At least 400 people gathered Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to consider how the participatory media introduced by Internet technology will affect participatory democracy. For notes of sessions and links to blogger reports go to the Media Giraffe wiki ---- > [ Visit Website ]
The morning daily newspaper which routine covers UMass Amherst run a story on Sunday, June 18, previewing the MGP2006 summit. The [Springfield, Mass.] Republican's Holly Angelo spoke with both Prof. Norm Sims, MGP principal investigator, and Bill Densmore, MGP editor/director. (ALTERNATE LINK)
The Clearchannel Radio affiliates in Boston which carry Air America and other progressive-left talk -- WKOX AM 1200 and 1430 -- aired a 12-minute "This Week" segment on Sunday, June 18 about the New England political bloggers meet-up as part of the Media Giraffe summit. Host Joe Mazzei taped the interview with MGP director/editor Bill Densmore . It was scheduled to run about 12 minutes during the "This Week" program on the old WKOX and a sister AM station at 1200 and 1430 kilocycles. You can download and listen to an MP3 of the interview, courtesy of Mazzei:
AUDIO: Download ThisWeek06-18-06.mp3 (11.4 mins / 5.4 MB)
