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(9440, 17, '2012-04-07 05:16:41', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '<h3>Outreach Campaign Manager:</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/erin-moomey/\">Erin Moomey</a>\n<img title=\"Erin Moomey\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/erin-250x297.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Moomey\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" />Erin helps strategize, plan and execute campaigns to deepen user engagement and increase awareness of the Journalism Accelerator. Her passion for education and engagement with social issues is driven by a wide range of experience, including teaching, communications, business and systems management, and photography. Erin helped ignite the <a href=\"http://www.girleffect.org/\">Girl Effect</a> movement, launch the Mercy Corps <a href=\"http://www.actioncenter.org/\">Action Center</a> and save a 263 acre Girl Scout camp in the middle of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area.\n<h3>Content Manager:</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/nick-wirth/\">Nick Wirth</a>\n<img title=\"Nick Wirth\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nick.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Moomey\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\" />Nick is responsible for maintaining the JA website. He has worked as a freelance website designer, building sites for a variety of organizations and individuals. He is also experienced working in political activism; helping campaigns to use technologies including online advertising, social media, email campaigns, and websites to grow and engage grassroots support.\n\n&nbsp;', 'SAVING Erin/Nick team pages blurbs', '', 'draft', 'open', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2012-04-07 05:16:41', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=9440', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10533, 22, '2012-06-21 16:02:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'The <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/technology/how-could-collaboration-increase-revenue-in-journalism/\">JA /Collab Central forum on collaboration and revenue</a> held earlier this spring <strong>surfaced more than <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/jas-collab-space-forum-yields-resources-examples-and-emerging-practices-to-support-journalism-collaborations/\">two dozen examples</a> of collaboration in action. This post examines one as a detailed use case:</strong> an investigative <a href=\"http://fcir.org/2011/11/13/u-s-deportees-to-haiti-jailed-without-cause-face-severe-health-risks/\">report on deportations</a> from the U.S. to Haiti. Originally commissioned by the <a href=\"http://fcir.org/\">Florida Center for Investigative Reporting</a> with a grant from The Nation Institute’s <a href=\"http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/\">Investigative Fund</a>, the project <a href=\"http://fcir.org/2011/11/13/behind-the-story-fcir%E2%80%99s-investigation-of-deportations-to-haiti/\">deepened the budding relationship</a> between FCIR and Florida public radio station <a href=\"http://www.wlrn.org/\">WLRN</a>. It also provided early experience in content sharing for members of the <a href=\"http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/\">Investigative News Network</a>. Eventually, more than 30 news organizations, both commercial and nonprofit, published an online or print version of the piece. <strong>This look at how the story happened reveals what it takes for early collaborations to blossom into more substantial partnerships, even laying the groundwork to seek and bring in revenue together.</strong>\n\nReporter <a href=\"http://twonationsnews.com/about\">Jacob Kushner</a> had found a good story.  The recent University of Wisconsin graduate was freelancing in post-earthquake Haiti, a place he knew from studies and visits while in college. Kushner had learned that one out of two Haitians being deported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency were taken straight to Haitian jails, although they had not been convicted of violating Haitian law. Many had only minor convictions in the United States. Jail conditions were bad enough that at least one deportee died. Kushner suspected that what he saw on the ground contradicted stated U.S. policy, as well as Haitian and international law.\n\nKushner pitched the <a href=\"http://fcir.org/\">Florida Center for Investigative Reporting</a> (FCIR). It was early 2011, and FCIR was just over a year old. <strong>Since its inception, co-founders <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/trevoraaronson/\">Trevor Aaronson</a> and <a href=\"http://fcir.org/about/staff/\">Mc Nelly Torres</a> had sought partnerships to expand the center’s reach. </strong>\n\n“Because of our capacity and the amount of money we thought we could raise, there was no way we could join the Florida media and say, here we are, we’re going to compete with you,” says Aaronson now. <strong>“We really reach our larger audiences through traditional media.”</strong>\n\nFCIR works with local newspapers and television stations, but <strong>Aaronson thought this piece would be a natural fit for public radio.</strong> It had strong narrative elements and people who could tell their own stories firsthand. Kushner had only done a couple of audio slideshows online, but he was eager to try radio.\n\nIn its first year, FCIR had developed relationships with two major Florida public radio stations, <a href=\"http://www.wusf.usf.edu/\">WUSF</a> in Tampa and <a href=\"http://www.wlrn.org/\">WLRN</a> in Miami, which is <a href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/2007/02/08/10484/how-wlrn-and-the-herald-work-together.html\">embedded in the Miami Herald newsroom</a>.  “Our very first investigation, we didn’t even have a print partner. [A local affiliate of] NPR did a two-way with us where they interviewed our reporter and did a story about our findings,” Aaronson remembers. “Then slowly we started escalating our types of involvement.”\n\nBy the time Kushner’s pitch came in, FCIR was deep in a collaboration with WLRN on a different story.  In that case, the reporter was newly associated with FCIR but had previously freelanced for the station. In Kushner’s case, <strong>WLRN news director <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/dangrech/\">Dan Grech</a> took a chance, investing time to advise the radio novice and lending equipment, even though he wasn’t sure it would bring a return.</strong>\n\n“Here’s a guy, he’s obviously relatively young, who’s got this grant from this group and wants to make a radio story.  And trust me, I hear this a lot,” Grech says. But the relationship with FCIR had been good so far, and <strong>Grech valued the extra depth FCIR reporting brought WLRN listeners.</strong>\n\n“The reason why we do investigations in collaboration with newspapers like the Miami Herald or places like the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, which are grant funded, is because they have both the legal recourses and the resources to put in to the months long work it takes to come up with investigative findings,” he says. “And my station, small as it is, is just simply not able to come up with those findings in many cases on our own.”\n\nWLRN won five awards for investigative reporting last year, two in collaboration with FCIR. This story about deportees won several <a href=\"http://www.greeneyeshade.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2011-GES-Winners-Announced1.pdf\">Green Eyeshades</a> and contributed to a reporting package that won a <a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/2012-regional-edward-r.-murrow-award-winners2081.php\">regional Edward R. Murrow</a> award.\n\n\n<div class=\"underwrite_span\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee !important;\"><h3>About Collab/Space 2012</h3>Organized by <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/collaborationcentral/\">MediaShift\'s Collaboration Central</a> and the <a href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/program/investigative/\">Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism</a>, this daylong gathering in April brought together a range of journalists with different experience in collaboration to share insights and aspirations. Bundled with <a href=\"http://techraking.tumblr.com/schedule\">Techraking</a> and the <a href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/conf/logan/2012/\">Logan Symposium</a>, Collab/Space kicked off an intense conference week with a focus on collaboration. A version of this post also appeared on <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2012/05/the-costs-and-benefits-of-collaboration-132.html\">Collaboration Central</a>.</div><strong>The first step for a successful collaboration: mutual benefit. FCIR</strong> wanted a larger audience. WLRN wanted to solidify its reputation with investigative reporting.\n\n<h3>Paying the way</h3>\n\n<strong>When you share a story, who pays for what?</strong> The bulk of Kushner’s costs and fees were covered by <strong>a $4000 grant from The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, plus $500 from FCIR</strong> coffers. The still-fledgling <strong><a href=\"http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/\">Investigative News Network</a> (INN), interested in making the story available to its members, helped out with another $500.</strong> WLRN had no financial commitment; Aaronson’s aim in that collaboration was simply to broaden the distribution of FCIR’s investigative work. Plus, Aaronson says, WLRN’s radio story was something the center just couldn’t do on it’s own.\n\n“It’s not difficult to ask a newspaper to pay us for a story because we just give them the story and they run it,” he says. “[WLRN] is taking our story and helping us produce a radio version of it. So they’re actually helping us create it and are more of a partner than a client.”\n\nAaronson did ask two INN members who were interested in localizing the story to cover Kushner’s additional reporting costs. <strong><a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/about\">California Watch</a>, a project of the <a href=\"http://cironline.org/\">Center for Investigative Reporting</a> (CIR), and the <a href=\"http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/\">Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism</a> (WCIJ) contributed $750 and $1000 respectively. Each got an exclusive profile of a person deported from their coverage area, plus either photos or a video interview. And in the end, WLRN paid Kushner $500 for extra work</strong> needed to get the right details and sound to tell the story for radio.\n\n“<strong>One of the lessons we learned is to be very explicit about who is paying what,”</strong> says FCIR’s Aaronson.\n\n<strong>WLRN’s Grech found value in absorbing some costs</strong>. “If you look at the actual revenue, this was a huge money losing operation for us. We did not raise any revenue around this particular piece,” says Grech. “But investigative reporting in particular has an incredibly important role in our station as part of who we are as an operation and part of the story we tell to funders and partners.”\n\n<strong>Step two in a successful collaboration:</strong> <strong>Know the value a collaboration brings you, </strong>financially and otherwise. Does it affect your reputation? Will it build a long-term relationship? Could the partnership increase revenue?\n\n<h3>Editorial and legal challenges</h3>\n\n<strong>When you read or listen to the four major versions of this story</strong> (here they are: from <a href=\"http://fcir.org/2011/11/13/u-s-deportees-to-haiti-jailed-without-cause-face-severe-health-risks/\">FICR</a>, <a href=\"http://wlrnunderthesun.org/2012/01/lost-between-two-nations/\">WLRN</a>, <a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/us-deportees-haiti-jailed-without-cause-face-severe-health-risks-13503\">California Watch</a> and <a href=\"http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2011/11/27/in-haiti-u-s-deportees-face-illegal-detentions-and-grave-health-risks/\">WCIJ</a>), <strong>some differences are obvious</strong>. For example, the California Watch story highlights the experience of a man from Los Angeles, while the WCIJ piece focuses on a man who grew up in Chicago and was detained in Wisconsin. The fact that Kushner had enough material to tell individual, localized stories was a big reason both organizations wanted the story, and paid for it.\n\n<strong>But more subtle editorial differences cut to the heart of collaborative challenges.</strong> For example, the FCIR piece says the Obama administration “has not followed its own policy” of deporting people to unsafe conditions instead of seeking alternatives. WCIJ used the same language, but California Watch instead “found discrepancies” between stated administration policy and practice.\n\nDeportees jailed in Haiti were kept locked up for as long as 11 days. FCIR and California Watch wrote that these detentions “<span style=\"color: #000000;\">violate Haitian law and United Nations treaties when deportees have not been charged with crimes in Haiti.” WCIJ provided more context and softened the verb, writing that </span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the detentions, “have occurred although the Haitian constitution bans the detention of anyone for more than 48 hours without appearing before a judge, and a United Nations treaty states that ‘no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.’”</span>\n\n<div class=\"underwrite_span\"><h3>About Collab/Space 2012</h3>Organized by <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/collaborationcentral/\">MediaShift\'s Collaboration Central</a> and the <a href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/program/investigative/\">Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism</a>, this daylong gathering in April brought together a range of journalists with different experience in collaboration to share insights and aspirations. Bundled with <a href=\"http://techraking.tumblr.com/schedule\">Techraking</a> and the <a href=\"http://journalism.berkeley.edu/conf/logan/2012/\">Logan Symposium</a>, Collab/Space kicked off an intense conference week with a focus on collaboration. A version of this post also appeared on <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2012/05/the-costs-and-benefits-of-collaboration-132.html\">Collaboration Central</a>.</div>A <a href=\"http://ire.org/events-and-training/event/20/380/\">panel</a> discussing this collaboration at the <a href=\"http://ire.org/blog/2012-ire-conference-blog/\">recent Investigative Reporters and Editors conference</a> <strong>characterized these different edits as “serious journalistic disagreements.” </strong>WCIJ’s executive director <a href=\"http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/about/staff/\">Andy Hall</a> told the JA the wording in the story required careful consideration. “The initial version of the story, in my view, wasn’t fully supported by the documentation that was supplied,” he says.  “We took a slightly more cautious tone.”\n\nMeanwhile, <a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/user/robert-salladay\">Bob Salladay</a>, managing editor at the Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces California Watch, says he liked the Wisconsin version better but hadn’t seen it before California Watch published. “For future collaborations, maybe we could all share the different versions,” he says. “People could read them and highlight potential problem areas.”\n\nINN editorial director Evelyn Larrubia moderated the IRE panel. “Everyone walked away friends” from this story, she says, but she thinks editorial differences could be a growing challenge as more media outlets collaborate as equals. “You could easily see a situation where someone would say it’s my story, either run it my way or you won’t run it, “ she says. <strong>“In this case there was a lot of goodwill because they knew and trusted each other. “</strong>\n\nBob Salladay notes that when CIR provides stories to its partners, it also takes on the legal responsibility of libel lawsuits, as long as the stories run unchanged. Libel wasn’t a concern in this story, he says, and each news organization simply followed its own practice to fact-check, relying on the FCIR to vet of much of the reporting.\n\n<strong>Step three: Make legal responsibilities and any editorial terms of collaboration clear in advance, but consider leave breathing room for local control. </strong>It can be an important aspect of local branding, and approached right, it can build trust – necessary for any collaboration, but particularly if money is involved.\n\n<h3>Collaboration or freelance?</h3>\n\n<strong>In many ways, the “collaboration” on the deportee piece resembles a classic freelance success.</strong> An enterprising reporter lands a difficult story of interest to many different news outlets. He tweaks it for local markets and sells it multiple times.  Indeed, <strong>Kushner, the reporter on this story, worked directly and individually with the editors of various outlets.</strong> <strong>But Kushner considered it collaborative work from day one. </strong>“INN was interested from the start, they chipped in a little funding for it before it began,” he says. “Editors caught a couple things in the editing that made us take a new look at parts of our story. <strong>The larger process certainly is collaborative, because you begin to have news outlets working together to put out content in a way that’s meaningful.</strong>”\n\n<div class=\"underwrite\"><img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cirlogo.png\" alt=\"Center for Investigative Reporting\" title=\"Center for Investigative Reporting\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10506\" /><h3>First generation collaboration</h3><a href=\"http://cironline.org/about-cir\">CIR</a> is the oldest nonprofit investigative reporting center in the country. Founded in 1977, the organization has always distributed its work through other outlets. In the past few years, CIR has started an investigative radio program, merged with a startup Bay Area news nonprofit, and continued to collaborate on high profile projects. CIR helped create the <a href=\"http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/about/about-inn\">Investigative News Network</a>, dedicated in part to “actively facilitating collaborative project.” </div>Without that effort, he says the story “would have been published in Florida, in print or online, and also published on the website of The Nation Institute. And that [would have been] it. Instead, this went all over the country, all over the Midwest, because of the Wisconsin collaboration, all of the West Coast because of the California one, national….because the California version got picked up by the Huffington Post and some other national outlets.  So what would have been just a local, maybe statewide story instead became a highly played, very well-read national story.“\n\n<strong>Step four for a successful collaboration: Find new ways to think about old practices. </strong>\n\n<h3>Toward collaborative revenue</h3>\n\n<strong>The Florida Center for Investigative reporting is now in a new partnership with local public radio stations in Florida</strong>. Building on the relationship developed through collaborations, including the deportee story, FCIR, WJCT, WUSF and WLRN <strong>won a joint grant</strong> to <a href=\"http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/\">report on education in Florida</a> as part of NPR’s <a href=\"http://stateimpact.npr.org/\">StateImpact Project</a>.\n\n<strong>Aaronson says that for the first time, he and broadcast partners wrote a memorandum of understanding</strong> outlining each partners’ responsibilities. In the past, they had relied on trust and emails.  