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Exploring A New Economic Model For A Newsroom Built On Community-Based, Interactive Journalism
SUMMARY: Could journalism survive and prosper under a different economic model built around an interactive, community-based news coverage philosophy? This question engaged a group of talented legacy media journalists, New Media entrepreneurs, journalism think take executives and journalism professors who … Continue reading
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What I want J-Schools to be teaching students
“Convener”: Sue Ellen Christian At Sue Ellen’s request, people wrote ideas on slips of paper and gave them to her: Ethics – how to handle tragedies and not freak out Asking questions, listening, first hand, eyewitness reporting How to do … Continue reading
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Let’s Make Up New Storytelling Forms
Convener: Nora Paul Reporter: Nora Paul Participants: Charlotte Hall Ken Sands Matt Thompson Jan Schaffer Florangela Davila Chris Peck Sue Ellen Christian Discussion: The group became a great brain dump of story forms that people have seen (and tried) that … Continue reading
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A proposal for a West Oakland neighborhood Web site as part of the Oakland Tribune
Convener: Jane Stevens Participants Dan Gillmor Stacy Lynch Silja Talvi Karen Toering Lew Friedland Lisa Cohen Jarah Euston Ralph Gage Discussion Home page has its own url, with Oakland Tribune branding. For West Oakland, it is the absolute portal to … Continue reading
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Opportunities For Change
Convener: Melinda Wittstock Reporter: Jim Shaffer Attendees: Ken Berents, Bill Drasean, Jonathan Lawson, Jean Min, Jim Shaffer, Duane Stoltzfus, Michael VanBuren, MW: Key question for session: Any positive opportunities in the upcoming changes? First, what changes do we see coming? … Continue reading
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How to render America’s crumbling master narrative as journalism?
Convener/Reporter: Jan Schaffer Participants: Dan Gillmor Matt Shepherd Jarah Sarah Ken Sands Peggy Holman Steve Silha Eric Nelson Florangela Eric Nelson Discussion Jan//Overall recap: Are we so busy covering the “news” that we are missing the big story of what … Continue reading
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Is Journalism Without Advertising Possible?
Convener: Chris Peck Participants: Jane Stevens Lisa Cohen (transcriber) Lew Freidland Florangela Davila Ralph Gage Duane Michael VanBuren Ken Berents Cindy Zehnder Nancy Margioles Jan Shaffer Vivian Jones Michael Melinda Stacy Leach Jean Jim Shaffer Sue Ellen Christian Lew suggests … Continue reading
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What is journalism?
(As in today, right now) Convened by Matt Thompson Reported by Jarah Euston Participants: – Linda Grdina – Nora Paul – Dan Gillmor – Ken Sands – Sarah Stuteville – Jan Schaffer – Jarah Euston Two definitions: a lexicon and … Continue reading
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