It looks like public journalists still have work to be done, especially in helping newsrooms get in touch with the audiences they serve. This from the lastest Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey:
The public continues to express skepticism toward news outlets and those who run them. More than half (53%) […]
I was a panelist today at the Georgia Center for Nonprofit annual summit. My topic was how nonprofits can use nontraditional media–including blogging and online communities–to effectively get the word out to the general public. Unfortunately, the access to the Internet was down. Still it went okay. We had a full room of more than […]
Rick Thames
This from the Charlotte (NC) Observer:
Rick Thames, a native North Carolinian who worked for eight years in editing roles at The Charlotte Observer, was named editor of the paper Monday.
After serving since 1997 as editor of The Wichita Eagle in Kansas, Thames replaces Jennie Buckner…
It is a move up for Thames within the Knight-Ridder […]
Dan Gillmor, Jeff Jarvis and Rebecca MacKinnon, three well know journalism headliners experimenting with citizen media will be part of the Exploring the Fusion Power of Public and Participatory Journalism conference Aug. 3 in Toronto. Register now and join them and a host of other high-profile journalists and educators.
Gillmor, Mercury News technology columnist, will […]
I have a travel article in this past Sunday’s Des Moines Register on my bike trip last year across Spain. For more details, and insider references only Iowans understand, see my other weblog BiketheCamino. Yes, I know weblogs are fun, but after more than 30 years of this I still get a charge out […]
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.