The MOU includes specific work, due dates, payments, third party sharing, and credit. <strong>“Even though we have this very collegial relationship, just like any business relationship we try to make sure that everyone knows what the others are doing, and what obligations the others have,”</strong> Aaronson says.\n\n<strong>The bottom line:</strong> Just as small amounts of money from a half a dozen news organizations can add up to more coverage than any one could buy on its own, <strong>small collaborative steps can lead to deeper partnerships, including projects that bring in revenue.</strong>', 'Test Draft Caption Stuff', '', 'draft', 'open', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2012-06-21 16:02:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=10533', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(15738, 23, '2012-12-07 19:58:42', '2012-12-08 03:58:42', 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas convallis, enim id tempus auctor, ante diam elementum ipsum, ut suscipit justo odio non eros. In venenatis, purus a tristique placerat, erat dolor luctus est, vitae luctus ante turpis eget odio. Sed at nibh massa, eu malesuada metus. Proin ut nunc turpis. Vivamus porta, erat nec ultrices varius, lectus libero lobortis justo, blandit tincidunt libero est ut nibh. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Praesent congue iaculis diam, vel imperdiet diam posuere a. Mauris a tellus et nulla pretium volutpat. Cras ut nunc dolor, ac accumsan odio. Proin rhoncus sapien non nulla congue eget ultricies nisl eleifend. Fusce libero purus, commodo iaculis tincidunt vitae, consectetur id nunc.\n\nSed ultricies adipiscing iaculis. Nam sagittis erat non libero scelerisque eleifend. Nulla varius auctor nisl aliquet tristique. Phasellus rutrum, nulla vel tincidunt tincidunt, dolor felis pretium nisl, id faucibus nisl justo sit amet dolor. Sed aliquam pellentesque congue. Aenean blandit odio eu elit ullamcorper quis iaculis mauris sagittis. Maecenas tempus nisi vel libero volutpat id egestas neque feugiat. Nulla auctor venenatis augue eu venenatis. Duis massa lorem, mollis in porttitor vel, congue quis erat. Sed hendrerit commodo eros tempor tincidunt. Sed et diam justo, vel elementum nibh.\n\nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas convallis, enim id tempus auctor, ante diam elementum ipsum, ut suscipit justo odio non eros. In venenatis, purus a tristique placerat, erat dolor luctus est, vitae luctus ante turpis eget odio. Sed at nibh massa, eu malesuada metus. Proin ut nunc turpis. Vivamus porta, erat nec ultrices varius, lectus libero lobortis justo, blandit tincidunt libero est ut nibh. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Praesent congue iaculis diam, vel imperdiet diam posuere a. Mauris a tellus et nulla pretium volutpat. Cras ut nunc dolor, ac accumsan odio. Proin rhoncus sapien non nulla congue eget ultricies nisl eleifend. Fusce libero purus, commodo iaculis tincidunt vitae, consectetur id nunc.\n\nSed ultricies adipiscing iaculis. Nam sagittis erat non libero scelerisque eleifend. Nulla varius auctor nisl aliquet tristique. Phasellus rutrum, nulla vel tincidunt tincidunt, dolor felis pretium nisl, id faucibus nisl justo sit amet dolor. Sed aliquam pellentesque congue. Aenean blandit odio eu elit ullamcorper quis iaculis mauris sagittis. Maecenas tempus nisi vel libero volutpat id egestas neque feugiat. Nulla auctor venenatis augue eu venenatis. Duis massa lorem, mollis in porttitor vel, congue quis erat. Sed hendrerit commodo eros tempor tincidunt. Sed et diam justo, vel elementum nibh.', 'Test old Question', '', 'draft', 'open', 'closed', '', 'test-old-question', '', '', '2012-12-07 19:58:42', '2012-12-08 03:58:42', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=15738', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(740, 3, '2011-04-06 22:58:02', '2011-04-07 05:58:02', 'Founded in 1998, <a href=\"http://www.historylink.org/\" target=\"_blank\">HistoryLink</a> calls itself the “free online encyclopedia of Washington State History” and says it is “the first and largest encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet.” With more than 5,550 original, sourced essays as of March 2010, it is an incredible public resource. The nonprofit site says it serves an average of 5,000 unique visitors a day, one third of whom are K-12 teachers and students.', 'HistoryLink.org', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'historylink-org', '', '', '2011-04-06 22:58:02', '2011-04-07 05:58:02', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=740', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(752, 3, '2011-04-13 10:51:34', '2011-04-13 17:51:34', '<blockquote>Intersect is a place to celebrate and share stories of all kinds from throughout our lives – past, present, and future.\n\nStories are the way we connect with each other, find common ground, and communicate values. At Intersect, we love stories— from the silly and fun to the deeply meaningful. Our goal is to make storytelling on the Web more interesting, engaging and collaborative.\n\nOur goal is to use the power of the Web to make it easier and more fun for people to celebrate and share stories of all kinds. On Intersect, stories are organized into storylines. By bringing storylines together with intersections of time and place, Intersect makes stories more discoverable, interesting, and valuable.\n\nWe’re working hard to improve the Intersect experience for our users. Soon Intersect members will be able to create multiple storylines. We’ll make it easy for organizations to tell their stories too.\" <strong> Source:</strong> <a title=\"Intersect\" href=\"https://intersect.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Intersect</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Intersect', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'intersect', '', '', '2011-04-13 10:51:34', '2011-04-13 17:51:34', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=752', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(760, 3, '2011-04-13 11:21:46', '2011-04-13 18:21:46', '<a href=\"http://www.invw.org\" target=\"_blank\">InvestigateWest</a> says it “rose from the ashes of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer” but prides itself on not being “limited by those roots.” Founded in July 2009, it is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigative and narrative journalism whose mission statement says, in part:\n<blockquote>The old model for supporting and conducting public service journalism has collapsed. Thousands of traditional journalism jobs have simply vanished in this region, and along with them the opportunity for the kind of in-depth, investigative reporting and memorable storytelling that keeps citizens engaged and informed about changes shaping their lives.</blockquote>\nInvestigateWest <strong>continues the reporting essential to democracy</strong>. Our passion for investigative journalism is paired with the ambition to find and connect with new audiences using the new tools of the digital revolution now available to journalists. Investigative reporting and storytelling takes time, resources and talent that many traditional news outlets can no longer afford.\n\nInvestigateWest was started by a group of accomplished journalists with a track record of producing investigative stories and, with them, change in public policy and corporate practice. Our mission is to cut across the old media borders to reach and engage audiences by new and powerful means. We harness the synergies of the printed word with the evocative power of photography, video and audio to produce reports used and distributed by a wide variety of news organizations, whether online, print, television or radio.\n\nInvestigateWest is led by executive director and editor Rita Hibbard, formerly an assistant managing editor and investigative editor at the P-I. It got a $100,000 grant from the <a href=\"http://www.journalismfoundation.org/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation</a> in February 2010 and another in February 2011. Other funders include the Brainerd Foundation, the Bullitt Foundation, the Russell Family Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. It also solicits finds from the public.\n\nMore than 20 national and regional media partners, including <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.com\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC.com</a>, <a href=\"http://aolnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">AOLNews.com</a>, <a href=\"http://www.seattletimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Seattle Times</a>, <a href=\"http://seattlepi.com/\" target=\"_blank\">seattlepi.com</a> and <a href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Oregonian</a>, have distributed its work.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/blazing_trails_changing_paths.php?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">The Columbia Journalism Review</a> published a first anniversary review of InvestigateWest, which it called “new pioneers of the west.”', 'InvestigateWest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'investigatewest', '', '', '2011-04-13 11:21:46', '2011-04-13 18:21:46', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=760', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(766, 3, '2011-04-13 11:41:26', '2011-04-13 18:41:26', '<a href=\"http://www.instivate.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Instivate</a> is a technology innovator headquartered in Seattle’s Central District. It offers technology for online content and advertising, audience measurement and local blogging.\n\nInstivate is the parent company of <a href=\"http://neighborlogs.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Neighborlogs</a>, a Seattle-based community news blogging platform and ad-sharing network that was launched in June 2007.\n\n“Neighborlogs is a free, hosted placeblogging platform with an integrated local advertising service,” it says. “It is designed for local content entrepreneurs and organizations to document the news and information that matters most in their communities and gives local businesses a relevant, engaged audience for their advertising messages.”\n\nMore recently Instivate <a href=\"http://www.neighborlogs.com/2010/10/29/goodbye-neighborlogs-hello-seattleindieadscom\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> it would focus exclusively on its <a title=\"Instivate Local Ad Network\" href=\"http://seattleindieads.com/\" target=\"_blank\">local ad network</a> in Seattle, its <a title=\"Instivate Ad Tools\" href=\"http://instiads.com/\" target=\"_blank\">advertising tools</a> and its data services. “We’ll be continuing with our local and regional ad sales efforts,” it said, “and helping all of the existing members of that network to better monetize their great local content.”\n\n<strong>Source: </strong> <a title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\">Journalism Accelerator</a>', 'Instivate', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'instivate', '', '', '2011-04-13 11:41:26', '2011-04-13 18:41:26', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=766', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(771, 3, '2011-04-13 12:01:37', '2011-04-13 19:01:37', 'Ten initiatives were either spawned or invigorated at the <a href=\"http://www.jtmpnw.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism That Matters Pacific Northwest</a> gathering in January 2009. Slightly more than a year later, nine of those are moving forward. The initiatives, with links to their current status, are:\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/jtmpnw-collaboratory/\" target=\"_blank\">JTMPNW Collaboratory</a> is an ongoing initiative to encourage experimentation and collaboration to improve the news and information health of communities in the Pacific Northwest.</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/blog/2010/10/01/civic-communications-commons-development-retreat/\" target=\"_blank\">Puget Sound Civic Communications Commons</a> is an effort to enhance civic engagement in neighborhoods, communities, the non-profit sector, government and business. It is undertaking three pilot projects in 2011.</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://publiceyenorthwest.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Eye Northwest</a> is an independent nonprofit entity that says it is designed “to boost digital civic literacy, build community news creation capacity, and best practices in voluntary government transparency.”</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/blog/2011/02/08/omg%E2%80%94the-wnc-online-media-guide-makes-its-first-public-debut/\" target=\"_blank\">Online Media Guide</a> is under development by the Washington News Council as a means of mapping the state’s news and information ecosystem.</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/blog/2011/02/18/seattles-bold-plan-for-a-journalism-commons/\" target=\"_blank\">JTMPNW Journalism Commons</a> is developing as a clearinghouse of information and engagement on journalistic needs and opportunities in the Northwest.</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.seattledigitalliteracy.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Digital Literacy Initiative</a> says it aims “to help empower youth in our region as educated consumers and critics of – and producers and participants in – today’s complex media landscape.”</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/blog/2011/02/11/improving-global-health-journalism-in-the-northwest/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism That Matters</a> explores ways to improve global health journalism in the Northwest.</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/jtm-online/\" target=\"_blank\">JTM Online</a> assists Journalism That Matters members by providing social networking technologies including member profiles, a searchable / sort-able members directory, friend connections, and public and private messaging between members.</li>\n	<li>The <a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/?s=tao\" target=\"_blank\">“TAO of Journalism Seal”</a> was developed by the Washington News Council to encourage news sites to emphasize Transparency, Accountability and Openness.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;', 'Journalism That Matters Pacific Northwest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-that-matters-pacific-northwest', '', '', '2011-04-13 12:01:37', '2011-04-13 19:01:37', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=771', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(805, 3, '2011-04-14 16:00:06', '2011-04-14 23:00:06', '<blockquote>How would you interact with an Online Voter’s Guide that lets you register your approval by degree (with a slider) and add your opinion to others on an election issue?\n\nCityClub of Seattle and the University of Washington’s Center for Communication &amp; Civic Engagement and its Department of Computer Science and Engineering have collaborated to produce the <a href=\"http://www.livingvotersguide.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Living Voters Guide</a>, a web-based resource to advance digital democracy in Washington State. The time to interact is now!\n\nWith funding from the National Science Foundation, the online resource was developed to promote community discourse and deliberation on the critical ballot measures before Washington voters this November.\n\nThe civic technology is inspired by three goals:\n\n- Restoring trust in our neighbors.\n- Learning to trust our community’s wisdom.\n- Demonstrating trust in Jefferson’s claim that an informed citizenry is the bulwark of a democracy.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.seattle24x7.com/community/e-city/2011/10/05/2011-living-voters-guide-wants-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle 24x7</a></blockquote>', 'Living Voters Guide', 'A “citizen powered” voters guide; a “public square” for discussing ballot measures. Easy to contribute, to see what others think, and to get alerts about new information as the election evolves.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'living-voters-guide', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:00:06', '2011-04-14 23:00:06', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=805', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(811, 3, '2011-04-14 16:06:45', '2011-04-14 23:06:45', 'The news on <a href=\"http://www.mynorthwest.com\" target=\"_blank\">MyNorthwest.com</a> is mostly from the Associated Press. The  blogs are from three Bonneville broadcast outlets – News Talk 97.3 KIRO  FM, 770 KTTH The Truth talk radio, and 710 ESPN Seattle.', 'MyNorthwest.com', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'mynorthwest-com', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:06:45', '2011-04-14 23:06:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=811', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(813, 3, '2011-04-14 16:08:45', '2011-04-14 23:08:45', '<blockquote>Seattle-based Newsvine, Inc.  was launched in March 2006 by a small team of like-minded colleagues  with one purpose: to build a perfectly different, perfectly efficient  way to  read, write, and interact with the news.\n\nFounded by veterans of Disney, ESPN, and other media organizations,  the mission of Newsvine is  to bring together big and little media in a way which respects  established journalism and empowers the individual at the same time.\n\nAt Newsvine, you can read stories from established media  organizations like the Associated Press and ESPN as well as individual  contributors  from all around the world. Placement of stories is determined by a  multitude of factors including freshness, popularity, and reputation.  Contribution is open to all, and editorial judgement is in the hands of  the community.\n\nNewsvine became a wholly-owned subsidiary of <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Interactive News (msnbc.com)</a> on October 5, 2007.\"  <strong>Source: </strong> <a title=\"Newsvine\" href=\"http://www.newsvine.com/_nv/cms/info/companyInfo\" target=\"_blank\">Newsvine</a></blockquote>', 'Newsvine', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'newsvine', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:08:45', '2011-04-14 23:08:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=813', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(815, 3, '2011-04-14 16:11:31', '2011-04-14 23:11:31', '<blockquote>Next Door Media is a network of ten trusted neighborhood news sites  and a regional portal in the North Seattle area, the first of its kind  in the country and the most-trafficked in the city.\n\nFounded in Ballard in early 2008 by two longtime journalists, Kate  and Cory Bergman, Next Door Media is committed to creating a  community-powered approach to local journalism while providing  sustainable value for advertisers.\n\nUnlike many blogs, Next Door Media’s sites are authored by  experienced journalists who produce original, objective news coverage.   Next Door Media’s MyBallard.com won a <a href=\"http://journalists.org/news/31016/Publish2-My-Ballard-and-Gotham-Gazette-recognized-with-inaugural-Online-Journalism-Awards.htm\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Online Journalism Award</a> for community collaboration, beating the LA Times and Miami Herald for the award.  And PhinneyWood.com <a href=\"http://www.nextdoormedia.com/2010/05/phinneywood-wins-national-journalism-award/\" target=\"_blank\">won</a> the national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for deadline reporting.\"  <strong>Source:</strong> <a title=\"Next Door Media\" href=\"http://www.nextdoormedia.