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AUDIO: The news social network -- InfoValet explained in six minutes

How would a news social network work to sustain journalism, provider consumers better control over their privacy, and enable new forms of content sharing and benefits? Bill Densmore is a 2008-2009 fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. He is directing the Information Valet Project. In a six-minute excerpt from a recent conversation, Densmore explains in an audio clip how an InfoValet Service might work. Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch streaming video or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.  (6 mins., 11 seconds; 1.5 MB)

AUDIO: Julie Weatherbee from Arbor Update

Julie Weatherbee, a founder of Arbor Update, a local online news community in Ann Arbor, Mich., talks with Sara Majka, Media Giraffe Project associated editor. (11.3 MB; 12.3 mins.)

AUDIO: InfoValet survey research findings reported

A four-member student team at the University of Missouri discusses their findings of a 200-person  web and personal focus-group survey about public attitudes toward paying for "content" on the web or receiving things of value in exchange for giving up personal demographic information. The discussion took place March 17, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.  Listen to streaming audio by clicking on the carat to the left of the bar below, or download an MP3 audio podcast for offline listening.  (11 min., 36 seconds; 2.79MB)  / SURVEY RESULTS NARRATIVE / ANSWERS (pdf)

AUDIO: Keynote panel at Public Media Atlanta / Feb. 21, 2009

Listen to audio of the morning panel at the Integrated Media Association's Public Media Conference, 2009, in Atlanta, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. View running notes at: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Ima-atlanta  

Here's how the wiki previewed this session:

The Future of Public Media News Peachtree C/B The scene: Mid-2010. Obama is President. The economy continues to slip. Layoffs mount. Polar ice melts. People are twittering while public radio and TV cut staff. One by one, newspapers are folding, and journalists swell the ranks of unemployed. At the same time, nonprofit multimedia, semi-pro news outlets are sprouting up. Many are looking to mimic public radio and TV's business models. Is this far fetched? Or is it a reasonable scenario given the conditions? This panel will take on one of the toughest questions: In this era of downsizing and convergence, how can public radio (and TV) hold onto a sustainable news franchise? What is the opportunity? Who is the audience? How do we get from here to there?

Moderator: Julie Philipp, Managing Editor, WXXI Center for Public Affairs Panelists: John Barth, Managing Director; PRX; Mike Bauhof, Manager, Online Communications at KETC; Susanna Capelouto, News Director, Georgia Public Broadcasting (Radio); Jessica Clark, Director, Future of Public Media project at the Center for Social Media, American University School of Communication; Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, The Center for Investigative Reporting; Anna Shoup, Local/National Editor at the Online Newshour; Kinsey Wilson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NPR Digital Media; Leonard Witt, Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University, Blogger, PJNet . Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch a stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listing (22 MB, 1 hour, 31 minutes). 

AUDIO: Bill Densmore interviewed in KTRS St. Louis about IVP

Can news organizations figure out a way to increase the value they receive for journalism on the World Wide Web? McGraw Milhaven, talkmaster on KTRS Radio in St. Louis, interviews Bill Densmore of the Information Valet Project. Densmore is a 2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo. Listen to a 25-minute excerpt, followed by three minutes of Milhaven talking with a caller. Click on the carat at the left of the bar below to launch the audio stream (28.37 mins.), or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. You can also READ A TRANSCRIPT of the interview.

AUDIO: Steve Mott on the InfoValet transaction opportunity

There's a significant opportunity to create a new, web-based infrastructure for information transactions, says consultant Steve Mott. A former senior VP of electronic commerce at MasterCard International, and expert on digital payment systems in banking and other industries, Mott is helping plan the InfoValet prototype. He explains the opportunity in this excerpt from "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," Dec. 4, 2008 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch audio stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.  (6 minutes, 46 seconds File Size: 1.62 MB)

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AUDIO: Tom Evslin on networks and newspapers

The Internet elevates the network to a premier business-strategy position. If a new service can bring together millions of users with millions of products, the efficiency of the public Internet makes large-scale commerce possible at low incremental cost. But how do you build a network from scratch? Tom Evslin worked at Microsoft Corp., started AT&T's pioneering WorldNet network, and then ran and sold for millions a voice-over-IP telephony company. Now living in Vermont, Evslin joined "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy via Skype on Dec. 4, 2008 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo.to explain why the newspaper industry may have a shot at being the next big network. Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. (19 minutes, 4 seconds / File Size:
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AUDIO: Doc Searls: When users control vendor relationships

Modern marketing and technology have made it easy for vendors to take control of the relationship consumers. They maintain databases of our purchases, our preferences and our habits. This isn't necessarily bad. But Doc Searls of the Berkman Center on the Internet & Society at Harvard University suggests that might be even better if consumers were able to control the use of their "persona" and if that data were portable at the user's preference. Searls discussed this paradigm shift on Dec. 4, 2009 during a "Skype" session at "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy, at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. His vision would be enabled by The Information Valet Service. Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.  (Duration: 13 mins., 27 seconds. File Size:3.23 MB)

AUDIO: Dave Mastio of BlogNetNews.com at Knight L.A. seminar

Dave Mastio's BlogNetNews.com helps aggregate local news blog feeds for
regions throughout the United States for presentation on news and other websites. In this excerpt, Masio talks about his motivation for starting BlogNetNews.

Mastio was among panelists at a four-day seminar: "Best Practices:
Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace," presented by the Knight Digital Media Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers.
Approximately 30 editorial writers attended.

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Date Last Updated:Fri 07 Mar 2008 08:40:01 AM CST
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AUDIO: What was accomplished at IVP-Blueprint summit?

Information Valet Project researcher Bill Densmore speaks by phone with Stony Brook University student Lisa Voltaire about the IVP-Blueprint summit Dec. 3-5. Densmore describes the IVP system and the state of technology which could drive it. Click on the carat on the left of the bar below to launch streaming audio, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.  (10 minutes, 4 seconds; 2.42 MB)