This from 9news.com in Boulder, Colorado:
The University of Colorado announced Wednesday its School of Journalism and Mass Communications will be discontinued.
Here is a press conference video produced by ColoradoDaily.com:
The Denver Post reports:
…shuttering the School of Journalism in its current form — a process called “program discontinuance” — will begin, although the committee [...]
The Knight Foundation announced today it is investing more than $2 million in five projects that “use the latest digital tools to help people connect for the greater good.” The funding is provided via its Knight Technology for Engagement Initiative . Plus there will be more future funding available.
The Knight press release says:
Knight Foundation [...]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Sunday job section ran an interview with me about how to find a job using social media. The article: Social media a path to job opportunity: Tweet, blog and link-in to a career is now online.
As mentioned in the article our marketing expert Carole Arnold produced an excellent slide share presentation [...]
The Knight Citizen News Network reports:
From 2005 to today, J-Lab has tracked $164,455,589 million in grants awarded to at least 137 news projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia…funding [is] only for news and information projects. It does not include funding for public broadcasting programs, for the underwriting of documentaries, for journalism [...]
Yesterday, I posted that Patch.com was coming to the Atlanta metro area and ready to hire dozens of editor/reporters, including one for Paulding County, the home of Paulding.com run by Pat Hughes. Today I emailed Pat and asked how it might affect his operation. He responded with a vengeance in the comment section of yesterday’s [...]
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.