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Next Door Media</a></blockquote>', 'Next Door Media', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'next-door-media', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:11:31', '2011-04-14 23:11:31', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=815', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(818, 3, '2011-04-14 16:15:45', '2011-04-14 23:15:45', 'AOL’s <a href=\"http://www.patch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Patch</a> network of local news sites was operating in 14 Washington  State communities roughly along the I-5 corridor from Tacoma to Everett,  as of February 2011. Its first site was launched October 10, 2010, in  University Park. Its Seattle regional editor is Mike Lewis, formerly with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.', 'Patch.com', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'patch-com', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:15:45', '2011-04-14 23:15:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=818', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(822, 3, '2011-04-14 16:19:08', '2011-04-14 23:19:08', '<blockquote>Public Eye Northwest (PEN) is a Seattle-based non-profit that helps people and communities plug in to government information online so they can be informed, constructive participants in our democracy. As a news partner with The Seattle Times, our Public Data Ferret project captures and translates into plain language for readers a wide variety of important new government reports and information that would otherwise slip through the cracks. To accent government transparency and civic capacity building we also do teaching, journalism internships, outside publishing, social media, and informal consulting. Our work covers Seattle and other local and regional governments in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. We also selectively cover the Washington state and U.S. governments.\" <strong>Source:</strong> <a href=\"http://publiceyenorthwest.org/about/\">Public Eye Northwest</a></blockquote>', 'Public Eye Northwest', 'Ferreting out important public data, in partnership with The Seattle Times, PEN \"captures and translates into plain language...information that would otherwise slip through the cracks.\"', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'public-eye-northwest', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:19:08', '2011-04-14 23:19:08', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=822', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(825, 3, '2011-04-14 16:21:59', '2011-04-14 23:21:59', '<div>\n<blockquote>Founded in January 2009, PubliCola is a blog about  Seattle written by journalists who are dedicated to non-partisan,  original daily reporting that prioritizes a balanced approach to news.  Started by longtime local editor and award-winning reporter Josh Feit,  PubliCola is the first online-only news site in state history to get  media credentials to cover the state capitol.\n\nPubliCola was off and running. In June 2009, PubliCola hired another  award-winning journalist, super-sourced Seattle city hall reporter Erica  C. Barnett. <strong> </strong>\n\nPeople were afraid that blogging would change journalism. Instead, we  believe journalism can change blogging. 21st-Century journalism may  look and feel different, and yes Erica isn’t afraid to get cranky, but  we’re committed to making sure online news still delivers independent,  reliable, even-keeled coverage. And most of all, we’re committed to  making sure the coverage sparks honest civic debate.\n\nBringing you cola for the people, PubliCola is named after Publius  Valerius PubliCola, the alias for the authors of the Federalist  Papers—the original bloggers.\"   <strong>Source: </strong> <a title=\"PubliCola\" href=\"http://publicola.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\">PubliCola</a></blockquote>\n</div>', 'PubliCola', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'publicola', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:21:59', '2011-04-14 23:21:59', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=825', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(831, 3, '2011-04-14 16:29:45', '2011-04-14 23:29:45', '<a href=\"http://www.pugetsoundoff.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Puget SoundOff</a> is an online space “created by and for youth” to encourage young people to be involved in their communities.  The site appeals to youth with a call to action:\n<blockquote>\"It starts with one voice speaking out on an issue, then finding others to collaborate with and taking action. You can be that voice.  You can get involved. You can make change happen.\"</blockquote>\nIt was developed in 2007 by an inaugural PSO Youth Council with the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology, University of Washington Center for Communication and Civic Engagement and Metrocenter YMCA.', 'Puget SoundOff', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'puget-soundoff', '', '', '2011-04-14 16:29:45', '2011-04-14 23:29:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=831', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(866, 3, '2011-04-14 17:06:48', '2011-04-15 00:06:48', '<a title=\"Seattlest\" href=\"http://seattlest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Seattlest</a> was launched in January 2005 as a <strong>local blog of local  happenings</strong>. It is part of network of similar sites in major cities,  including New York and London.', 'Seattlest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seattlest', '', '', '2011-04-14 17:06:48', '2011-04-15 00:06:48', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=866', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(875, 3, '2011-04-14 17:18:27', '2011-04-15 00:18:27', '<a href=\"http://www.techflash.com\" target=\"_blank\">TechFlash</a> is an online news site dedicated to <strong>covering the  technology industry in the Pacific Northwest</strong>. It is a product of the  <a title=\"Puget Sound Business Journal\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/puget-sound-business-journal/\">Puget Sound Business Journal</a>, but it was the brainchild of two  Post-Intelligencer business reporters. Founders John Cook, executive  editor, and Todd Bishop, managing editor, made the leap to online-only  in October 2008, even before the P-I did in March 2009.\n\nCook, whose Twitter handle is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/@johncook\" target=\"_blank\">@johnhcook</a>, said in an email, “High  quality content built around an engaged community seems to be working  pretty well for us. We are in a unique situation where our audience is  desired by advertisers and they are early adopters of new media. Our  community of readers is strong, and we work hard to engage with them and  provide them high quality content on a daily basis.”\n\nTechFlash holds <a href=\"http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/12/and-the-flashie-goes-to.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Flashies</a>, an annual Newsmakers Awards program  that recognizes achievements in 15 categories, including newcomer of the  year, “do-gooder” of the year and tech move/hire of the year.\n\n(Update: Cook and Bishop left TechFlash in March 2011 to form their own site, <a title=\"Geekwire\" href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Geekwire</a>.)', 'TechFlash', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'techflash', '', '', '2011-04-14 17:18:27', '2011-04-15 00:18:27', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=875', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(878, 3, '2011-04-14 17:23:43', '2011-04-15 00:23:43', '<a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WNC</a> describes itself as “an independent, nonprofit, statewide  organization whose members share a common belief that fair, accurate and  balanced news media are vital to our democracy.” It was founded in  1998. John Hamer, its president and executive director, has been at the  helm since its inception. He is a former associate editorial-page editor  at the Seattle Times and previously associate editor with Congressional  Quarterly/Editorial Research reports in Washington, D.C.\n\nThe WNC’s early emphasis was on vetting complaints against media  organizations concerning inaccurate or unfair stories, along the model  of the now-defunct Minnesota News Council. In recent years it has  developed a broad range of projects to <strong>emphasize quality, integrity and  public engagement with journalism </strong>through an interactive website with  online community discussion, an active blog, a live Twitter feed and  Facebook/LinkedIn pages.\n\nThe WNC funds journalism scholarships through donations and some proceeds from an annual Gridiron West Dinner.\n\nIn January 2011, it <a href=\" http://wanewscouncil.org/2011/01/19/woo-hoo-we-met-the-gates-foundation-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> successfully matching a Gates Foundation challenge grant of $100,000.  The WNC was named <a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/2011/01/27/wnc-named-organization-of-the-year-by-municipal-league/\" target=\"_blank\">organization of the year</a> by the Municipal League of King County.<a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/2011/01/27/wnc-named-organization-of-the-year-by-municipal-league/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\nAmong the News Council’s projects in the <a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/omgwashington\" target=\"_blank\">Online Media Guide</a>, which has a database of more than 800 websites.\n\nAnother WNC project is the <a href=\"http://taoofjournalism.org/pledge.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">TAO of Journalism</a> pledge and seal, a means  to encourage news outlets, bloggers, hyperlocal news sites,  freelancers, newsletters and civic groups. to emphasize Transparency,  Accountability and Openness.', 'Washington News Council', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'washington-news-council', '', '', '2011-04-14 17:23:43', '2011-04-15 00:23:43', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=878', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(882, 3, '2011-04-14 17:30:31', '2011-04-15 00:30:31', 'Founded in 2005 by the wife and husband team of Tracy Record and  Patrick Sand, the <a href=\"http://www.westseattleblog.com\" target=\"_blank\">West Seattle Blog</a> is easily one of the most watched,  talked about and celebrated hyperlocal news sites in the country. <strong>It  epitomizes the idea of “regular people” working amazingly hard to cover  everything that moves in their community.</strong>\n\nRecord, who handles content, was a pioneer in digital news at the  <a title=\"Walt Disney Internet Group\" href=\"http://corporate.disney.go.com/wdig/\" target=\"_blank\">Walt Disney Internet Group</a> and<a title=\"KOMO\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/komo-tv-and-radio/\"> KOMO-TV</a>. She quit her job as news  director at KCPQ-TV to work more than full time for WSB. Patrick, who  handles sales, has been in ad sales for more than 25 years and was also a  pioneer in Internet advertising. They list their content collaborators  as EVERYONE in West Seattle.', 'West Seattle Blog', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'west-seattle-blog', '', '', '2011-04-14 17:30:31', '2011-04-15 00:30:31', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=882', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(884, 3, '2011-04-14 17:33:13', '2011-04-15 00:33:13', '<a href=\"http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle</a> is one of five cities with Xconomy websites. The site was launched in 2008 and its says the following about itself:\n<blockquote>“Xconomy is dedicated to providing business and technology leaders  with timely, insightful, close-to-the-scene information about the local  personalities, companies, and technological trends that best exemplify  today’s high-tech economy.</blockquote>\nXconomy\'s goal is \"to become the authoritative voice on the exponential  economy, the realm of business and innovation characterized by  exponential technological growth and responsible for an increasing share  of productivity and overall economic growth.\n\n“We plan to deliver this valuable content through a unique global  network of localized blogs, events, conferences and other initiatives  designed to better connect people and ideas.”\n\nPart of its business model is hosting Xconomist Forums.', 'Xconomy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'xconomy', '', '', '2011-04-14 17:33:13', '2011-04-15 00:33:13', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=884', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(892, 3, '2011-04-18 20:33:13', '2011-04-19 03:33:13', 'An interview with The Register-Guard’s <img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1391 alignright\" title=\"scraper\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/scraper-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"scraper\" width=\"225\" height=\"177\" /> <a title=\"John Heasly\" href=\"http://blogs.registerguard.com/rga/index.php/contacts/john_heasly/\" target=\"_blank\">John Heasly</a> by JA’s <a title=\"Tram Whitehurst\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-launch-and-beta-crew/\">Tram Whitehurst</a>\n\n<em>John Heasly is the Web content editor at The Register-Guard in Eugene, OR.</em>\n\n<em><strong>What are some of the ways you\'re using web scraping at your newspaper? How has it enhanced your work?</strong></em>\n\n“Here\'s <a href=\"http://special.registerguard.com/police/eugene/\" target=\"_blank\">one</a> of my favorites. It updates every fifteen minutes and uses <a href=\"http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_11080_219_0_43/http%3B/ceppportlet.eugene1.net/epdpubliccad2/cadday.aspx?date=03/13/2011\" target=\"_blank\">this page</a> as its source. Another big scrape is elections… Here’s the full <a href=\"http://special.registerguard.com/ballot/results/full/\" target=\"_blank\">results page</a>.\n\nWe also have a smaller customizable widget of selected races that we put on the homepage. It uses both <a href=\"http://egov.sos.state.or.us/division/elections/results/2010G/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">county</a> and <a href=\"http://egov.sos.state.or.us/division/elections/results/2010G/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">state</a> pages for data. The data also gets formatted into InDesign templates and is reverse-published into the paper.”\n\n<strong><em>Where do you see the technology headed? Are there new ways in which it can be used?</em></strong>\n\n“I don\'t see any wildly revolutionary changes in the field of screen-scraping, as it\'s kind of a hack/workaround to begin with. I think as data publishers-news sources-governments get their acts together, there will be more APIs, so people can get at the data directly. I think the ease of geolocating events is going to continually increase.”\n\n<strong><em>Who else is doing web scraping well?</em></strong>\n\n“Well, any of the EveryBlock sites, of course. The L.A. Times\' <a href=\"http://crime.latimes.com/\" target=\"_blank\">crime map</a> recently came to my attention. It seems pretty amazing.”\n\n<strong><em>What is your advice to journalists looking to start using web scraping in their own work?</em></strong>\n\n“Find a problem, attack it! Make sure it\'s something you\'re passionate about, otherwise, when you hit a bump — and you will hit bumps — you\'ll get de-railed. Ask questions in newsgroups, Google groups, <a title=\"Hackskackers\" href=\"http://help.hackshackers.com/\" target=\"_blank\">help.hackshackers.com</a>. The open-source software and the advice/help are free. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection and an appropriate pig-headedness and you\'re set!”\n\n<strong><em>What are your favorite Web scraping tools and guides?</em></strong>\n\n“I like Python as a language. I like the Python module BeautifulSoup for taming what I\'ve scraped and Django as a Web framework for serving the scrapings.”\n\n&nbsp;', 'The Register-Guard’s John Heasly on Web Scraping', 'Courtesy matters, when Web scraping is necessary, design scripts that honor the source.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-register-guards-john-heasly-on-web-scraping', '', '', '2011-04-18 20:33:13', '2011-04-19 03:33:13', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=892', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4452, 3, '2011-04-14 15:33:23', '2011-04-14 22:33:23', '<blockquote>[In 2011], the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published <a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&amp;aid=160232\" target=\"_blank\">its last print edition</a> and became <a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=160220\" target=\"_blank\">an online-only publication</a>. As news organizations experiment with new business models, Hearst’s experience in Seattle may offer lessons.\n\nIn <a href=\"http://www.seattlepi.com/business/403794_newseattlepi.com16.html\" target=\"_blank\">a piece last year about the change</a>, SeattlePI.com Executive Producer Michelle Nicolosi asked, “Is it possible to run an online-only local news site that serves a city’s readers well while turning a profit?”\n\nLinda Thomas of KIRO-FM spoke with Hearst Seattle Media General Manager Pat Balles and reported that <a href=\"http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=646&amp;sid=299137%20\" target=\"_blank\">the site is not yet profitable</a>:\n\n“[Balles] says they’re on track to make a profit, though he won’t say when. Hearst Corporation is a privately-held company, and [Balles] says stock holders will be the first to know when they’ve turned the corner...\n\n“We are optimistic with the progress made,” Balles told me, “and encouraged by the feedback we are getting from clients on how we are meeting/exceeding expectations with their online campaigns on the SeattlePI, Yahoo, Facebook, Zillow and Search Engine Marketing.” <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/101465/how-is-seattle-p-i-doing-one-year-later/ \" target=\"_blank\">Poynter.org </a></blockquote>', 'Seattlepi.com', 'Seattlepi.com, the first major metro daily newspaper in the nation to go digital-only, reaches 4 millions readers per month.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seattle-pi', '', '', '2011-04-14 15:33:23', '2011-04-14 22:33:23', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4452', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(946, 3, '2011-04-18 20:35:55', '2011-04-19 03:35:55', '<blockquote>DataSphere Technologies, Inc. <a href=\"http://datasphere.com/\"></a> is the leading Web technology and hyperlocal ad sales company focused  on generating online profits for media companies covering almost 40% of  the US population, including Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Raycom Media,  LocalTV LLC, Fisher Communications (NASDAQ: FSCI) and Hubbard  Broadcasting. DataSphere offers a range of turnkey solutions to rapidly  improve website monetization and visitor experience with minimal  investment of time and money.\"  <strong>Source:</strong> <a title=\"DataSphere Technologies\" href=\"http://datasphere.com/content/about-us\" target=\"_blank\">DataSphere Technologies</a></blockquote>', 'DataSphere Technologies', 'Based in Bellevue, Wash., DataSphere Technologies is a provider of hyperlocal web technology and sales solutions for media companies. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'datasphere-technologies', '', '', '2011-04-18 20:35:55', '2011-04-19 03:35:55', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=946', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1075, 3, '2011-04-20 13:29:06', '2011-04-20 20:29:06', '[caption id=\"attachment_1088\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"270\" caption=\"Jessica Partnow\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1088        \" title=\"Jessica Partnow\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/partnow2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Partnow\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" />[/caption]\n\nAn interview with Common Language Project’s <a title=\"Jessica Partnow\" href=\"http://clpmag.org/staff.php\">Jessica Partnow</a> by JA’s <a title=\"Tram Whitehurst\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-launch-and-beta-crew/\">Tram Whitehurst</a>.