PJNET Toronto Conference
The First National Public Journalism Network conference is now scheduled for August 3, 2004 in Toronto and will precede the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) annual convention. The PJNet conference officially begins at 1 p.m. but there will be an early bird special for those who want to discuss the technology of weblogs.
The evening part of the conference is reliant on partnership agreements so it is too early to add that to the discussion. But here is a first draft swipe at what the morning optional part and afternoon might look like. I need your comments. Will it met your needs? How might you redo it? Is there a way to make it interactive so we just dont have talking heads? Do you have panelist suggestions? We need your feedback. Thanks.
Here is the tentative schedule. What do you think? Make your comments here.
January 7th, 2004 at 10:50 am
Len, this looks exciting.
I’m wondering if it might be better to have it all in the afternoon/evening? That would give people time to arrive in the morn without an extra night’s stay.
I don’t know if a session on understanding the technology is needed. Maybe offer an optional lab/how-to-blog in the evening?
I’d be inclined to participate in a panel where I could report on our efforts here in Northfield MN to create a “civic blogosphere” and how it’s dovetailing with web forums. Not sure where that would fit.
Griff
January 7th, 2004 at 11:03 am
Thanks Griff. Good ideas.
Jan Schaffer agrees on eliminating the morning for the same reasons.
Chris Waddle had a good idea. He thinks it is too tech heavy. He wondered if we might have concurrent classes that repeat once. For example, one on public vs. community journalism, at same time as a class on weblogs. Then next session attendees switch classes.
Then maybe we come together and have a discussion about the intersection of traditional community and public journalism and how they intersect with the digital age.