I was in Augusta, Georgia today as a presenter at a daylong workshop on multimedia sponsored by the Georgia Associated Press Association. Lots of talk of vlogs, moblogs, podcasts and audience involvement via citizen media . There was real progress being made at several Georgia newspapers and interest at the rest.
Only one argument over: [...]
Editor’s Weblog has an interview with the editor of Peru’s El Comercio, which has begun to integrate photographs from readers into its website and print edition.
Eric Samson, who is blogging in Quito, Ecuador, has more, mostly in Spanish.
The Washington Post is hosting two live discussion about the digital revolution and censorship in China. Here is the Post’s promotion for the discussion:
Washington Post staff writer Philip P. Pan, who is based in Beijing, will be online Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the digital revolution’s presence in China, [...]
Interesing that the West of Coast of Florida, a state known for its older population, seems to be on the cutting edge of many trends to preserve newspaper circulation. Here is the latest piece of information from the St. Petersburg Times online:
Times Publishing Co. said Friday it is expanding its free tabloid newspaper Tampa Bay [...]
I am just getting around to a Salon article about getting youth involved in reading the news. It’s a good article, in stating the issues, but comes up a little weak on solutions. Still I like the conversation he has with Rob Curley, the new-media director of the Naples Daily News in Naples, Florida. Curley [...]
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.