David Cohn was one of the Knight Challenge winners for 2008, and the PJNet.org via Representative Journalism has been talking to Cohn about possibly setting up a funding mechanism for Rep J reporters in the future. Here is more about Cohn and all the other winners. Congratulations David and all others.
If you are looking to do community news online or have a placeblog, you might want to attend the Journalism that Matters Conference in Minneapolis –June 4-6, 2008. I’ll be there and, in fact, this PJNet.org site will probably go mostly gray until then as I take a blogging break.
Here is more about the conference:
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In this video Eric Newton, Vice President for the Journalism Program at the Knight Foundation, says only 25 percent of community foundations fund journalism, but then tells why he thinks that number is about to grow.
If you want community foundation funding for local journalism projects, Newton says do your homework. Look at this Knight Foundation [...]
I am at the Journalism that Matters NewsTool2008 unconference being held at Yahoo!, which is providing the space but it is an independent conference. It started on April 30 and now we are on day three. The connectivity here in Silcon Valley has not been, believe it or not, great. But to find out what [...]
CNN’s iReport puts out a promotional video describing its citizens driven iReport. So if you want to participate look for something exploding or a steer licking its nose. Best part: Atlanta’s own citizen journalist Grayson Daughters gives the introduction.
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.