{"id":2,"date":"2010-08-17T20:59:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T20:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/jtmpnw\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2010-12-25T20:01:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T20:01:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/jtmpnw\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it take to find answers for our changing social systems?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>An \u201cunconference\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Join Journalism That Matters’ national series of extraordinary\u00a0action-oriented discussions<\/a><\/strong> in Seattle this January as we explore the changing relationship between journalism and communities.<\/p>\n

If journalism\u2019s old story was to provide people with the necessary information to be free and self-governing citizens, in the emerging news ecology, journalism not only informs, but engages, inspires, and activates people within their role as free and self-governing citizens.<\/p>\n

As journalists struggle to understand their changing role in an environment where anyone can publish and report on world events, citizens struggle to shift from mere consumers of information to co-creators engaging in conversation about what is meaningful as citizens in a free democracy.<\/p>\n

How can the press and the public help each other? <\/em><\/strong>What\u2019s possible now? How do <\/em><\/strong>we activate new forms of civic and public engagement?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We start by throwing out the \u201cexperts come and lecture\u201d conference model. No one is an expert in changing times. At JTM the medium is the message, and our \u201cunconferences,\u201d utilizing\u00a0Open Space Technology<\/a>, ensure that new voices and new ideas are heard, and that inspiring opportunities and exponential networking occurs.<\/p>\n

Come engage Pacific NW journalists, civic voices,\u00a0community activists<\/strong>, broadcasters, educators, ethnic media, students, emergent voices, digital entrepreneurs and business people (see who\u2019s coming<\/a>) actively involved in defining our evolving Pacific NW news ecology.\u00a0Seattle program<\/a> “catalysts”\u00a0Norman Rice<\/a>,\u00a0Tracy Record<\/a>, and\u00a0Chris Jordan<\/a> will be part of the conversation on developing new information sources, economic solutions and accountability models that work to create a revitalized journalism that matters in a society grounded in social networking and civic engagement models that effect dynamic change.<\/p>\n

Share your work and your organization\u2019s visions\/models of social, journalistic, and technological reform in person. Information tables in The Commons are available for registrants interested in having a more visible presence during this four-day conversation.\u00a0Get your message across in person.<\/p>\n

Regis<\/strong>ter Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Questions and opportunities in a new era of journalism:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the state of the industry, WHAT\u2019s possible now? WHO are the new journalists? HOW <\/strong>are stories chosen?\u00a0HOW\u00a0are they told?\u00a0WHAT kind of change is productive? WHO can the public trust? WHAT is the role of journalism in connecting people and community? WHERE can editors find qualified contributors and information with increasingly diminished budgets? WHAT new technological sources are reliable? WHERE is the new newsroom? WHEN are beat blogs, twittering and social networks best utilized? WHY\u00a0is transparency so important? HOW do we maintain transparency and accountability while protecting sources?<\/p>\n

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Registration, $175 (nonprofit) and $250 (regular participant) per person for the\u00a0full conference<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or register for just the <\/strong>News and Information Commons<\/a> – January 7, 4:00-9:30pm for $40<\/strong><\/p>\n

For general information, contact\u00a0jtm@journalismthatmatters.net<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Location<\/h3>\n

Cascade Room, Haggett Hall
\nUniversity of Washington
\nSeattle,\u00a0WA\u00a098195
\nSee map:\u00a0Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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