MGP2006: Democracy & Independence -- Sharing News & Politics in a Connected World

Overholser notes "Mizzou" faculty book celebrating thriving journalism

JTM2007 and MGP2006 participant Geneva Overholser notes a new collection by the faculty at the University of Missouri School of Journalism which, as Overholser writes in an Aug. 28 email: "celebrate(s) what's going well with stories about thriving newspapers, hard-working broadcasters and individuals making a difference." The book, entitled, "What Good is Journalism?" is a set of case studies on "how reporters and editors are saving America's way of life. Edited by George kennedy and Daryl Moen, the book includes pieces by Overholser on NPR, Brant Houston (also MGP2006) on investigative reporting, Stuart Loory on the "journalism you deserve" and six other chapters. It's available from the University of Missour Press directly, or from Amazon.com.

MORE BACKGROUND: http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2007/07-13-what-good-journalism.html

ORDERING LINK: http://press.umsystem.edu/spring2007/kennedy.moen.htm

PDF PROMOTIONAL FLYER: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/pdf/missouri-good-journalism.pdf

George White's C3 at UCLA creates Katrina research/journalism archive

MGP2006 participant George White writes that the UCLA-based Center for Communications and Community, which he helps run, has archived eports on the Katrina hurricane and aftermath. The archive includes links to audio and video content including coverage critiques, community and independent media, community activism, research and journalism/research archives. The site also has a "Submission" section for those who want to offer additional content. You can find the site at www.uclaccc.ucla.edu .

Lee Rainie's PowerPoint presentation at MGP2006

Lee Rainie of the Pew Project on Internet & Society provided fresh data on journalism, the Internet and the future during a presentation Friday, June 30, at the MGP2006 summit of the Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst. Rainie subsequently wrote in an email: "I gave a more panoramic talk about media and gadgetry recently that has more of our data, but put in a broader context than news. It can be found at:
http://www.pewinternet.org/ppt/2006%20-%206.7.06%20ThinkTank%20Seton%20Hall.pdf

Some of you also asked about our work on the internet and politics. You can find some of our material from the 2004 campaign season on that at these urls:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/150/report_display.asp
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/141/report_display.asp
http://www.pewinternet.org/ppt/BUZZ_BLOGS__BEYOND_Final05-16-05.pdf

And, finally, some of you actually wanted the data files. The best media-use data files can be found on the web site of the

Pew

Research

Center

for The People & The Press at:
http://people-press.org/dataarchive/

CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD Rainie's PowerPoint file.

Download 2006_6.30.06 Media Giraffe.ppt

Summit registration closed; non-meal day passes still available

General registration for MGP2006 is now closed with meals at capacity. At-the-door day passes (not including food) are available for $95 a day or $150 for the Wed.-Sat. conference. Contact registrar Shelley Gibbons -- 413-545-0172 -- sgibbons@mail.aux.umass.edu

The Philadelphia experiments: Signup to participate in Thursday's live videoconference

Thursday will be an historic moment in American journalism. It is believed to be the first time major metro dailies -- the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News -- have been returned to local ownership from chain ownership. At the same time, a working group of citizens in the city where American independence sprang are considering what the next news organization will look like. To describe the change, and how Philadelphia media bloggers, reformers and consumers -- plus insiders at the two papers -- are reacting, MGP2006 is planning a live videoconference session between Amherst and Philadelphia from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., June 29.  The UMass academic videoconferencing center and a similar facility at the University of Pennsylvania will be used to make the live link. Among those present in Amherst will be Chris Satullo, editor-page editor of The Inquirer. Among those present in Philadelphia will be Wendy Warren, an assistant managing editor of The Daily News.
Space is limited in the videoconference facility at UMass to 30 people. To participate, follow instructions at the MGP2006 wiki page, "Philadelphia."

Room change for some of MGP2006 events from 10th Floor of Campus Center to CC Auditorium

To improve sight lines to speakers/panel and eliminate any concerns about overcrowding, sessions and meals marked in early program versions for the Amherst Room/10th Floor Campus Center are now being held in the Campus Center Auditorium, on the same level as other meeting rooms. Registration check-in on Wednesday will be located at the Campus Center-Lower Level in front of the escalators.

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MGP2006 participant Chris Daly has forcoming book on history of U.S. journalism

Boston University journalism professor Chris Daly -- who is attending MGP2006 -- has a both coming out next summer called: "A Narrative History of U.S. Journalism, 1704-2004," published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Authors attending MGP2006 are asked to post information about their relevant, current titles to the summit wiki. If done so before Monday, Jun19, summit organizers will attempt to have a small selection of books for sale manged by the University Store. Follow the link below to the wiki page, and you can click the "edit" tab on top to add your own title: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Books