\n\n<em> </em><em> </em>\n\n<em><a title=\"Jessica Partnow\" href=\"http://www.prx.org/user/partnowjess\">Jessica Partnow</a> is the executive director of the Common Language Project, a nonprofit multi</em><em> </em><em>media </em><em> </em><em>jou</em><em>rnalism organization, where she reports and leads administration and organizational development.</em>\n\n“You hear the term entrepreneurial journalism and immediately think about money,” Partnow said. “<strong>But it is more about teaching the skills to be able to do everything in the process on your own.”</strong>\n\nIn addition to leading the Common Language Project, Partnow teaches a course on entrepreneurial journalism at the University of Washington.\n\nStudents learn to pitch story ideas, report for multimedia and use digital storytelling techniques, and work in teams to produce story packages published by news sources affiliated with Next Door Media, a network of hyperlocals in Seattle.\n\n“They are really pushed to experiment,” Partnow said. “Students need to learn to trust themselves to follow something they think is interesting and are passionate about.”\n\nStudents get hands-on experience with new media technologies involving video, audio and other multimedia tools. Those skills are then easily transferable to other software platforms, Partnow said.\n\nBut she said it’s also important not to assume that <strong>just because the students are college age that they will intuitively understand the online world and new technologies.</strong>\n<blockquote>“They do sometimes need to be taught even the most basic skills,” Partnow said. “Not everybody is blogging or posting videos to YouTube.”</blockquote>\n<strong>And the most important discussion in the class is not even related to technology — it’s ethics.</strong>\n<blockquote>“Journalists must be thinking about ethics even more when working outside the traditional media,” Partnow said. “They might not have the colleagues to bounce ideas off of and probably don’t have a team of lawyers behind them.”</blockquote>', 'Common Language Project’s Jessica Partnow on Teaching Entrepreneurship', 'Jessica Partnow’s shares how she helps students create success for themselves and their communities in the new media news landscape.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'common-language-projects-jessica-partnow-on-teaching-entrepreneurship', '', '', '2011-04-20 13:29:06', '2011-04-20 20:29:06', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1075', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1098, 3, '2011-04-20 15:09:55', '2011-04-20 22:09:55', '<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1329 alignright\" title=\"ScraperWiki\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/logo_large1.png\" alt=\"ScraperWiki\" width=\"225\" height=\"141\" />\n\nAn interview with The Spokesman-Review’s <a title=\"Ryan Pitts\" href=\"http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/staff.asp?bylinename=Ryan%20Pitts\">Ryan Pitts</a> by JA’s <a title=\"Tram Whitehurst\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-launch-and-beta-crew/\">Tram Whitehurst</a>.<em></em>\n\n<em>Ryan</em><em> Pitts is the online director at <a title=\"The Spokesman Review\" href=\"http://www.spokesman.com/\">The Spokesman-Review</a> in Spokane, W</em><em>ash.</em>\n\n“We primarily use data made available through various APIs, in either JSON or XML format, or we take data exports in CSV and then import them into our own system. As far as writing scripts to go out and scrape pages that don\'t have corresponding data made available in one of those other ways, well, we don\'t really do much of it. Not because we can\'t, but because there are enough projects to keep us plenty busy with data that\'s easier to get at.\n\nThat said, if a project came up where we could ONLY get what we needed via scrape, the tool du jour these days definitely seems to be <a title=\"ScraperWIKI\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/technology-resources/scraperwiki/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ScraperWIKI</span></a>. There\'s a <a title=\"Scraper Tutorial\" href=\"http://scraperwiki.com/help/tutorials/python/\">tutorial page</a> that can help you get going, even with nominal understanding of programming.\n\nThere\'s also a great tutorial <a title=\"Ben Welsh\" href=\"http://www.palewire.com/posts/2008/04/20/python-recipe-grab-a-page-scrape-a-table-download-a-file/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here</span></a> by Ben Welsh of the Los Angeles Times.\n\nAs far as scraping advice, <strong>I think one of the key things to keep in mind is the same as we do for data use via API — be considerate of your data source. </strong> Don\'t hammer their web server with your script. In whatever way you\'re taking in the data, build in enough delays that their web server doesn\'t suffer and keep other people from being able to access it.”', 'The Spokesman-Review’s Ryan Pitts on Web Scraping ', 'The Spokesman-Review’s Ryan Pitts offers his take on how and when they gain value from Web scraping.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-spokesman-reviews-ryan-pitts-on-web-scraping', '', '', '2011-04-20 15:09:55', '2011-04-20 22:09:55', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1098', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(1287, 3, '2011-04-25 13:34:41', '2011-04-25 20:34:41', '“Seattle has been at the center of an explosion of alternative news outlets, especially online, which has created a critical mass of information portals for geographic and social communities.”\n\nThis comprehensive <a title=\"New America Foundation\" href=\"http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/publications/policy/seattle \" target=\"_blank\">write up</a> offers an inventory of demographics, emerging channels, new players in the field, evolution of existing leaders, economic, technological, operational, public information access, place-based media markets, and policy implications.\n\nThe piece asks in conclusion: “Do [Seattle’s] citizens and communities have all the information they want and need?” This helpful “lay of the land”, released in June 2010, was written by Jessica Durkin Tom Glaisyer, and Kara Hadge for the New America Foundation.\n\nThe foundation’s Media Policy Initiative is informed by fellows and staff who research, analyze, and promote policies that advance the public good.\n\n<strong>Source: </strong><a title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism Accelerator</a>', 'Seattle: An Information Community Case Study by the New America Foundation', 'This comprehensive write up offers an inventory of demographics, emerging channels, new players in the field, the evolution of long time media brands, and implications for the future. Chock full of information rich with context and chronology of flashpoints, this case study explores the unique characteristics that have contributed to Seattle’s flourishing media landscape.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seattle-an-information-community-case-study-by-the-new-america-foundation', '', '', '2011-04-25 13:34:41', '2011-04-25 20:34:41', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1287', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1292, 3, '2011-04-25 13:52:23', '2011-04-25 20:52:23', 'Gary Love and Chuck Taylor’s brainchild, <a title=\"Seattle Newsdex\" href=\"http://seattle.newsdex.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Newsdex</a>,“aims to measure the size of the ‘social brands’ of metro Puget Sound news outlets and other information-disseminating media.”\n\nDetermining a news or information channel’s net worth has changed significantly in recent years. Understanding the degree of engagement each channel has with its audience provides an important strategy for news producers to better evaluate their impact with unique audiences. Social media has both disrupted and enriched the field.\n\nWhen setting ad rates or considering the creation of ad networks to boost an advertiser’s reach, knowing the market advantage provided to an advertiser goes a long way. Seattle Newsdex is working to help the news market better understand a wider range of indicators that point to the impact unique news and information products provide.  <strong>Source: </strong><a title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\">Journalism Accelerator</a>', 'Seattle Newsdex', 'Understanding the degree of engagement each news or media channel has with its audience provides an important strategy for news producers to better evaluate their impact with unique audiences — as well as their value to advertisers.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seattle-newsdex', '', '', '2011-04-25 13:52:23', '2011-04-25 20:52:23', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1292', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1302, 3, '2011-04-25 14:07:34', '2011-04-25 21:07:34', '<blockquote>The State of the News Media 2011 is the eighth edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism.\n\nThis year’s study contains a series of special reports: a survey on how people use mobile technology to get local news; a report comparing the U.S. newspaper industry with the rest of the world’s and two reports on community news websites. We’ve also redesigned the industry chapters. Each contains a summary essay, which tells the story of that sector, and a data section, which presents a full range of statistics, graphically rendered with minimal text. The report is the work of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism a nonpolitical, nonpartisan research institute funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.” <strong>Source:</strong> <a title=\"State of the News Media\" href=\"http://stateofthemedia.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism</a></blockquote>', 'State of the News Media 2011', 'The State of the News Media 2011 is Pew’s eighth edition of their annual report on the health and status of American journalism. The report includes a series of special sections: a survey on how people use mobile technology to get local news; a report comparing the U.S. newspaper industry with the rest of the world’s; and two reports on community news websites. Released in March, the report is the work of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, a nonpolitical, nonpartisan research institute funded by the Pew Charitable Trust.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-state-of-the-news-media-2011', '', '', '2011-04-25 14:07:34', '2011-04-25 21:07:34', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1302', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1306, 3, '2011-04-25 14:11:53', '2011-04-25 21:11:53', '<a title=\"Sea Beez\" href=\"http://seabeez.com/ \" target=\"_blank\">Sea Beez</a> launched about a year ago. Founder Julie Pham says:\n<blockquote>“As ethnic media organizations gain the tools to develop their businesses and we begin to work together to build our industry, they become better equipped to amplify the voices of the ethnic communities they serve; to expand their audiences beyond their conventional ethnic boundaries; and to foster intercultural communication.”</blockquote>\nSea Beez offers a full range of services to strengthen the skills of Seattle’s ethnic media makers. The current focus is on helping ethnic media increase their capacity with a series of workshops and forums featuring “how to” information. The areas they have outlined for workshop offerings include branding, websites, legal rights, online advertising, journalism, research, multimedia, accounting, and ad sales.', 'Sea Beez', 'Julie Pham leads Sea Beez, a new hive for ethnic hyperlocal news. The recently launched site offers a range of capacity building services. Pham describes its role as bringing the necessary resources and tools to ethnic media makers so that they can deliver their stories, which are often noted as under-reported in mainstream media. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'sea-beez', '', '', '2011-04-25 14:11:53', '2011-04-25 21:11:53', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1306', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1387, 18, '2011-04-27 07:56:14', '2011-04-27 14:56:14', '<blockquote><a href=\"http://www.tableausoftware.com/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>Tableau Public is a free service that you can download to create and publish interactive data visualizations to the web. You don’t need to be a programmer or hire one – no language to learn, no Flash, no plug-ins and no API. Tableau Public makes it easy to:\n<ul>\n	<li>Make your blog or website stand out;</li>\n	<li>Let people explore your data online;</li>\n	<li>Share your visualizations</li>\n</ul>\nThe Tableau Public software saves work to the Tableau Public web servers – nothing is saved locally on your computer. Embed the content in your blog or website, or share it via links on web pages or in emails. Once on the web, anyone can interact with the data, download it, or create their own visualizations of it.\n\nTableau Public can connect to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and multiple text file formats. It has a limit of 100,000 rows of data allowed in any single file and there is a 50 megabyte limit on storage space for data.\" <strong> Source:</strong> <a title=\"Tableau Software\" href=\"http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/public\" target=\"_blank\">Tableau Software</a></blockquote>', 'Tableau Public', 'A free service to create and publish interactive data visualizations to the web. You don’t need to be a programmer or hire one – no language to learn, no Flash, no plug-ins and no API.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tableau-software', '', '', '2011-04-27 07:56:14', '2011-04-27 14:56:14', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1387', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(1567, 5, '2011-05-31 15:21:30', '2011-05-31 22:21:30', '<a href=\"http://scraperwiki.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ScraperWiki</a> is a site and platform for building data scrapers that can transform unstructured data such as plain text files or tables on web pages (or even in PDFs) into structured data that can be queried with an API in JSON or XML format. Scrapers can be written in Python, Ruby, or PHP, and can be edited by anyone who has registered for the site (the \"wiki\" in the name). Non-programmers can request a data set and let the community help by putting together a working scraper. <strong>Source: </strong><a title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\">Journalism Accelerator</a>', 'ScraperWiki', 'A collection of tools for Web scraping, data mining and visualization.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'scraperwiki', '', '', '2011-05-31 15:21:30', '2011-05-31 22:21:30', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1567', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(1576, 3, '2011-05-31 20:49:13', '2011-06-01 03:49:13', '<blockquote>The philanthropic arm of Web Analytics Demystified, the<a title=\"Analysis Exchange\" href=\"http://bit.ly/kpZZPy  \" target=\"_blank\"> Analysis Exchange</a> is all-volunteer based. This is a mentor/mentee program with analytics professionals serving non-profit organizations because they care about the cases they are selected to work on.  Web analytics strategy program refinement and site metrics assessment for the public good!\n\nThe program launched in early 2010, as of March 2011 they have produced around 100 projects for a variety of non-profits, working with groups from PBS to Amnesty International. This relatively new organization has grown to over 1,250 members around the world, including 205 nonprofit groups and nearly 650 students.\"  <strong>Source:</strong> <a title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\">Journalism Accelerator </a></blockquote>', 'Analysis Exchange', 'What’s not to love? Web analytics strategy and site metrics assessment for the public good!', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'analysis-exchange', '', '', '2011-05-31 20:49:13', '2011-06-01 03:49:13', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=1576', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(2408, 11, '2011-06-22 15:37:58', '2011-06-22 22:37:58', '<div class=\"underwrite\"><h3>About the Author</h3><img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/janet-e1308698427105.jpeg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" />A journalist for 25 years and an editor for 15 years, <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/janetcoatstwitter/\"> Janet Coats</a> has focused on newsroom innovation and emerging media platforms. She is now the initiative manager for <a href=\"http://www.thepattersonfoundation.org/initiatives/new-media-journalism/\" target=\"_blank\"> New Media Journalism</a>, a <a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Patterson Foundation</a> initiative.</div>\n<a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Patterson Foundation\'s</a> involvement in the <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/what-is-the-journalism-accelerator/\"> Journalism Accelerator </a> began strictly by chance.\n\nAnd it is that chance encounter – the meeting of folks who are working on the same idea and don’t even know it – that the Journalism Accelerator is intended to address. We are hoping that, through this tool, innovators will be able to find each other more easily so that they can share both their problems and their solutions.\n\nIn April 2010, I was still deep in the inquiry phase of the New Media Journalism Initiative. Pam Johnson, executive director of the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a> at the University of Missouri Journalism School, invited me to come listen in to a meeting of RJI’s past, present and incoming fellows.\n\nThe seeds of both of our projects were sown from the meeting. Our work with Michele McLellan on the <a href=\"http://www.blockbyblock.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Block by Block</a> project grew out of conversations she and I had during that week. I’d known Michele for years, and I was already an admirer of the work she had done identifying typologies of entrepreneurial journalism. I’ll be writing in detail about our Block by Block work next week. <!--more-->\n\nIt was during a discussion at this gathering that I mentioned I was interested in working with networking projects that could help connect journalism innovators. That brief remark led me to Lisa Skube.\n\nLisa was an incoming RJI fellow at the time, and she intended to work on a networking project during her fellowship. As we talked, we realized that we were exploring many of the same ideas. We promised to talk more to determine whether we might be able to collaborate.\n\nSeveral long phone conversations later, I was on my way back to Missouri, where Lisa and I locked ourselves in a room for a two-day mind-meld. At the end of that, we were resolved to work together to test the concept of building an online community using the tools of the semantic Web to help innovators connect and share.\n\nLisa and I continued to work together through last summer, collaborating on the intellectual framework for the Journalism Accelerator. Our backgrounds provided a nice balance: my experience was all in journalism, specifically in legacy newsrooms, while Lisa had 15 years experience in marketing and communications and had formed her own consultancy to pollinate the best online practices from the for-profit world into the non-profit world. Most interesting to me, she had experience in community development derived from years of working on campaigns for non-profit clients who were working to build not just awareness but action.