
\n\u00b7\tRemove the accreditation rules that have become a barrier rather than support to evolving the course work of traditional curriculum.
\n\u00b7\tNeed more flexibility in what they do \u2013 internet courses, need for versatility of skills.
\n\u00b7\tNeed for media literacy training among all \u2013 teachers, citizens, students<\/p>\n
Training that legitimizes citizen journalists? What could Poynter specifically do?
\n* Use of archive to create a resource section for citizen journalists.
\n*Provide guides for citizen journalists.
\n*Possibly certify or review cj offerings?<\/p>\n
The discussion refocused on what the Poynter Online operation could do particularly for the core audience \u2013 professional journalists:
\n*Best practices\/lessons learned \u2013 what works, what didn\u2019t and why?
\n*Craft and techniques
\n*Ideas that work \u2013 learning to take risks
\n*Culture change?<\/p>\n
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The discussion resulted in the framework for our presentation: The tree of journalism must be firmly rooted in ethics\/standards, skills training, media literacy and community involvement. <\/p>\n
The roots then feed the branches of professional (paid) journalists, citizen journalists, the business side of the equation and public governance. <\/p>\n
Wound tightly around the tree must be a network of supporting vines that link together: Poynter and an assortment of other groups with the same goal: transforming journalism for the digital future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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