Not long ago we reported on the manufacture of $100 computers to serve poor children around the world. Apparently Bill Gates is miffed that open source software will be used rather than Microsoft. So he is touting the use of a cell phone, keyboard and TV to have a ready made way to do online computing. New York Times article condensed at Smart Mobs.
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.