E-Media Tidbits’ Amy Gahran provides an overview of JD Lasica’s plan to develop an easy-to-use set of tools for citizen media practitioners. He’ll be doing so with the help of a $15,000 Knight News Challenge grant at his Socialmedia.biz blog.
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.