jtm2008

AUDIO: Finding the passion of place -- the new pamphleteers

What motivates people to launch a local online news community -- a "placeblog" and what are their challenges, their successes, the opportunities, vision and passion which accompany this work? Twelve citizen-journalists -- "placebloggers" -- gathered on Friday, June 6, 2008, for a one-hour conversation at Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to the auto stream of their conversation by clicking on the carat of the bar below. Or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. Moderated by Bill Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

SLIDES: The state of citizen journalism -- Jan Schaffer

J-Lab director Jan Schaffer presented an update on the state of citizen journalism during "New Pamphleteers/New Reporters," a Journalism That Matters convening June 5, 2008 at the University of Minnesota.  The 18.5 MB PowerPoint may be downloaded and used for educational purposes with credit to J-Lab, and Schaffer, at American University.
Download citizen-media-update-jan-schaffer-jtm-mn-06-04-08.ppt

AUDIO: What's next for Journalism That Matters

What's Next for the Journalism That Matters collaborative? In a wide-ranging, 52-minute discussion, participants at "New Pamphleteers/New Reporters," in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 5, 2008, discuss options. Should JTM -- which convenes meetings on the future of journalism and journalists -- become a formal organization? What services would it offer?  Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch streaming audio, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening (56-1/2 minutes; 13.65MB)