\n\nBy fall, Lisa and her partners – most notably, the very smart Jeff Lennan of Red Hot Penguin and Winning Mark in Portland, Ore., — had built a very basic version of how a collaboration tool might work in its early stages. It was a tool that I had asked to test drive at the Block by Block Community News Summit in October.\n\nOur test audience was, shall we say, less than enthusiastic. And for a few weeks afterwards, that felt like failure to me. But what happened next is the real story of how innovation is supposed to work, because when we failed, we failed forward.\n\nOn Monday, I’ll explain what failing forward looked like and how this project came to new life.\n\n<address><a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/?p=344\" target=\"_blank\">Original post</a> by <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/janetcoatstwitter/\" target=\"_blank\">Janet Coats</a> and reposted with permission from <a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Patterson Foundation</a>.</address>', 'Journalism connection project teaches how to fail forward', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-connection-project-teaches-how-to-fail-forward', '', '', '2011-06-22 15:37:58', '2011-06-22 22:37:58', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=2408', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2683, 9, '2011-07-06 16:24:03', '2011-07-06 23:24:03', '<div class=\"underwrite\">\n\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#journaccel\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Twitter_newbird_small-e1308856651551.png\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>\n<h4>Are we missing something?</h4>\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/community-resources/how-to-host-a-tweetup/#respond\">Let us know</a> additional steps you recommend to include in the Tweetup guide or suggest your list of Tweetups others should check out.\n\n</div>\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Simply put, a Tweetup is a set time and day when a group of people on Twitter are online to discuss a particular topic. One main group moderates the Tweetup by posting rules, promotional tweets and questions during the event, while participants tweet responses and follow other participants. Sometimes a core group of participants will meet to execute the Tweetup in person.</span>\n\nHere are some tips we\'ve picked up on how to make your own Tweetup successful.\n\n<strong>Prepare in advance for the Tweetup:</strong>\n<div>\n<ul>\n	<li>Set a date and time</li>\n	<li>Choose a topic: something that you will focus your questions and conversation around</li>\n	<li>Choose a hashtag: pick one that isn\'t commonly used already</li>\n	<li>Select questions to ask: prepare 4-5 that relate to your topic</li>\n	<li>Write a blog post: offer a landing page with information about how someone can attend</li>\n	<li>Prepare canned Tweets and a timeline: schedule your Tweets in CoTweet based on a timeline of how you want the event to go</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<strong>Reach out to people to see if they will attend:</strong>\n<div>\n<ul>\n	<li>Reach out to attendees: send invites to people you know or people who are involved in the topic</li>\n	<li>Confirm panelists to participate: find experts on the topic who will deepen the value for participants; ideally they are already familiar with Twitter</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<strong>Use third party applications to help Tweeters follow the conversation:</strong>\n<div>\n<ul>\n	<li>Create <a href=\"https://bitly.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bit.lys </a>or other shortened, trackable links</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://tweetgrid.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet Grid</a> allows you to monitor multiple searches and share with followers</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://cotweet.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CoTweet</a> (or another 3rd party Twitter app) helps you view Tweets and Twitter accounts more easily</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tweetdeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TweetDeck</a> (or another 3rd party Twitter app) allows you to see a number of searches at once</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<strong>Join one of these useful Journalism focused Tweetups to see how they manage their events:</strong>\n<div>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23journchat\" target=\"_blank\">#JournChat</a> Journalism and public relations chat, every Monday at 5pm PST/8pm EST</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23pubmedia\" target=\"_blank\">#pubmedia</a> Public purpose media chat, every Monday at 5pm PST/8pm EST</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23wjchat\" target=\"_blank\">#WJchat</a> Web journalism chat, every Wednesday at 5pm PST/8pm EST</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23mybxb\" target=\"_blank\">#mybxb</a> Hyperlocal news chat, every Monday at 5pm PST/8pm EST</li>\n</ul>\n</div>', 'How to Host a Tweetup', 'What\'s a Tweetup & how does it work?', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'how-to-host-a-tweetup', '', '', '2011-07-06 16:24:03', '2011-07-06 23:24:03', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=2683', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(2712, 13, '2011-07-06 16:42:18', '2011-07-06 23:42:18', '[caption id=\"attachment_2715\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"202\" caption=\"Reflection of the Chicago Tribune building, September 2010. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2715     \" title=\"Chicago Tribune building\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/motherlode-894-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Tribune building\" width=\"202\" height=\"270\" />[/caption]\n\nCooking up a project, especially when doing things that haven’t been done before, is both a creative and measured exercise.  As the game has largely gone digital, getting work done often seems like a moving target. What worked yesterday doesn’t work next week. <strong>In the print world, publishing was done once the ink was dry; in the digital world, content is just beginning its journey when it is posted.</strong> News consumers, formerly known as the audience, are now very much involved in how a story is built, understood and experienced.\n\n<strong>It’s a lot of ground to cover in a day.</strong>\n\nStaffing a <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/business/media/10adco.html\" target=\"_blank\">digital newsroom</a> to make the business work online is new terrain for a whole lot of really smart people working across all kinds of regional news, investigative, <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/news/micheles-list-promising-local-news-sites\" target=\"_blank\">niche</a> and local community sites.  The industry’s <a href=\"http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4679\" target=\"_blank\">magnitude of disruption </a>means emerging alternatives.  The reconstitution of the newsroom finds those who once held a specific role now spanning positions that used to be covered by a number of specialists.\n\n<strong>We think the combined experience of the JA crew may add some practical value</strong> from other areas, like online organizing and nonprofit tactics, marketing and branding, mining social data to optimize content, outreach and building social currency.  Part of our service model is reporting out on what we’re learning and the techniques were using along the way—and that includes when we fail or when things shake out in ways we hadn’t anticipated.<!--more-->\n\n<strong>As you read through these posts, share your two cents worth.</strong> Challenge our assumptions, offer up practical tips we may have missed, point out additional content others might find useful or additional context you have around the types of things we’re covering.\n\nOur next post will focus on how the JA is tackling staffing to optimize our ability to be responsive to the needs of the JA community.\n\nProducing work that is contingent on the success of the community served requires a different kind of thinking and doing. The way the JA team is set up is designed around a customer service model to deliver additional capacity to news and information producers combining threads across networks.  Our thinking on staffing at this earliest stage of the project is more of a cafeteria, than say, a traditional business or organizing model.  Check back next Wednesday for the rest of the story!\n\n<strong>C</strong><strong>oming soon:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/the-journalism-accelerator-serving-up-capacity-in-uncertain-times/\">Staffing cafeteria style</a>: </strong>what it means and what’s for lunch</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/tweetup-411-what-they-are-how-they-work/\">Tweetups</a>:</strong> lessons learned on the campaign trail from the Journalism Accelerator <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-team/\">campaign team</a></li>\n	<li><strong>Survey findings:</strong> a small sample from <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/technology/which-seattle-sites-are-re-defining-digital-news-vote-and-add-links-here/\">Seattle’s media community</a> share “what’s working”</li>\n	<li><strong>Project 573:</strong> a conversation with recent journalism <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/education/how-can-j-schools-teach-students-the-entrepreneurial-skills-necessary-to-succeed-in-the-marketplace/#comment-289\">graduates from the University of Missouri</a> who delivered a “first of its kind” cross sequence collaborative project that explores the American Response to the recession in Missouri</li>\n</ul>', 'Virtual variety served daily: the Journalism Accelerator cafeteria', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'virtual-variety-served-daily-the-journalism-accelerator-cafeteria', '', '', '2011-07-06 16:42:18', '2011-07-06 23:42:18', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=2712', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(2878, 13, '2011-07-13 15:39:15', '2011-07-13 22:39:15', '[caption id=\"attachment_2884\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"270\" caption=\"Lisa Skube and Jeff Lennan present the JA at RJI in April 2011. Photo by Karen Stockman.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2884  \" title=\"Lisa Skube and Jeff Lennan at RJI\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lisa_Jeff_RJI-e1310581287793.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Skube and Jeff Lennan at RJI\" width=\"270\" height=\"227\" />[/caption]\n\nIn last week’s companion post, <a title=\"Permanent Link to Virtual variety served daily: the Journalism Accelerator cafeteria\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/virtual-variety-served-daily-the-journalism-accelerator-cafeteria/\">Virtual variety served daily: the Journalism Accelerator cafeteria</a>, we stated:\n<blockquote>We think the combined experience of the JA crew may add some practical value from other areas, like online organizing and nonprofit tactics, marketing and branding, mining social data to optimize content, outreach and building social currency.</blockquote>\n<em> </em>\n\n<strong>This post offers additional context around what we mean by “practical value”</strong> and shares an overview of the Journalism Accelerator staffing recipe that allows us to combine ingredients to deliver fresh, daily.\n\nThe leading paragraph in a report titled <a href=\"http://www.freepress.net/node/57076\" target=\"_blank\">Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy</a> by Free Press back in 2009 sums it up as:\n<blockquote>Journalism is a public good. As a society, we all benefit from quality news and information. But like many public goods, journalism has always been heavily subsidized. The subsidy model that prevailed for the past century — advertising-supported journalism — appears to be dying. If current trends continue, America could soon embark on an unprecedented social experiment by becoming the first advanced democracy to leave wide sectors of society and entire geographic regions without a fully functional, professional press. We are venturing into uncharted territory.<!--more--></blockquote>\n<strong>In these uncharted times, the Journalism Accelerator is taking an unconventional approach</strong> on thinking through how the JA project team might be most responsive in this transformative moment in the practice of journalism.\n\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"737\" caption=\"The JA team discusses strategy in the Portland, Oregon offices. Photo by John Coghlan. \"]<img class=\" \" title=\"JA team in Portland Oregon\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/JA_team-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"JA team in Portland Oregon\" width=\"737\" height=\"491\" />[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>The <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-team/\">JA team</a> brings a new hybrid of skill sets, serving up on a week-to-week basis varying amounts of:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Online community building from a lean team specializing in the social syntax</li>\n	<li>Campaign-like service model with different grades of strength: light, medium or full bodied</li>\n	<li>Focus across resources and questions that reflect what we hear from the journalism community as most critical, anticipating change as the norm</li>\n	<li>Evaluation and analysis to direct the energy of the Journalism Accelerator where the journalism community identifies threats, opportunities or is trying to solve pressing challenges</li>\n	<li>Technology and experimentation guided by a development team who have cut their teeth in open source and know intimately its strengths and gaps</li>\n	<li>Outreach that integrates low cost tools, specifically <a href=\"http://highrisehq.com/tour\" target=\"_blank\">Highrise by 37signals</a>, to bring voices “beyond the usual suspects” into the conversation, tracking all aspects of JA community relationships</li>\n	<li>Research and editorial curation to track, follow and report out across networks on the breaking news and innovation underway within these networks</li>\n</ul>\nSome weeks the JA team may be focused on <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/education/how-can-j-schools-teach-students-the-entrepreneurial-skills-necessary-to-succeed-in-the-marketplace/#comment-335\">direct outreach to thought leaders </a><em> </em>to hear their take on a forum underway, others it may be a <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/which-journalism-hashtags-on-twitter-do-you-find-most-useful/\">social network campaign</a> where we listen and ask a simple question, other weeks may be focused on <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/experiments/what-are-some-of-the-innovative-ways-journalists-are-using-web-scraping-to-access-and-organize-data-what-are-some-areas-in-which-web-scraping-can-be-used-more-effectively-or-in-new-ways/\">crowdsourcing feedback around new apps</a> and tools breaking on to the scene. Some weeks the JA team may be <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/revenue/what-tools-and-metrics-are-organizations-using-to-measure-social-media-impact/\">supporting</a> a hyperlocal, investigative or regional news site host a forum on a specific question with relevance across journalism networks.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_2911\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\" caption=\"Myles Bugbee, Guy Trombley and Kelsey Friedman create an outreach plan. Photo by John Coghlan.\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2911  \" title=\"Myles Bugbee, Guy Trombley and Kelsey Friedman work on outreach\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/JA_team_working-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Myles Bugbee, Guy Trombley and Kelsey Friedman work on outreach\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />[/caption]\n\n<strong>The <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-team/\">staff</a> workflow will reflect the needs of the JA community, where some weeks we may tap:</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>Sam, who leads the social media effort for JA, say 20% of her time or Kelsey, who leads outreach, may be on for 50% of a given work week, Jeremy, who is a self-described “web person” may be at 30% and Jeff, who leads the technology side of the project, may consult across teams with half his focus on campaign outreach and the other half on web development.\n\nSome weeks we may be learning from Guy who comes to the JA with <strong>deep expertise around understanding the needs of communities through the filter of cultural anthropology</strong> to optimize the JA as a place for our community to thrive.  He is also likely to identify areas the site may be underachieving or our community may be looking for something served up a little differently.\n\nAnd then there’s Myles, he’s our super bright intern, who works with both Kelsey and Sam dishing up research, tweets and good thinking daily. <strong> This way  an “FTE” may be varying parts of three or even four people, with different areas of contribution.</strong>\n\nCurrently the JA has quarterly technology platform reviews in place, monthly analytics and site review cycles, complimented by weekly functional check-ins and ongoing minor releases. Data and community feedback will inform how the site develops, adds content, and deepens its capacity to serve practitioners in the field of news, who are working tirelessly to serve their communities.\n\nAs the team structure continues to shift, evolve and change, we welcome you to <strong>let us know where you think more coverage adds practical value to your work</strong>. Or share suggestions on areas you see promise or areas to exercise caution.\n\n<strong>The Journalism Accelerator casts its sights to the future, with the hope to help accelerate the news and information community’s capacity</strong> to adapt, experiment, collapse and raise new ways of thinking and doing. Our staffing and service model is a reflection of this. The one thing we are certain of is change, and likely at a very fast rate of speed.  Our goal is to provide a mix of fare, from a substantive meal to a light snack, to help the news and information community flourish.', 'The Journalism Accelerator serving up capacity in uncertain times', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-journalism-accelerator-serving-up-capacity-in-uncertain-times', '', '', '2011-07-13 15:39:15', '2011-07-13 22:39:15', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=2878', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(3000, 13, '2011-07-20 15:01:50', '2011-07-20 22:01:50', 'This past year I was at the <a href=\"http://journalism.missouri.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Missouri</a>, where as an <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/people/lisa-skube/\" target=\"_blank\">RJI fellow</a> I had the privilege to work with a mix of recent J-school graduates, undergrads and masters students.\n\nInspired by the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/events/block-block-community-news-summit-2010\" target=\"_blank\">Block by Block event</a> held last year in Chicago in September, there was a lot of discussion about <a href=\"http://www.patch.