JTM/Silicon Valley: Innovation, democracy and a new ecology of news
How will technology innovation support journalism and participatory democracy?
Discussions planned at NewsTools2008
This page is reserved for advisory information about disussions and short seminars projected to be included in NewsTools2008.
Ten Disruption/reshaping technologies
On Wednesday evening, April 30, each of 10 experts will pick a cluster of technologies which are reshaping or disrupting journalism, headline their impacts for 60-90 seconds, and then lead a roundtable after-dinner conversation. READ DETAILS
Next Newsroom projects
Chris Peck, editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., is working on a fresh draft of The JTM-Next Newsroom prototype business plan. You can find see the first cut
at: http://newshare.typepad.com/jtmnextnewsroom . . . He’ll be presenting the revisions, probably in collaboration with others who are working on related projects, including Chris O’Brien’s Duke University Next Newsroom project, and the non-profit journalism efforts of Michael Stoll, Josh Wilson, Lewis Freedberg and others. We hope to have participants from several other announced and fledgling initiatives.
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