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Journalism Schools as News Providers Conference — Register Now

July 23rd, 2010 by Leonard Witt

Are you a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)? Or are you living near Denver? If so, you might consider attending the Journalism Schools as News Providers: Challenges and Opportunities workshop on August 3 in Denver. We have a few spots still open for attendees.

It is just $39 and is great for learning about the following issues:

  • What Is Changing and Why
  • Grappling with Legal Risks and Other Challenges
  • Innovative Approaches to Community Journalism

Also do some networking at the post workshop reception with many of the top names in journalism education. Learn more and register here. Don’t be shut out.

Journalism Schools as News Providers: Challenges and Opportunities

* Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
* Time: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Panel discussion from 3 – 6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
* Cost: $39 – limited to 100 participants
* Produced by: Kennesaw State University’s Center for Sustainable Journalism and Baruch College’s Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions in collaboration with the Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group of the AEJMC.

Networking Reception Sponsor:
University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Additional sponsorship thanks to the BBC College of Journalism and the Harnisch Foundation.

Spot.us Grows with New Concepts and New Communities

July 9th, 2010 by Leonard Witt

It has been a while since I posted anything on Spot.us, which is still going strong in the Bay Area and has branched into Los Angeles, Seattle and Minnesota. Just a reminder, Spot.us is David Cohn’s brainchild and in his words is: ” an open source project to pioneer ‘community powered reporting.’ Through Spot.Us the [...]

Go Mobile to Reach African-Americans, Latinos

July 8th, 2010 by Leonard Witt

This just in from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project:
A May 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that six in ten American adults now go online wirelessly using either a mobile phone or a laptop with a wireless internet connection. African-Americans and English-speaking Latinos continue [...]

Thinking of a News Start-Up, Think Niche First

July 6th, 2010 by Leonard Witt

James A. Pitaro, vice president of Yahoo Media, told a New York Times reporter:
“If you’re a news start-up, focusing on breadth would be the wrong way to go. What we’re seeing is the market getting increasingly fragmented. And because of that you can survive by owning a niche category.”
Of course, we at the [...]

Media Law in the Digital Age — Register Now

July 1st, 2010 by Leonard Witt

Speakers are in place and the agenda is set, now you just have to register for the Media Law in the Digital Age workshop on September 25 at Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta. It is co-produced by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard University Law School and the Center for [...]

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