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch</a>’s entry into the community site news business. <strong>Looking at different areas of innovation emerging in the news market, we found a lot had been written about Patch, but not much had been offered as a synthesis of Patch’s strategy to take their enterprise franchise to the local level</strong>. Much of what we found was opinion, editorial or early impressions. There really wasn’t a comprehensive look, or lay of the land, from the perspective of both Patch and local site operators with a Patch operating in the same media market.\n\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<iframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/26685090?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tram Whitehurst on the Patch migration.</p>\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/tram/\">Tram Whitehurst</a>, Missouri School of Journalism master’s program graduate, felt this was an important story to cover. <strong>The potential impact on nascent nonprofit local news startups emerging as an integral part of the community fabric was hard to assess without a better understanding of what was unfolding</strong>. Two pieces were produced: the first a lay of the land based on research and synthesis of available information.\n\n<strong>The second piece was intended to present both sides of the story.</strong> We’d hoped to conduct interviews with Patch editors and the local established community site publishers in the same community. We also had mapped out a geographic sample, targeting different sections of the country. The informal sample was pulled from east and west coast publishers, and a small slice from the middle. <!--more-->\n\nThe local site publishers, about a dozen total, generously provided time for an interview. When approaching Patch editors in the same community, we were informed by the New York Patch office: those editors would not be able to talk with us. There was an offer from Patch’s New York office that we could talk to a regional editor from outside of the sample area of interest, but this did not fit the editorial frame of the project.\n\nWe moved forward with the plan, conducting interviews with the local site publishers who were able and willing to speak with us. <strong>As we did so, patterns of common experience with different points of view emerged across the editors interviewed. We’ve summarized these themes, and think they may be relevant as publishers plan for the future</strong>.\n\nAs part of this package, <strong>I interviewed Tram, to provide more context around why he felt this was an important story to tell, what he found inside of the story and how local publishers might best play to their strengths</strong> in what is likely to become an even more competitive news marketplace. Especially as large content aggregators, or publishers with means, look for new ways to monetize and capitalize on the market disruption in news and reporting.\n\n<strong>We’ll offer the content in a couple posts here on the Journalism Accelerator.</strong> This <a href=\"http://umrji.prod.acquia-sites.com/news/patch-effect-part-2\" target=\"_blank\">content was originally posted</a> in February on the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a> site and can also be found in its entirety there.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 0 !important;\">The Patch Effect</h4>\n<em>Will AOL\'s hyperlocal experiment across the new media news ecosystem yield peril or profit?\n</em><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">February, 2011\n</span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">By Tram Whitehurst</span>\n\nAlthough hyperlocals have been \'the next big thing\' in journalism for a number of years, practitioners are still searching for a business model that works. So far, they\'ve had limited success selling ads. It\'s a challenge to try to reach small local businesses that may know nothing about online advertising. There\'s also the fact that by their very nature, hyperlocals attract a relatively small audience. But the hyperlocal market also happens to be a potentially lucrative source of untapped advertising revenue. <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/138/get-me-rewrite-hyperlocals-lost.html\" target=\"_blank\">Some estimates</a> put the figure at close to $100 billion, based on the fact that many local businesses have yet to take their ad dollars online. The challenge remains finding a sustainable business model to capitalize on such an opportunity. AOL thinks Patch is the answer.\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About the Author</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tram1-e1311199744704.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/tram/\"> Tram Whitehurst</a> covers local government, health care and energy for the <a href=\"http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Jackson Hole News&amp;Guide in Jackson, Wyo</a>. He received his Master’s degree in May 2010 from the <a href=\"http://journalism.missouri.edu/\" target=\"_blank\"> Missouri School of Journalism</a>, where he studied news reporting and writing. In between the two, he worked as an assistant on Lisa Skube’s Journalism Accelerator project at the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute. </a>\n\n</div>\nAOL CEO <a href=\"http://corp.aol.com/2010/05/21/tim-armstrong/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Armstrong</a> helped found Patch in 2007 while he was still working at Google. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/11/aol-buys-local-startups-going-and-patch-and-ceo-tim-armstrong-brings-an-investment-in-house/\" target=\"_blank\">AOL acquired Patch in 2009</a> for about $7 million. Armstrong said that he got the idea for Patch when he went looking for event listings in his own Connecticut community and couldn\'t find what he needed. Armstrong\'s <a href=\"http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/webjournalist/201011/1909/\" target=\"_blank\">stated goal</a> for Patch directly addresses that problem: \"To become nothing short of the most useful source of news and information for small communities online.\" Patch is looking to create a new, sustainable model for hyperlocal online community news.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/02/AR2010030201567.html\" target=\"_blank\">AOL announced</a> last March that it would be investing $50 million in Patch in 2010 and adding hundreds of sites. Since that time Patch has expanded rapidly, <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/business/media/17local.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">increasing the number of sites from about 30 to more than 700</a> in 19 states, and hiring hundreds of journalists to fill the newly-created positions. The <a href=\"http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/08/aols-patch-says-its-poised-to-become-the-largest-hirer-of-full-time-journalists/1\" target=\"_blank\">company boasts</a> it is the largest hirer of full-time journalists in the U.S.\n\n<strong>What the hyperlocals are saying</strong>\nPatch is an explicit disruption to the world of journalism. With its deep pockets and aggressive plan for expansion, it has shaken up the status quo and forced others to take notice.\n\nAlthough it is a story national in scope, it is in large part playing out on the local level. And some of the people with the best view of what\'s going on — and the most at stake — are the editors of grassroots hyperlocal news sites. This section therefore focuses on what they have to say. Some editors interviewed here live in and cover small towns and others large counties. Some have no journalism experience and others are professional reporters with decades on the job. They rely on advertisers, donations and their own bank accounts. What unites them all is that they have a passion for what they do and they have plenty to say about the state of hyperlocal news in their communities.\n\nNote: Two editors were granted anonymity. One operates his site anonymously and the other requested not to be named for competitive reasons.\n\n<strong>Unique voices</strong>\n<em>Hyperlocal sites are often a reflection of their founder’s personality and passion. Many editors consider their unique voice and approach as central to their work, and are proud of what they’ve done to attract and engage members of the community.</em>\n\n\"Traditional local news typically attracts those already involved and aware of community affairs, and when you get to the hyperlocal level of zoning decisions and town councils, it\'s even a smaller universe. I made the decision to use humor to engage new people in what’s going on…We\'ve been described as the \'Daily Show\' of hyperlocal news…Our readers include the perennially engaged, but based on our user comments we also attract a younger crowd that\'s not necessarily plugged in to more traditional news…People come to the site to have fun and learn about the issues.\" – Editor, Virginia\n\n\"We have three principal contributors who work on the site for free. There are also 8-12 retired professionals or freelancers who contribute, and two retired Free Press copy editors who read everything…We have a lot of people with journalism experience, so the quality is very high.\" – Ben Burns, <a href=\"http://grossepointetoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Grosse Pointe Today</a>\n\n\"The mission of our site is to make people more aware of the issues and entice them into conversation…I\'ll sprinkle in some fun on the site with things like community event photos and faux news…We get several hundred comments per month – pretty good for a town of 15,000…There are high expectations of civility on the blog. There\'s a no sarcasm rule for commenters, and they must use people\'s first name and address them directly in their comments…We champion the local civic blogosphere…We have more blogs per capita than any place in the Western hemisphere.\" – Griff Wigley, <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>\n\n\"Newspapers and others have tried to do what we do to build community online and until recently have not been successful…Our goal is to offer everything you could want to know about the community…We have links, a community calendar, a space for blogs, and we do news coverage… SkokieNet is a great resource and it builds community.\" – Frances Roehm, <a href=\"http://www.skokienet.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SkokieNet</a>\n\n\"The community is relatively polarized over development issues. The perception is that we\'re more sympathetic to environmental issues, and the weekly is more sympathetic to development…But we try to do hard news reporting down the middle.\" – Editor, California\n\n<em><a href=\"http://umrji.prod.acquia-sites.com/news/patch-effect-part-2\" target=\"_blank\">Original content</a> by <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/tram/\" target=\"_blank\">Tram Whitehurst</a> and reposted with permission from the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a></em>.\n<h4>Check back next week for <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/ecosystem-impact-the-patch-effect-continued\" target=\"_blank\">the next section</a> on the Patch Effect:</h4>\n<ul>\n	<li>No news is bad news</li>\n	<li>Soft-hitting news</li>\n	<li>Welcome to the blogosphere</li>\n	<li>Friends or enemies</li>\n	<li>Competitive advantages</li>\n	<li>Game plan</li>\n	<li>Show me the money</li>\n	<li>Where from here?</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Further Reading:</h4>\n<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/business/media/17local.html\" target=\"_blank\">AOL bets on hyperlocal news, finding progress where many have failed</a>\nVerne G. Copytoff\nJanuary 16, 2011\n<em>New York Times</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/24/110124fa_fact_auletta\" target=\"_blank\">You’ve got news. Can Tim Armstrong save AOL?</a>\nKen Auletta\nJanuary 24, 2011\n<em>The New Yorker</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/webjournalist/201011/1909/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch’s editor-in-chief answers all questions, evil or otherwise</a>\nRobert Hernandez\nNovember 14, 2010\n<em>The Online Journalism Review</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://conference.journalists.org/2010conference/2010/10/30/patch-founder-fields-tough-questions/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch founder fields tough questions</a>\nLauren Slavin\nOctober 30, 2010\n<em>Online News Association</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a11056.asp?c=rss\" target=\"_blank\">So what do you do, Brian Farnham, editor-in-chief, Patch</a>\nRyan Derousseau\nNovember 10, 2010\n<em>Mediabistro</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/aug/17/aol-patch-local-journalism\" target=\"_blank\">AOL’s Patch aims to quintuple in size by year-end</a>\nJoseph Tartakoff\nAugust 17, 2010\n<em>The Guardian</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2010/08/will-aol-s-patch-kill-your-local-newspaper/23323/\" target=\"_blank\">Will AOL’s Patch kill your local newspaper?</a>\nErik Hayden\nAugust 18, 2010\n<em>The Atlantic Wire</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/18/entertainment/la-et-onthemedia-20101218\" target=\"_blank\">On the media: Patch.com clicks with veteran California journalists</a>\nJames Rainey\nDecember 18, 2010\n<em>Los Angeles Times</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.howardowens.com/node/7361\" target=\"_blank\">How to beat AOL’s Patch</a>\nHoward Owens\nOctober 1, 2010\n<em>Howard Owen’s Blog</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://meltaylormedia.com/2010/10/patch-the-true-modus-operandi/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch not-so-secret plan</a>\nMel Taylor\nOctober 25, 2010\n<em>Mel Taylor Media</em>', 'Ecosystem impact: hyperlocal publishers share early impressions on the Patch migration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'ecosystem-impact-hyperlocal-publishers-share-early-impressions-on-the-patch-migration', '', '', '2011-07-20 15:01:50', '2011-07-20 22:01:50', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3000', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3099, 13, '2011-07-27 16:35:18', '2011-07-27 23:35:18', '<strong>Last week <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/ecosystem-impact-hyperlocal-publishers-share-early-impressions-on-the-patch-migration\">we posted the first section</a> of a larger conversation</strong> we had earlier this year with a number of hyperlocal editors from east, west and middle sections of the country:\n\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3193\" title=\"Patch Map\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patch_map.jpg\" alt=\"Patch Map\" width=\"324\" height=\"253\" />\n<blockquote>Inspired by the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/events/block-block-community-news-summit-2010\" target=\"_blank\">Block by Block event</a> held last year in Chicago in September, there was a lot of discussion about <a href=\"http://www.patch.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch</a>’s entry into the community site news business. <strong>Looking at different areas of innovation emerging in the news market, we found a lot had been written about Patch, but not much had been offered as a synthesis of Patch’s strategy to take their enterprise franchise to the local level</strong>. Much of what we found was opinion, editorial or early impressions. There really wasn’t a comprehensive look, or lay of the land, from the perspective of both Patch and local site operators with a Patch operating in the same media market.</blockquote>\n<strong>Picking up where we left off, this week we offer additional themes Tram Whitehurst found across conversations:</strong>\n<strong> </strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>No news is bad news</li>\n	<li>Soft-hitting news</li>\n	<li>Welcome to the blogosphere</li>\n	<li>Friends or enemies</li>\n	<li>Competitive advantages</li>\n	<li>Game plan</li>\n	<li>Show me the money</li>\n	<li>Where from here?</li>\n</ul>\nOffered below is an account of the firsthand experience of local site publishers with a Patch site up and running in their community, as reported by Tram. This <a href=\"http://umrji.prod.acquia-sites.com/news/patch-effect-part-2\" target=\"_blank\"> content was originally posted</a> in February on the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a> site.<!--more-->\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 0 !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Patch Effect: Ecosystem Impact Continued</span></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">February, 2011\n</span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">By Tram Whitehurst\n</span>\n<strong>No news is bad news</strong>\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About the Author</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tram1-e1311199744704.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/tram/\"> Tram Whitehurst</a> covers local government, health care and energy for the <a href=\"http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Jackson Hole News&amp;Guide in Jackson, Wyo</a>. He received his Master’s degree in May 2010 from the <a href=\"http://journalism.missouri.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri School of Journalism</a>, where he studied news reporting and writing. In between the two, he worked as an assistant on Lisa Skube’s Journalism Accelerator project at the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute. </a>\n\n</div>\n<em>Many grassroots hyperlocals are born out of a frustration at the death of community news where they live. To the extent that Patch means more news and community engagement, some of the editors expressed support for the effort.</em>\n\n\"When it came down to it, there was a need for local news, and we meet that need. The stuff has to be covered…If you wanted to find out what was going on in Altadena, you had to go to a bunch of different places. Now it’s all here.\" – Timothy Rutt, <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Altadenablog</a>\n\n\"The original motivation for the site was that there were a bunch of things happening in the city that I didn\'t know how to find out about…Our intention is to be the primary news and information site for Berkeley. We try to cover anything that happens or that concerns the city…People are delighted that something like this exists…Many people say we are creating a community where one didn\'t exist before…People like having a news source specifically focused on their hometown.\" – Lance Knobel, <a href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside</a>\n\n\"I seek to cover all the political news of McHenry County…Other places in the area do a poor job covering politics...My audience is people who are very interested in local politics and can\'t get it elsewhere.\" – Cal Skinner, <a href=\"http://mchenrycountyblog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">McHenry County Blog</a>\n\n\"The mission of the site is to give New Rochelle its own media platform…We\'re the community water cooler…Before we started, the news coverage was minimal – we have a low-watt radio station, a regional newspaper that does a few local stories, and some TV news. I think New Rochelle deserves more…For somebody whose personal goal is to see more community news, I welcomed [Patch].\" – Robert Cox, <a href=\"http://www.newrochelletalk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk of the Sound</a>\n\n\"From a selfish standpoint, I was happy to have Patch come to town, because it meant I would have more local news to link to and comment on.\" – Editor, Virginia\n\n\"In a sense I like having Patch here, because it\'s another source of news, and they\'re hiring freelancers… But it will probably put the fear of God into some of the others.