Bill Buzenberg, my boss when I was running the Civic Journalism Initiative at Minnesota Public Radio, was just named Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, the nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization, which specializes in investigative journalism projects. It was started by Charles Lewis, who spoke at our Restoring the Trust conference about the role of [...]
Mark Briggs, editor of the News Tribune website in ‘Times New Roman’, wants you to help write the book: Journalism 2.0: How to survive and thrive in the digital age.
His blog says this is:
a live draft of a book I am writing…It will teach current (and future) journalists the skills they need to do better [...]
Here is advice from Ad Age article entitled: Myth-busters: Four Magazines Point the Way to Gens X and Y
Historically, magazines, in the words of Domino Editor Deborah Needleman, employed a didactic approach. “They brought the product to the readers from on high: ‘We the editors are going to let you in, let you breathe our [...]
My new Wired came today, but I want to share two quotes from last month’s story about Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos.
Moulitsas doesn’t try to ignite passions that do not exist. Rather, he provides an outlet for those who are already passionate. “People want to be heard,” he says. “People really think they have [...]
Remember the Chevy Tahoe build-your-own advertising campaign that went bad? Well, the Sunlight Foundation has its own rendition with a $5,000 contest entitled: What Do You Think Congress Does All Day?
They have everything you need to build your own video; the learning curve is about 15 minutes. I made my own, which really doesn’t answer [...]
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.