Anyone who has been following this PJNet.org site knows about my Representative Journalism concept, which caught the attention of Ruth Ann Harnisch. In time, the Harnisch Foundation provided a substantial gift to start the Center for Sustainable Journalism to test the Rep J idea, which is all about community-supported niche journalism.
Our first topic-centered project [...]
This from a speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director:
J-Lab has funded 55 projects since 2005 with small grants, about $25,000. Many of these efforts sought to train citizens to generate stories for the site. Some were university projects. Others were launched by so-called “civic catalysts” – those bumblebees that pollinate [...]
Come join Leonard Witt Saturday morning here:
The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists presents:
“Move over Scanners…We’re checking TWITTER”
Saturday, September 11, 2010
WSB-TV (community room)
1601 W. Peachtree N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
This is no longer your grandfather’s journalism. We now have Twitter, Facebook, Four Square and other social media sources that BREAK NEWS. There [...]
This from the Business Insider:
AOL made 900 hires over the summer with 50% of the new people going to local blogs network Patch, CEO Tim Armstrong just told employees in a company wide meeting.
Figure all-in costs for each new employee is $100,000 per year, and AOL is set to spend $45 million per 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.