Monthly Archives: March 2009

Raising Up a New Generation of News Consumers (Focus Age Under 14)

Session Convenor: Anne Anderson, Knight Fellow in Community Journalism & Freelance Writer Discussion Participants: Neil Budde, Bill Densmore Just as we don’t wait until children are adults to hand them a toothbrush, we should not wait until children are adults … Continue reading

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Legal Issues Facing Journalists

Submitted by eangelotti on Mon, 03/02/2009 – 1:48pm Session Convenor: Ellyn Angelotti and David Ardia Session Reporter: Ellyn Angelotti Discussion Participants: Jacob Kaplan Moss, Kat Powers, Julie Moos Digital Media Law issues Opinion is protected? Opinions can’t be verified. Some … Continue reading

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The TAO of Journalism: Are Transparency, Accountability and Openness Important in the New News Ecology?

Submitted by John Hamer on Mon, 03/02/2009 – 12:42pmi Session Convenor: John Hamer, Washington News Council Session Reporter: John Hamer, WNC Discussion Participants: Robin Miller, Tom Stites, Michelle Ferrier, Peter Block John Hamer, Session Convenor, explained how the Washington News … Continue reading

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Session 2: How can journalists get and give value on blogs and social networks.

Session Convenor: Michele McLellan Session Reporter: Jenn Hemmingsen Discussion Participants: Sara Justicia Doll Liz Monteiro Tanja Aitamurto Ron Menchaca Karen Duffy Jeremy Iggers Leslie Fishburn Clark Laura Kessel Carol Zuegner Lou Ureneck Do journalists have to differentiate themselves from bloggers? … Continue reading

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Investigative/Enterprise Reporting Session Notes

Session Convenor: Bill Moushey Session Reporter: Elise AckermanDiscussion Participants: Nick Penniman,Bill Moushey, Kelly McBride, Laura Kessel, Karen Duffy, Ron Menchaca, Lou Ureneck,Sara Justicia Foll, Porter Bayne, Amy Woo ENTERPRISE AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Nick Penniman, started American News Project, let’s take … Continue reading

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What role for grassroots, ethnic, community and neighborhood media in the news ecology

Submitted by jhatcher on Mon, 03/02/2009 – 11:10am Session Convenor: Jeremy Iggers Session Reporter: John HatcherDiscussion Participants: We forgot to do this. Roughly seven people attended. We discussed the work done at the Daily Planet in Minneapolis, http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/, and learned how … Continue reading

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Pre-Conference Interview with Susan Moeller

Submitted by bmitch on Sun, 03/01/2009 – 2:46pm Conversationalist 1: Susan Moeller Conversationalist 2: Bill Mitchell 1. What is the story of your work and how did it lead to saying “yes” to this gathering? — Susan serves as a … Continue reading

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Pre-conference interview

Submitted by carolzuegner on Sun, 03/01/2009 – 9:30am Session Reporter: Carol Zuegner Conversationalist 1: Laura Kessel Conversationalist 2: Carol Zuegner Reactions from Laura Kessel Meaning from the interview? 1)      I enjoy very much hearing from a different perspective the concerns … Continue reading

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