Are you a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)? Or are you living near Denver? If so, you might consider attending the Journalism Schools as News Providers: Challenges and Opportunities workshop on August 3 in Denver. We have a few spots still open for attendees.
It is just $39 and [...]
It has been a while since I posted anything on Spot.us, which is still going strong in the Bay Area and has branched into Los Angeles, Seattle and Minnesota. Just a reminder, Spot.us is David Cohn’s brainchild and in his words is: ” an open source project to pioneer ‘community powered reporting.’ Through Spot.Us the [...]
This just in from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project:
A May 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that six in ten American adults now go online wirelessly using either a mobile phone or a laptop with a wireless internet connection. African-Americans and English-speaking Latinos continue [...]
James A. Pitaro, vice president of Yahoo Media, told a New York Times reporter:
“If you’re a news start-up, focusing on breadth would be the wrong way to go. What we’re seeing is the market getting increasingly fragmented. And because of that you can survive by owning a niche category.”
Of course, we at the [...]
Speakers are in place and the agenda is set, now you just have to register for the Media Law in the Digital Age workshop on September 25 at Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta. It is co-produced by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard University Law School and the Center for [...]
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.