We are in break out sessions today, all unconference ways to think about the Next Newsroom for Duke University. I was in great session about how to use Social Networking tools led by Kara Andrade. We are going to continue that discussion, about how Social Networking might help us build our Representative Journalism project in [...]
I received an email from Paul Arne, co-chair of the technology group and the privacy and security group at the law firm Morris, Manning & Martin; he is not happy with a bill that is moving through the channels of the Georgia legislature. And watch out FaceBook’s Mark Zuckerberg, you might end up in jail if [...]
Amani Channel, the man behind MyUrbanReport.com, was busy at our SoCon08 conference Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, 2008 hosting a dinner table conversation, providing an afternoon workshop on video and, of course, what else…shooting a video of the conference. He is fast; he was uploading part of the event video as the conference progressed. So enough [...]
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 [...]
When I read Rodney Brooks’ book Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, I was struck by one insight. He wrote that Japan has an aging population, it will need help from Third-World immigrants. However, it does not want a flood of immigrants. So, Brooks says that they are trying to develop robot like [...]
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.