Minnesota News Council
Breakout Session Reports
- GIMBY – Government in my Backyard: How can we get people to cover the federal government where they live?— Ned Hodgman
- What are placeblogs? — Tish Grier
- How can journalism, citizen journalism and blogging enhance democracy’s collective intelligence & community wisdom in the face of challenge?– Tom Atlee
- Best tech platforms for news / community sites– Clint Baller
- (Combined with Continuing the conversation – what online tools – existing and completely new – do you want to see to keep us working and planning together? — Benjamin Melancon)
- Will citizens/communities support high quality journalism? Models/ideas wanted— Len Witt
- Help us design a media liability insurance product for citizen journalism and hyper local sites – Bob Kox, Karen Baldwin
- How to connect online forums w/ citizen journalism -– Tim Erickson
- Finding a sustainable business model -– Jeremy Iggers
- Wisconsin place blogs unite & partner with Cap Times – get details of a proposal down -– Lynn Chakoian & Steve Hanson
- High Touch: what does it mean online and in the physical world? -– Michelle Ferrier
- How do you measure success for local blogs – Scott
- Ethics in blogging – what are they ? Are they necessary?— Melissa Cornick
- How can we use the Sufi’s 3 Gates of Speech (is it kind, is it true, is it beneficial?) to tell stories as a service to citizens that offer windows into new possibilities for their lives, their communities and the world? — Chris Neff
- How do you find and serve the people who don’t know about your site? -– Tracy Record
- Blogs, Twitter, podcasts, forums, social networking apps, video, text … are you using them effectively? — Jeff Achen and Joshua Mack
- Democracy 2.0 – using web and news technologies to move from a republic toward a real democracy -– Josh Wolf
Skype sessions:
- Richard Anderson & Village Soup
- David Cohn & spot.us initiative
- Russell Okamoto “Celly” Citi – Platform – Portland, OR
- Cynthia Closkey, Pittsburgh blogger net
- Jon Hart Internet Law (with Jane Kirtley)
- Engaging citizen journalists — Geoff Dougherty, ChiTown Daily News
- Building state news network — Christine Stuart, CTnewsjunkie
- Non-profit business success — Andrew Donahue, Voice of San Diego
“Next Step” sessions
- Stickiness/sustainability models -– Patrick Phillips and Tish Grier
- High Touch, losing humanity in the chase for Technology -– Michelle Ferrier
- Community Moderation – Ruby Sinreich
- Continuing the conversation & news platforms -– Benjamin Melançon