This weekend we closed down registration for our SoCon08 conferenceon Feb. 8-9, 2008. The Feb. 8 Friday night dinner at Maggiano’s is stuffed as probably will be our 160 Friday night participants. On Saturday, Feb. 9 we are adding extra chairs to our auditorium at Kennesaw State University as we will have a booming 275 people in the room. We [...]
Probably within the next 15 minutes the last three spots for our SoCon08 Friday dinner at Maggiano’s at the Cumberland Mall will fill. Join the more than 150 people who paid for Friday night, and more than 200 for Saturday. Right now it is 2:23 EST on Jan. 29, 2008 and the registration clock is ticking.
Saturday registration closes [...]
Georgia Tech is hosting a Symposium on Computation and Journalism February 22-23, 2008. One of the keynote speakers is Michael Skoler from my former employer Minnesota Public Radio. He’ll be talking about Public Insight Journalism; the other keynoter is Krishna Bharat, principal scientist at Google and creator of Google News. Sounds like a fantastic combination.
I will be moderating [...]
With about three weeks to go, we now have 100 registrants for SoCon08the Southeast’s top social media, social networking and Web 2.0, unconference. I will be updating our participant list later today.
The cost of attending Friday night’s big networking dinner is about to jump because we will soon reach the limit of subsidized spots. Pay $28 now or $48 later. So sign [...]
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.