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]]> By: Leonard Witt http://pjnet.org/post/1572/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 Leonard Witt Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:30:13 +0000 http://pjnet.org/post/1572/#comment-1686 Hi Merrill: Thank for your thoughtful response. You are correct I probably should have made more of a distinction between the News21 and mainstream Columbia program. When developing the post I emailed a News21 participant Anna-Katarina Gravgaard. Her response was similar to what David had said so I did not include it, but for the record here it is: "At Columbia J-school I got theoretically interested in blogging communities, community journalism, citizen journalism and open source journalism, but there was no practical training in how to build an active community. We were hoping to create an active readership for News21 and do our own experiments with horizontal communication but there just wasn't time enough. "In the story 'Minorities Representing Majorities' we ask for contributions to the map. We're now applying for funding to keep editing the map, keep it active and to add more user friendly technology." Hi Merrill:

Thank for your thoughtful response. You are correct I probably should have made more of a distinction between the News21 and mainstream Columbia program. When developing the post I emailed a News21 participant Anna-Katarina Gravgaard. Her response was similar to what David had said so I did not include it, but for the record here it is:

“At Columbia J-school I got theoretically interested in blogging communities, community journalism, citizen journalism and open source journalism, but there was no practical training in how to build an active community. We were hoping to create an active readership for News21 and do our own experiments with horizontal communication but there just wasn’t time enough.

“In the story ‘Minorities Representing Majorities’ we ask for contributions to the map. We’re now applying for funding to keep editing the map, keep it active and to add more user friendly technology.”

]]> By: Merrill Brown http://pjnet.org/post/1572/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 Merrill Brown Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:22:46 +0000 http://pjnet.org/post/1572/#comment-1661 Leonard, Found your post provocative and insightful. I appreciate in particular your acknowledgment that the program has evolved in directions you find encouraging. I do wish there was some clarity in your post about the difference between the Columbia curriculum as characterized by David Cohn and what we've tried to do with the News21 program. Obviously we're encouargaging innovative approaches to stories and that's our mandate. The program is designed in part to accelerate that kind of change in journalism education particularly at the participating schools. Our goal is to have the work of the fellows, their projects, and the engagement of some very committed faculty members influence the broader programs. Merrill Brown National Editorial Director News21 Leonard,
Found your post provocative and insightful. I appreciate in particular
your acknowledgment that the program has evolved in directions you find
encouraging. I do wish there was some clarity in your post about the difference
between the Columbia curriculum as characterized by David Cohn and what we’ve tried to do with the News21 program. Obviously we’re encouargaging innovative approaches to stories and that’s our mandate. The program is designed in part to accelerate that kind of change in journalism education particularly at the participating schools. Our goal is to have the work of the fellows, their projects, and the engagement of some very committed faculty members influence the broader programs.

Merrill Brown
National Editorial Director
News21

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