jtm2008

LODGING: Domain Hotel special room block

Most activities at "NewsTools2008.org -- Journalism That Matters: The Silicon Valley Sessions" will take place at the Yahoo! conference facility. However, we are reserving a block of rooms at a nearby hotel, where participants may conveniently arrange additional work or meeting spaces. The event hotel is The Domain, (408-247-0800) a 10-minute ride from Yahoo by hotel-provided shuttle. The Domain is part of the celebrated Joie de Vivre business hotel group and has just undergone a complete renovation. The NewsTools2008 room block is at a guaranteed rate of $159/night plus taxes on Wednesday and Thursday night, and $129/night for Friday and Saturday. This includes free wireless Internet in all rooms, hot breakfast and complementary newspapers outside your door.  Please click on the following link to obtain the special group discount for NewsTools2008 participants:           BOOK LODGING NOW

(Note: If your stay includes Friday or Saturday, the $129 rate will not show until the final screen before entering payment information)

The Domain Hotel:
1085 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, P: 408.247.0800, F: 408.984.7120

AUDIO: What tech tools are needed to sustain journalism?

What sort of technology tools are needed to sustain civic journalism? It's a key question we hope to answer at NewsTools2008.org April 30-May 3 in Silicon Valley. Click on the left carat of the bar below to listen to a stream of this 17-minute, inpromptu discussion among Paul Bass, founder of the local online newsblog, the New Haven Independent, Marc Oppenheimer, director of the Yale University Journalism Initiative, and Bill Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project/JTM at UMass Amherst. The discuss occurred Jan. 18, 2008 at a New Haven restaurant. Then add your comments below. Option: (DOWNLOAD MP3 PODCAST)