Submitted by Maurreen Skowran on Sat, 02\/28\/2009 – 11:51am<\/p>\n
JTM Stewards Call<\/strong><\/p>\n Feb. 26, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n ATTENDANCE<\/p>\n Peggy Holman<\/p>\n Stephen Silha<\/p>\n Maurreen Skowran<\/p>\n POYNTER EVENT<\/strong><\/p>\n March 1-4<\/p>\n Stephen:<\/p>\n Good idea about checking with churches, to diversify participation from outside journalism. At least one person is coming from the Christian Science Monitor. He\u2019ll check with Ellyn Angelotti at Poynter to see whether they know anyone.<\/p>\n An interesting group of folks is coming, both returning and new.<\/p>\n Part of JTM will be videotaped. So there can be some participation from afar.<\/p>\n EVENTS FROM AFAR<\/p>\n Maurreen:<\/p>\n The RJI Collaboratory talkfest held earlier this year had some interactive elements for participating from afar. We might want to look at doing some of those in the future.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t remember everything they did, but besides video, it included the opportunity to write to a central place. The main interaction for the virtual participants was with other virtual participants, not those there. It included Ning and CoverItLive.<\/p>\n POSSIBLE FUTURE EVENTS<\/p>\n Summary:<\/p>\n * Communities losing papers, etc. \u2013 Newsout<\/p>\n * Investigative journalism<\/p>\n * Regional in general<\/p>\n * Seattle \u2013 still being looked at, regional<\/p>\n * Young activists, regional<\/p>\n Stephen:<\/p>\n Couple of rumblings about Baltimore.<\/p>\n Peggy:<\/p>\n Bill Densmore has an idea about the University of Maryland. A new dean is going there, from NPR. A woman who will be working for him had been working for Jan Schaffer.<\/p>\n Jonathan Lawson was at Silicon Valley. He\u2019s part of Reclaim the Media. He\u2019s been working with young people who are activists and maybe not aware of journalism.<\/p>\n It might be interesting to mix them with journalists.<\/p>\n It would have a regional focus.<\/p>\n Another idea, conspicuous by its absence so far at JTM, is investigative journalism.<\/p>\n Maurreen:<\/p>\n Maybe if and how the public should pay for or support journalism. Bill is doing \u201cNewsout\u201d soon \u2013 \u201cWhat to do when the newsroom lights go out:Options and strategies for New England communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen:<\/p>\n Some want to be part of planning group for possible Seattle event.<\/p>\n Peggy:<\/p>\n That would be regional.<\/p>\n Maurreen:<\/p>\n We talked earlier about doing more regional events \u2013 training people to take JTM to their areas.<\/p>\n Stephen:<\/p>\n We have no infrastructure. Need local hosts.<\/p>\n University of Washington new digital media program could host Seattle event.<\/p>\n Stephen:<\/p>\n See what emerges at Poynter.<\/p>\n Peggy:<\/p>\n Poynter potentially a source of people who want to get involved.<\/p>\n This will be a test of the new Web site. Not many people have posted interviews.<\/p>\n NEXT CALL<\/p>\n Thursday, March 19<\/p>\n Pacific, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n Mountain, 10 a.m.<\/p>\n Central, 11 a.m.<\/p>\n Eastern, noon<\/p>\n Phone number:\u00a0641-715-3200<\/p>\n Access code: 132888<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by Maurreen Skowran on Sat, 02\/28\/2009 – 11:51am JTM Stewards Call Feb. 26, 2009 ATTENDANCE Peggy Holman Stephen Silha Maurreen Skowran POYNTER EVENT March 1-4 Stephen: Good idea about checking with churches, to diversify participation from outside journalism. At … Continue reading