Nice conversation started by Ryan Sholin at Invisible Inkling and carried on by Howard Owens. There is a lot of talk about hyperlocal and community news, but not enough about local connections. My own thinking is moving in the direction of this Owens insight:
Ryan…writes, “I can’t emphasize this enough. No one wants to connect with [...]
A while back I asked: What will happen when only the journalism is left? I received a GPS for Christmas and saw how easy it will be for all of us to reach into our pockets and call up any item or service we want to buy, and get immediate directions to the store to [...]
This from the Pew Internet & American Life Project:
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002. Some 15% of all American adults say the internet was the place where they got most of their campaign news during [...]
The SoCon07 conference or rather unconference registration is humming along. More than 100 people have registered for this Feb. 9-10, 2007 blogging, Web 2.0, social networking, connect because you can event at Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta. Here is a tiny sampling of who is coming:
Rob Ciampa from Trusted Network Technology
Doug Monroe from Atlanta [...]
Bryan Murley at Innovation in Colllege Media has an interesting interview with Howard Owens, the Director of Digital Publishing at Gatehouse Media, Inc., which owns more than 400 community newspapers. Owens says:
Every student journalist should spend at least six months totally immersed in blogging. Start a blog and try to draw an audience. Do the [...]
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.