The American Journalism Review has an article about blogging and journalists, and I was struck by this paragraph, mainly because it is so wrong:
Jane Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota and a former AJR columnist,…adds that reporters, trained to be objective, often struggle to adopt the right tone. [...]
Yesterday I posted that Kennesaw State University will be hosting a Web 2.0 Unconference on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2006. Sherry Heyl is the driving force, but since I am on the planning committee I thought it might be a good idea to do research on why unconferences are unique and what causes the best to [...]
Sherry Heyl, CEO and self identified Idealist for What a Concept!, decided it was time for the Atlanta metro area to have its own Web 2.0 unconference to discuss the issues, share ideas and to check out the critical mass as in who around here is interested in and/or involved in Web 2.0. So we [...]
This from a USC press release:
…the 2007 Digital Future Project found that 43 percent of Internet users who are members of online communities say that they “feel as strongly” about their virtual community as they do about their real world communities.
Here are some highlights from the report:
The Digital Future Project found that involvement in online [...]
Canadian Broadcast Corporation announces:
CBC Television will cancel the Canada Now early evening national newscast next February and move to one-hour regional newscasts at 6 p.m. across the country.
Relying on what it defines as civic journalism:
“CBC will redefine its relationship with its audience,” said Tony Burman, editor-in-chief of CBC News.
“We want to further the local voice [...]
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.