jtm2007

AUDIO/VIDEO: Helping Poynter transform journalism

Bill Mitchell, editor of Poynter.org, the online outreach service of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., moderated a breakout session on Wed., Aug. 8, 2007, at "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions."   you can READ WIKI SESSION NOTES, or listen to the audio excerpt  (stream or download), joins the session about 20 minutes after its start and carries through to the end. (39:13 min.; 17.9MB). There's also a shorter streaming video excerpt, launched by clicking the bar below the video still.

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AUDIO/VIDEO: Find journalism education's mission (excerpt)

What should U.S. journalism schools be doing to remain relevant as mainstream media fractures and begins to embrace "citizen media"? Read notes of a breakout session on journalism education, lead by Peggy Kuhr, dean of the University of Montana journalism school.  You can also listen to and download the audio excerpt below, which stops abruptly after 17 minutes; the session was not over but the recorder moved on to another session. (17:23 min.; 7.95MB)

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A video excerpt:

AUDIO: Locating and financing the Next Newsroom

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SESSION WIKI TEXT

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Click on the bar below to stream audio  (83 minutes) of a breakout session from the Journalism That Matters event held Aug. 8, 2007 at The George Washington University. This is a session convened by Chris Peck, editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and primary author of The Next Newsroom blueprint.

Among participants in the discussion are Vikki Porter of the University of Southern California, Jim Shaffer of the Univ. of Southern Maine, Russ Okamoto of PublicPress.org, George Hughes of Paulding.com, Beth Lawton of the Newspaper Assocation of America, Maurreen Skowran of the Raleigh News & Observer, Len Witt of Kennesaw State University, Cody Howard of the Lawrence, Ks., World Co., and Geneva Overholser of the Univ. of Missouri.

During the session, both Okamoto and Hughes discuss their citizen-journalism efforts; Okamoto's is just getting started in Beaverton, Ore., and Huges has a vibrant operation in the fast-growing western suburbs of Atlanta. The feasibility of electronic tablet devices as a replacement or newspaper delivery, and the idea of co-operative ownership of a local news organization are also discussed.

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AUDIO: "As a result of this experience . . . "

About 80 Journalism That Matters participants who stayed for the full-day on Wed., Aug. 8, 2007, ended by stating a "headline" characterizing the experience or expressing their next-steps commitment.  Here what the said in this 16-minute segment.  (Click on the carat on the left of the bar below to launch.)

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AUDIO: Reflections and headlines -- starting work

On Wednesday, Aug. 8, more than 120 participants in the Journalism That Matters event in Washington, D.C., started their day first by reflecting (5:15 min.) on what they had heard the day before, and then by declaring as "headlines" (6:50 min.) the topic titles for self-convened breakout sessions. Listen to either audio streamcast by clicking on the carat at the left edge of the appropriate bar below.
reflections stream . . . or MP3 download (7:30 mins.; 3.66MEGS)

headlines stream . . . or MP3 download (6 mins./3 MEGS)

AUDIO: "The State of Citizen Journalism -- 2007"

Listen to "The State of Citizen Journalism," the audio podcast of an Aug. 7, 2007, event at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Journalism That Matters collaborative brought together seven experts on the citizen-journalism movement. READ DETAILS

PLAY STREAM (click on carat below) . . . . OR DOWNLOAD MP3 PODCAST (88 mins.; 21.2MB).

Mini-bio and photo "facebook" of JTM-DC attendees is now posted

A 16-page downloadable PDF document including mini-bios and thumbnail photographs of most of the participants in this week's "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" is now available by clicking on the link below:
Download facebook.pdf