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AUDIO: Explaining the infovalet to a Stonybrook student journalist

What's the idea behind the Information Valet Project? Project director Bill Densmore recorded this discussion with sophomore journalism major Eric Luu of Stonybrook University on Nov. 25, 2008. The 14-minute dialogue begins with Densmore talking about the demographic, advertising and commerce components of IVP, and ends with Luu and Densmore sharing thoughts about whether users are willing to pay for journalism.  Click on the carat on the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening (15.0 minutes; 3.6MB) :

Explaining the Information Valet Project in 14 minutes

What is the Information Valet Project? In this 10-minute audio podcast, IVP researcher Bill Densmore of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute of the Missouri School of Journalism explains.  This talk was recorded Oct. 10, 2008, at Univ. of South Carolina's Convergence and Society annual presentation of academic papers, subtitled: "The Participatory Web." In the talk, Densmore briefly describes the Reynolds Institute, his background, the problem solved by "InfoValet," and how it will be launched.  Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to stream audio, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. (14:55 mins./14.3MB) . The talk rougly follows the slides in this slide show.

Another 10-minute audio discussion of how the InfoValet service could work is here.

AUDIO: Laid-off Kenosha, Wis., reporter seeks advice on starting non-profit online news community

Denise Lockwood is like thousands of U.S. daily newspaper reporters -- she fell victim to staff reductions. But she's not giving up reporting -- she's pursuing her passion onlline.

Lockwood, an award-winning education reporter, is looking for advice on how to start a non-profit online news and community site for southeastern Wisconsin. She wants to focus on providing the context and background that dailies are being forced by economics to abandon.

To learn more about her plans, listen to a 16-minute interview with Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project and Matt Thompson, a 2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow. You can listen to the audio stream by clicking on the carat to the right of the bar below, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening.  (15:26 mins., 3.7MB)

CONTACT: Denise Lockwood, Racine, Wis., [email protected] phone 262-639-6475.