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AUDIO: Crowdsourcing in Orange County: the the audience steps in

Glenn Hall, deputy editor of innovation at the Orange County Register, was surprised when the newspaper turned on comments at the bottom of news stories during a series of wildfires. Immediately, a reader thousands of miles from Southern California posted asking about the safety of her grandmother. The audience took it from there. In another incident, the paper's web editors posted a simple question: How is your service from Time-Warner Cable, which had recently taken over the region's cable TV franchise. Neither the website nor Time Warner were expecting the result. Hall discusses these two examples of the audience-as-contributor in a 4 minute podcast with Bill Densmore recorded May 22, 2007 at Stanford University's "Innovation Journalism" conference.  (CLICK ON CARET TO LEFT OF BAR BELOW TO LAUNCH AUDIO)

Boston Alliance for Community Journalism open-source website

Pete Stidman was wrapping up his first year as a reporter for the community weekly, the Jamaica Plain Gazette, when he aligned with other neighborhood reporters. They've formed the Alliance for Community Jounalism with three goals for 2007: <li>Develop news websites in collaboration with outlets that foster greater interactivity and civic involvement within neighborhoods. <li>Create a citywide online resource (BostonBee.com) highlighting neighborhood and ethnic news websites and blogs. <li>Host the first in a series of nitty-gritty local-reporting workshops. The first collaborative website is http://www.jpgazette.com . The aggregation website, http://www.BostonBee.com , is entering development.
Stidman described the project at the New England News Forum event at the Boston Public Library on Thurs., May 17, 2007. Click on the carat on the left of the bar below the photo to launch a short video.

Pete Stidman, 617-620-1989
email: stidman@gmail.com   

Jim Caralis describes the OpenMass public database website

Jim Caralis left a job as an engineer for one of the largest proprietary content database companies to start a consulting practice. But then he decided he could offer the public a no-cost way to get access to Massachusetts government documents. He described OpenMass.org, his new website, at a meeting of the New England News Forum, May 17, 2007 at the Boston Public Library. Watch the video, below, and read more at: http://newshare.typepad.com/nenf/2007/04/caralis_betas_o.html

SVC community media -- participant intros

Participants in the SVC community media founding convention explain their backgrounds and motivations for attending. View video:

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SVC Magic Scepter visioning session

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Discussing the future of WBTN and community media

More than 20 academics, citizens and experts on community radio and media discuss the future of radio station WTBN during a one-day event at Southern Vermont College on Saturday, May 5, 2007.

North Carolina media expert speaks to SVC group

Wally Bowen, founder of the Mountain Area Information Network in Asheville, N.C., spoke on Saturday to more than 20 people gathered at Southern Vermont College to consider plans for radio station WBTN, which the college owns, and the possible formation of a community-media center. Listen to his talk by clicking on the right carat at the start of the line below.

SVCMC -- a founding discussion on a sunny Saturday

Gathered at Southern Vermont College, about 22 citizens, experts and college administrators and faculty discussed the proposed formation of a Southern Vermont Community Media Center. List to the audio of one of the discussions.

Karen Gross and Bob Hartwell introduce SVCMC confab

Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross and Vermont state Sen. Bob Hartwell, D-Manchester, introduce the "founding convention" of the Southern Vermont Community Media Center on May 5, 2007 at Southern Vermont College.