Tonight I am staying in a Fairfield Inn, a Mariott hotel. The wireless is totally free as it would be a the $89 a night Comfort Inn down the road. In a week, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is having its annual conference at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel and the [...]
Bill Densmore in anticipation of our Journalism that Matters conference on August 7-8 in Washington, D.C. has advanced three questions at Facebook’s Journalists and Facebook group. They fall under the discussion: Journalism That Matters: Three essential elements. Here are the questions:
1) How does a community support journalism at a time when traditional newspaper-generated revenue is [...]
Pat Walters has an interesting article at Poynter online entitled: Facebook: What’s In It For Journalists? I especially like how he helped established a FaceBook page, Journalists and Facebook, and allowed anyone to provide editorial comments before the Poynter article was written. Also the story linked to good ideas from people like Jeff Jarvis who [...]
This from a Pew Internet & American Life Project press release:
Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day. Three-quarters of broadband users (74%) who enjoy high-speed connections at both home and work watch or download video online.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2006 annual report is online and download. Since the foundation is pushing for journalism change, it provides a reader a sense of the foundation’s priorities. The second round of the foundation’s Knight News Challenge is also up and running. Here is the pitch:
Knight Foundation has launched year [...]
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.