\" - Griff Wigley, <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3164\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"338\" caption=\"Hyperlocal news blog Altadenablog. Pasadena, Calif.\"] <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3182 \" title=\"Hyperlocal news blog Altadenablog\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/altadenablog.jpg\" alt=\"Hyperlocal news blog Altadenablog\" width=\"338\" height=\"400\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Soft-hitting news</strong>\n<em>Although in theory some of the hyperlocals support Patch, in practice they criticize its local sites for failing to cover hard news.</em>\n\n\"They\'re not positioning themselves to be watchdogs. I see them focused on puff pieces.\" - Robert Cox, <a href=\"http://www.newrochelletalk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk of the Sound</a>\n\n\"The local Patch hasn\'t really beaten me to anything yet…They focus on different things, like high school sports. My emphasis is on what\'s not getting covered.\" – Timothy Rutt, <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Altadenablog</a>\n\n\"Their idea of hyperlocal journalism has a lot to do with bake sales. From the perspective of journalistic competition I\'m not too concerned.\" – Editor, California\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Welcome to the blogosphere</strong>\n<em>Considering that Patch is a brand new, Web-only venture, it’s somewhat surprising to hear it criticized for being too traditional and for bringing a print mindset online.</em>\n\n\"They\'re hiring traditional journalists, but they need to train their employees on the ethos of the blogosphere. Things like link reciprocity. That will put them in better stead.\" – Robert Cox, <a href=\"http://www.newrochelletalk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk of the Sound</a>\n\n\"I\'d like to see Patch aggregate some of the work of the bloggers in town. They haven\'t embraced the local blogosphere yet…They seem very traditional, like a newspaper without the print. They\'re not using crowdsourcing, or engaging with citizens in other ways to do stories. I think they need to consider how the story process is changing online.\" – Griff Wigley, <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Friends or enemies</strong>\n<em>Most of the hyperlocals said they had been contacted by the local editor for Patch in their community. They described a cordial relationship, but have yet to see any interest in collaboration from Patch.</em>\n\n\"The local editor of Patch contacted me to get together for coffee. We had a good conversation… She\'s done a great job of reaching out to members of the community to get things like event postings and first-person stories. I could learn from what she\'s doing there.\" – Editor, California\n\n\"I think Patch here is doing a pretty good job…The editors are both from the area and have some reporting experience, so there is some institutional knowledge there… The local editor reached out to me when she came to town and made it clear that she didn’t want an adversarial relationship… I check the site every day and link to their stories.\" – Editor, Virginia\n\n\"I know and work with reporters from area newspapers. We share photographs, we share stories. I re-Tweet items from Patch and other local news organizations.\" – Frances Roehm, <a href=\"http://www.skokienet.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SkokieNet</a>\n\n\"I reached out to the regional editor and we were supposed to have coffee, but that didn\'t happen…I did meet with the local editor before the site launch. I gave him a list of local freelancers and told him he should link to other stories… I\'ll link to Patch stories, and post comments letting readers know about a Patch story. I see our mission as to inform people, and I will link to people who do news.\" – Griff Wigley, <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3182\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"338\" caption=\"Hyperlocal news blog Locally Grown Northfield. Northfield, Mn.\"]<a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3270 \" title=\"Hyperlocal news blog Locally Grown Northfield\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Locally_Grown_Northfield.jpg\" alt=\"Hyperlocal news blog Locally Grown Northfield\" width=\"338\" height=\"400\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Competitive advantages</strong>\n<em>Along with not having $50 million in seed money, there are a number of things that set hyperlocals apart from Patch. Editors think their independence, community presence, flexibility, and responsiveness are all qualities Patch can\'t compete with.</em>\n\n\"We have no overlords, no board to answer to. We have flexibility…We don\'t have the same pressure to turn a dollar or to post all sorts of content all the time… If you don\'t have to cover everything, you can focus on the stuff that matters.\"– Aaron Cahall, <a href=\"http://www.daggerpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dagger</a>\n\n\"There is very little local control for Patch. Most decisions are made in New York…I have more depth in the community. I own a home here, raise a family here, and pay taxes here. Patch doesn\'t have the same investment. The local editor doesn’t even live in town…I\'m not working for AOL, I\'m working for readers…I\'m also totally in control of my product…I\'m much more responsive to readers. Even the font used on the Web site is based on reader feedback.\" – Timothy Rutt, <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Altadenablog</a>\n\n\"My advantage is that I\'ve got a strong presence in the community and people know who I am. Coming into a market like this, I think that\'s a real challenge for [Patch] to overcome. I think it will be a long time before they can match us.\" – Editor, California\n\n\"Particularly in Berkeley, I would rather be an independent local business than a big corporation…Berkeley is rather anti-corporate…I\'m therefore very comfortable with our position in this regard…We\'ve also done a lot of work building a strong, loyal base… If it becomes necessary to market ourselves, we will play up the fact that we are an independent local business.\" – Lance Knobel, <a href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Game plan</strong>\n<em>Not all grassroots hyperlocals see Patch as an existential threat. In some cases, that’s because those sites won\'t be competing with Patch for ad dollars. But others are taking notice and coming up with their own responses to the new competition.</em>\n\n\"I feel like I need to step up my game. I\'m focused on expanding my advertising base and bringing in more contributors…Some of it is good pressure…I think I have a better product, but I don\'t have $50 million to play around with.\" - Timothy Rutt, <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Altadenablog</a>\n\n\"Patch has made me think more about what I\'m trying to do with my site…I don\'t feel like I have to cover everything going on in town anymore…The site has always been more blog than news site, but I think I might head more in that direction now that Patch is in town.\" – Editor, Virginia\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3169\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"338\" caption=\"Hyperlocal news site The Dagger. Harford County, Md.\"]<a href=\"http://www.daggerpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3169 \" title=\"Hyperlocal news site The Dagger\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Dagger.jpg\" alt=\"Hyperlocal news site The Dagger\" width=\"338\" height=\"400\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n\"We don\'t anticipate Patch will threaten us, but we won\'t bury our heads in the sand either. We take all competition seriously…We have gotten more aggressive recently for advertisers. We want to make sure we get them on board first and not Patch.\" – Aaron Cahall, <a href=\"http://www.daggerpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dagger</a>\n\n\"I\'m not worried about Patch…We\'re going to add more articles of substance. We\'ll have veteran journalists do some big stories, something that will make people in the community say, \'Look at this\'… The bottom line is that hyperlocal sites will succeed if they provide good journalism. Substance wins out.\" – Ben Burns, <a href=\"http://grossepointetoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Grosse Pointe Today</a>\n\n\"They\'re going to keep doing what they\'re doing, and we\'re going to keep doing what we\'re doing. We don\'t see a need to change anything.\" – Frances Roehm, <a href=\"http://www.skokienet.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SkokieNet</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Show me the money</strong>\n<em>With firsthand knowledge of how difficult it can be to sustain hyperlocal news, many editors wonder how Patch plans to do so in hundreds of separate communities. They\'ve seen corporate efforts come and go, and they aren\'t sure what makes Patch different. They also worry that if Patch fails, it could take many of the grassroots sites with it.</em>\n\n\"We had an internal discussion of \'what do we do if it comes to Harford County\'…We decided we would keep doing what we were doing… The bottom line is they seem too hyperlocal to be effective…I think AOL was searching for the \'new model of journalism\' and decided it was hyperlocal news. Their solution? To throw money at it. I wish them luck.\" – Aaron Cahall, <a href=\"http://www.daggerpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dagger</a>\n\n\"I do wonder about their revenue model…Other local news ventures in the area have folded, so why is Patch different?\" – Editor, Virginia\n\n\"I don\'t see how Patch can work in the long term. How will it generate the necessary revenue from one small market? Patch would have to completely dominate online advertising, and I don\'t see that happening…I think they will probably try to rely on national advertising and economies of scale. Maybe the sum will be greater than the parts.\" – Editor, California\n\n\"I worry about Patch creating a scorched earth wherever they go…The goal can\'t be to crush the competition. I\'m not their enemy. The enemy is a news vacuum.\" - Robert Cox, <a href=\"http://www.newrochelletalk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk of the Sound</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Where from here?</strong>\n&gt;These 10 hyperlocal editors obviously do not represent the collective thoughts and experiences of the thousands of other hyperlocal editors across the country. Also, Patch is a relatively new phenomenon and has not been in many of these communities for very long (It hasn\'t even launched in Berkeley yet). These are therefore first impressions and are subject to change.\n\nSome of these hyperlocals do not rely on advertising. They are often labors of love for the editors, who have other, paying jobs. This is important because it means that, financially at least, many of these sites won\'t be competing with Patch. However, this does not mean that these sites can be dismissed simply as hobbies. These editors operate mission-focused sites. They see their work as essential for their communities, and they take that responsibility very seriously. Time will tell what Patch will mean for their sites and for hyperlocal news in communities across the country.\n\n<strong>Our thanks to the local site publishers who made time to talk with us. They include: </strong>\n\nBen Burns\nEditor\n<a href=\"http://grossepointetoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Grosse Pointe Today</a>\nGrosse Pointe, Mich.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3277\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"427\" caption=\"Clockwise from top left: Frances Roehm, Skokienet; Aaron Cahall, The Dagger; Timothy Rutt, Altadenablog; Robert Cox, Talk of the Sound; Ben Burns, Grosse Pointe Today; Lance Knobel, Berkeleyside; Cal Skinner, McHenry County Blog; Griff Wigley, Locally Grown Northfield. \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3222\" title=\"Hyperlocals_Slider\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Hyperlocals_Slider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"250\" />[/caption]\n\nAaron Cahall\nEditor/Partner\n<a href=\"http://www.daggerpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> The Dagger</a>\nHarford County, Md.\n\nRobert Cox\nManaging Editor\n<a href=\"http://www.newrochelletalk.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Talk of the Sound</a>\nNew Rochelle, N.Y.\n\nLance Knobel\nContributor/Co-founder\n<a href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Berkeleyside</a>\nBerkeley, Calif.\n\nFrances Roehm\nSkokieNet Librarian\n<a href=\"http://www.skokienet.org/\" target=\"_blank\"> SkokieNet</a>\nSkokie, Ill.\n\nTimothy Rutt\nEditor/Publisher\n<a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Altadenablog</a>\nAltadena, Calif.\n\nCal Skinner\nEditor\n<a href=\"http://mchenrycountyblog.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> McHenry County Blog</a>\nMcHenry County, Ill.\n\nGriff Wigley\nEditor/Co-founder\n<a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>\nNorthfield, Minn.\n\nEditor (Requested name not be used)\nCalifornia\n\nEditor (Requested name not be used)\nVirginia', 'Ecosystem impact: the Patch Effect continued', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'ecosystem-impact-the-patch-effect-continued', '', '', '2011-07-27 16:35:18', '2011-07-27 23:35:18', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3099', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3301, 10, '2011-08-03 16:06:42', '2011-08-03 23:06:42', '<h4><em><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-109\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/tweetup-411-what-they-are-how-they-work/attachment/ja-icon/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-109\" title=\"ja-icon\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ja-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" /></a>As many publishers are trying to figure out how to get 29 hours out of a 24 hour day, this post offers more context on how others are using Tweetups, and for those unfamiliar with what a Tweetup is, a general overview of how these things work, so you can assess if it may, or may not, </em><em>add <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/which-journalism-hashtags-on-twitter-do-you-find-most-useful/\">value to your community</a>.</em></h4>\n[caption id=\"attachment_3304\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"250\" caption=\"Samantha Clemans gives a Twitter presentation, March 2011. Photo by John Coghlan.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3304  \" title=\"Samantha Clemans gives a Twitter presentation\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/me-giving-twitter-pres-250.png\" alt=\"Samantha Clemans gives a Twitter presentation\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" />[/caption]\n\nBy now, if you are on Twitter, you have probably heard about, or maybe even joined, a Tweetup. And for the uninitiated, a Tweetup is a \"Twitter Meet-up.\" These Twitter Meetups can also be called Twitter Parties or a Twitter Chats; basically it’s a set time and date when a group of individuals are on Twitter to discuss a certain set topic.\n\nMore commonly, you might have heard that a Tweetup includes meeting with people in person to have a few drinks, network, and talk about a popular topic, all while tweeting. This is indeed still true, however, the lingo often gets blurred.  Because an original style Tweetup can take weeks to plan, is costly and limits the amount of participants, many Tweetups have morphed to being solely online endeavors.  Check out <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/community-resources/how-to-host-a-tweetup/\">our resource for tips on how to host a Tweetup</a> or read this <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/02/25/tweetup/\" target=\"_blank\">post from Mashable</a> for an example of the in-person version of the Tweetup.\n\nTweetups are held daily and can cover a wide range of topics and formats. You have the “just for fun” Tweetups, like <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23horsechat\" target=\"_blank\">#horsechat</a> by <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/horsefamilymag\" target=\"_blank\">@horsefamilymag</a> that discusses all things horse related; professional Tweetups like this <a href=\"http://leadershipforlawyers.typepad.com/leadership_for_lawyers/2011/03/2011-legal-marketing-association-conference-tweet-up.html\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Marketing (and Star Wars themed) Tweetup</a>; and even the <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/whitehouse\" target=\"_blank\">White House’s official Twitter</a> chat <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23whchat\" target=\"_blank\">#whchat</a>. <!--more-->\n\n<strong>With all the variations of Tweetups (size, topic, in-person, web only) we thought it would be useful to know why organizations decide to host Tweetups and what’s the benefit of participating in one?</strong> More importantly, how might other nonprofits, who are typically on a shoestring budget and running content programs with a limited staff, share the lessons they have learned to inspire ideas to new media news sites trying to make the most of limited resources?  Margie Kelly, a seasoned advocate and communications strategist for nonprofits (including <a href=\"http://www.saferchemicals.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families</a>), says that Tweetups are a quick way to gain awareness:\n<blockquote>Tweetups are a fun and quick way to listen, learn, share resources, and become part of the conversation that matters to you, one tweet at a time. I would recommend including Tweetups as part of the outreach strategy for any organization interested in building community and increasing awareness of its mission.</blockquote>\nAn interesting example of a nonprofit using Tweetups to reach out to legislators comes from Lindsay Dahl, the Deputy Director at <a href=\"http://www.saferchemicals.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families</a>:\n<blockquote>Tweetups are an incredibly useful tool to energize the public and spread the word about issues you care about…It is crucially important that we inform and engage the public on contacting their Members of Congress, Tweetups create the space for us to educate and inspire people to act. New forms of media are proving to be incredibly powerful in changing the face of advocacy and reach new and unexpected audiences.</blockquote>\nIn addition to reaching out to elected officials, there have been other success models for Tweetups.  In particular, fundraising events that have brought in thousands of dollars, all through (well advertised) “Twestivals.” Read more from Mashable <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/02/18/twestival-results/\" target=\"_blank\">about the 2009 international water charity Twestival</a> that brought in more than $250,000.\n\n<strong>For a number of publishers, like those at the <a href=\"http://www.altadenablog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena</a> or <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a>, they see being out in their communities as more critical to their day to day operations.</strong>\n\nGriff Wigley of <a href=\"http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Locally Grown Northfield</a> uses social media, less so for Tweetups but as an essential part of the way he connects with his community. One important point that Griff discusses concerns the need to be clear on the goals that guide a community news site’s purpose. From there, it’s easier to determine if a Tweetup is on strategy, or may rob a publisher of precious time that might be better invested to build the business in other areas.\n<blockquote>Blogging on Locally Grown Northfield and facilitating the conversation in the comment threads attached to the posts are my first priority so I don’t take time away from that to engage significantly in conversations/socializing/relationship building in my Locally Grown ‘outposts’ on Facebook, Twitter, and now on Google+.\n\nI’m bigger on using those networks for A) listening/learning; and B) linking to my blog posts, drawing people from them to the blog. For a geographic community, it’s important to me to continually build our archive of both content and conversation that easily be referred/linked to in the years to come. (The archive is now up to 3,300 blog posts and 43,000 comments since 2006.) That’s a rich trove that I continually tap into for our community affairs/issues discussions. If that content and those conversations had taken place instead in Facebook, it wouldn’t be nearly as accessible.\n\nSo I’ll continue to experiment with the social networks — doing a Locally Grown Google Huddle is on my to-do list in the next week — but I don’t see that we’ll ever do anything that would detract from the vitality of our blogsite as our anchor.</blockquote>\nTell us, what have you seen and learned? Do you use Tweetups (or Twitter in general) to collaborate with colleagues?  Or is there something else we should know about? The Journalism Accelerator community has already helped us compile a great list of journalism <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/which-journalism-hashtags-on-twitter-do-you-find-most-useful/\" target=\"_blank\">related Tweetups and hashtags</a>; check it out and add any others that you see as helpful.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3328\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\" caption=\"Tweetgrid can help to organize the influx of thousands of tweets during a Tweetup.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3328\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/tweetup-411-what-they-are-how-they-work/attachment/tweetgrid-800/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3328 \" title=\"Tweetgrid\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tweetgrid-800.png\" alt=\"Tweetgrid\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" /></a>[/caption] ', 'Tweetup 411: What they are &amp; how they work', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tweetup-411-what-they-are-how-they-work', '', '', '2011-08-03 16:06:42', '2011-08-03 23:06:42', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3301', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(3463, 3, '2011-07-07 14:29:14', '2011-07-07 21:29:14', '<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/which-journalism-hashtags-on-twitter-do-you-find-most-useful/\">Which #journalism hashtags on Twitter do you find most useful?</a>\nWe\'re tracking and collecting journalism hashtags. Many offer loads of ideas, smart thinkers and new resources. Does your community have a hashtag others should know about?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journerdism.com/hacks-for-hacks-carnival-of-journalism-results-are-in/\">Hacks for Hacks: Carnival of Journalism Best Ever of New Tricks\n</a>A round up of “best life, workflow, info, journalism hacks” “work tips” on how to work smart!\n<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/fcc-report-on-media-offers-strong-diagnosis-weak-prescriptions164.html\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/fcc-report-on-media-offers-strong-diagnosis-weak-prescriptions164.html\" target=\"_blank\">FCC Report on Media Offers Strong Diagnosis, Weak Prescriptions\n</a>465 pages, 600+ interviews over 18 months “diagnosis is sound, but the remedies are lacking”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/sandy-rowe-shorenstein-paper\" target=\"_blank\">Partners of Necessity: a Case for Collaboration in Local Investigative Reporting\n</a>Sandy Rowe’s take on emerging possibilities and potential models for the future\n\n<a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">New Business Models for News\n</a>CUNY Graduate School of Journalism offers a fantastic smorgasbord of substance\n\n<a href=\"http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102395\" target=\"_blank\">The Brain Holds Clues for Journalism\n</a>In a radically and rapidly evolving environment, can “feeling the heat” advance the social mission of journalism?\n\n<a href=\"http://stearns.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/citizens-journalists-and-institutions-a-power-shift-in-civic-information-and-news/\" target=\"_blank\">Citizens, Journalists and Institutions: A Power Shift in Civic Information and News\n</a>Citizen engagement through creation of news is great, but do corporations set the agenda?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/tools\" target=\"_blank\">Committee of Concerned Journalists\n</a>Discussion, tools, articles, workshops and forums by a number of leading thinkers in publishing, news reporting and the academy\n\n<a href=\"http://www.webanalyticsdemystified.com/ae/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Analysis Exchange\n</a>What’s not to love? Web analytics strategy and site metrics assessment for the public good!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cjr.org/the_business_of_digital_journalism/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Journalism + Digital News in 2011\n</a>The Story So Far. Columbia Journalism Review offers a useful assessment on “what we know [so far] about the business of digital journalism”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/the-state-of-the-news-media-2011/\" target=\"_blank\">The State of the News Media 2011\n</a>Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: June 20 - July 7, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-items-july-7-2011', '', '', '2011-07-07 14:29:14', '2011-07-07 21:29:14', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3463', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3800, 3, '2011-08-05 12:06:08', '2011-08-05 19:06:08', '<blockquote>One of the goals of the New Business Models for News Project is to help local sites grow into sustainable operations. Toward that end, we’ve created a <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/guide/\" target=\"_blank\">Resource Guide for Local and Niche Sites,</a>which aggregates some of the best sources of information about a variety of <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/editorial/\" target=\"_blank\">editorial</a>, <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/business/\" target=\"_blank\">business</a>, <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/technology/\" target=\"_blank\">technology</a> and <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/legal/\" target=\"_blank\">legal</a> topics relevant to running a small website. The guide will be updated over time.\n\nThe project is researching best practices in the business of journalism online, gathering new ideas and experiments in revenue for news. We will build complete business models to share with the industry and with the journalists, communities, entrepreneurs, technologists, and investors who will create the future of news.\n\nThe project is funded by the Knight and McCormick Foundations. <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/the-2008-new-business-models-for-news-summit/\" target=\"_blank\">Two earlier conferences</a> leading up to the work of the project were funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The work of the project’s first phase will be presented at the Aspen Institute in August and will be shared, publicly and in progress, on this site.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://newsinnovation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">New Business Models for News </a></blockquote>', 'New Business Models for News', 'CUNY Graduate School of Journalism offers a fantastic smorgasbord of substance.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'new-business-models-for-news', '', '', '2011-08-05 12:06:08', '2011-08-05 19:06:08', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3800', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(3806, 3, '2011-07-19 10:35:38', '2011-07-19 17:35:38', '<a href=\"http://www.e-benchmarksstudy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NTEN and M+R Strategic Services Annual Benchmark Study</a>\nSee how 34+ earth-friendly nonprofits stack up: a free report offers a compendium of tactics and results.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/2011/07/04/12458/innovation-key-to-funding-nonprofit-news\" target=\"_blank\">One Size Does Not Fit All</a>\nMichael Depp’s post on NetNewsCheck explores how nonprofit news sites are re-imagining news.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.savethenews.org/change-channels\" target=\"_blank\">Save the News Goes Behind the Scenes</a>\nLocal news is outsourced daily. Have you checked to see if your community is on the media consolidation map?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/sunday-review/26rosenbloom.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">NYT asks: Got Twitter? You’ve Been Scored</a>\nGreat article in the NYT drills into the social cybersphere’s impact on the “democratization of influence.”\n\n<a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\'s Official Page for Journalists</a>\nTwitter served fresh daily: “resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process.”\n\n<a href=\"http://bit.ly/lvVq5D\" target=\"_blank\">Biblionews Offers Fresh Frame for News Providers and Information Brokers</a>\nJacob Caggiano’s video documents the pairing of libraries and a free press from the recent JTM Cambridge, Mass event Beyond Books.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/the-twitter-effect-how-social-media-changes-the-news-narrative179.html\" target=\"_blank\">MediaShift post “The Twitter Effect: How Social Media Changes the News Narrative”</a>\nDevin Harner outlines how social media is reshaping news, “not enough and too much information,” as revealing both new challenges and opportunities.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/137285/the-seven-steps-to-a-successful-aggregation-strategy-for-your-news-organization/\" target=\"_blank\">Poytner\'s Seven Steps to a Successful Aggregation Strategy</a>\nJeff Sonderman shows us how aggregation can help deliver even more value and draw a larger audience.', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: July 7 - July 19, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-july-19-2011', '', '', '2011-07-19 10:35:38', '2011-07-19 17:35:38', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3806', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(856, 3, '2011-09-09 16:56:35', '2011-09-09 23:56:35', '<blockquote>\"I’ve read a lot about The Seattle Times and the<a href=\"http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/local/newspartners/newspartnernetwork.html\" target=\"_blank\"> News Partner Network</a>, a collaboration between The Times and more than 40 community news sites to share story links and photos among the sites. In 2009, The Times was one of five news organizations that received funding through<a href=\"http://www.j-lab.org/projects/networked-journalism/\" target=\"_blank\"> J-Lab </a>to build a local news network involving at least five community news sites.\n\nAs you can see, The Times took that project and ran with it, building what is likely the most extensive collaboration network involving a newspaper and community news sites. In discussions last week with Bob Payne, partnerships and audience engagement editor at The Times, and representatives of four of the partner sites, I heard both what makes the network work and where some of the ongoing challenges lie.\n\nBob makes it clear that this is about collaboration, not about The Times trying to big-foot the community sites. The Times highlights the work of the community sites on its website and links to the stories. That means The Times doesn’t get the web traffic; the pageviews and unique visitors accrue to the community sites, not the newspaper’s site.\n\nThe Times doesn’t want to substitute its own news judgment or editorial practices for those of the sites. The site publishers are the experts in their communities, Bob said. The benefit The Times derives from the partnership is extended reach; Times readers are able to connect into community news that the newspaper would never cover, or that it would cover only in brief. In this way, The Times burnishes its role as a news and information hub for Seattle.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/?p=383\" target=\"_blank\">Janet Coats, The Patterson Foundation</a></blockquote>', 'The Seattle Times: News Partner Network', 'The Seattle Times forges partnerships with community sites to provide readers comprehensive coverage enriched with local flavor.', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-seattle-times-news-partner-network', '', '', '2011-09-09 16:56:35', '2011-09-09 23:56:35', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=856', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(3523, 13, '2011-08-19 14:49:50', '2011-08-19 21:49:50', '<em><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3508\" style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"ja-bug\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja-bug.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" /><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/seattlejournalismcommons/state-of-the-commons/\" target=\"_blank\">The Seattle Journalism Commons</a> (SJC) and the Journalism Accelerator (JA) came together this past week in Seattle to host a conversation with a number of emerging news and publishing innovators. <strong>What might we learn from some of these publishers about what is happening in Seattle’s vibrant news and information scene?</strong></em> <strong><em>Why is Seattle a media market that is increasingly thriving at a time when so many news communities are struggling across the nation?</em></strong>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3544\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Left to right: Keith Senfield, Jessica Partnow, Karen Johnson, Marcia Iverson and Peggy Holman. Photo by Lisa Skube. \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3544 \" title=\"Keith Senfield, Jessica Partnow, Karen Johnson, Marcia Iverson and Peggy Holman at Alki\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alki1-e1313774609292.jpg\" alt=\"Keith Senfield, Jessica Partnow, Karen Johnson, Marcia Iverson and Peggy Holman at Alki\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" />[/caption]\n\nThe conversation at <a href=\"http://www.alkiarts.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Alki Arts</a> on the evening of August 8th was focused around uncovering some of the secret ingredients that are unique to <a href=\"http://stateofthemedia.org/2011/mobile-survey/seattle-a-new-media-case-study/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle’s media culture of community</a>, collaboration and innovation: a scrappy and earnest lot in Seattle, with some of the nation’s leading independent, high-quality community publishers. But there also seems to be an equal emphasis on a healthy form of interdependency between these publishers, both local and legacy, which enables the larger ecosystem to thrive. Janet Coats, who was there with her partner Rusty, shared an observation (<a href=\"http://nmj.thepattersonfoundation.org/?p=378\" target=\"_blank\">and a post on her experience of the Alki event</a>), that the health of Seattle’s news and information community appears to be proportional to its thriving collaborative nature rooted deeply into the existing news ecology.\n\n</div>\n<strong>The conversation framed up around: </strong><em>“<strong>What makes Seattle’s journalism community collaborative and vibrant?”</strong></em>\n\n<strong>We had a good mix of interests present</strong>; this was the third gathering in the <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/blog/view-somewhere-public-good\" target=\"_blank\">past 10 months</a> that the JA has partnered in to listen and learn from the smart folks in Seattle. These <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/news/collaboration-innovation-experts-weigh\" target=\"_blank\">conversations have invited</a> those that volunteered to be a part of a collaborative journalism network that took root out of a larger <a href=\"http://www.neighborlogs.com/2010/01/07/how-to-pay-for-journalism-that-matters-seattles-hyperlocal-ad-trends\" target=\"_blank\">JTM event in Seattle in January 2010</a>. Many of the folks we’ve been talking with have been working together informally since that time. The JA has been working closely in collaboration with the <a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/seattlejournalismcommons/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Journalism Commons</a> (SJC) over the past year, with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/michaelfancher/\">Mike Fancher</a> leading this experiment in partnership with <a href=\"http://peggyholman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Peggy Holman</a> and <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/caggiano/\">Jacob Caggiano</a>. The JA supports <a href=\"http://seattle.newsdex.us/\" target=\"_blank\">the aims of the SJC and larger news</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locavores\" target=\"_blank\">locavore</a> publishing community as new opportunities emerge and capacity across this innovative media market deepens.<!--more-->\n\nParticipants in the conversation:\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://clpmag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Common Language Project</a> - Jessica Partnow</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.jtmpnw.org/knightreport.cfm?aId=DE176AB9-C29B-57E0-8BF147F4F59C50B8\" target=\"_blank\">Puget Sound Civic Communications Commons</a> - Sheetal Agarwal</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/groups/global-health-journalism/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Health Initiative</a></span> - Pam Kilborn-Miller and Kristi Heim</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://seabeez.com/aboutus/\" target=\"_blank\">SeaBeez</a></span> - Julie Pham</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://storify.com/karen_l_johnson/hackshackers-seattle-kickoff\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle’s Hacks &amp; Hackers</a></span> - Karen Johnson</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/seattlejournalismcommons/state-of-the-commons/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Journalism Commons</a></span> - Jacob Caggiano, Peggy Holman</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.kcls.org/usingthelibrary/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">King County Library</a></span> Information Broker - Marsha Iverson</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.spjwash.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Society of Professional Journalists</a></span>/<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://nonprofitkingdom.com/pages/clay-holtzmans-biography\" target=\"_blank\">Nonprofit Kingdom</a></span> - Clay Holtzman</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.aajaseattle.org/2008/07/aaja-seattle-named-chapter-of-the-year/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Chapter, Asian American Journalists Association</a></span> - Sanjay Bhatt</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.thepattersonfoundation.org/initiatives/new-media-journalism/manager.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Patterson Foundation</a></span> – Janet Coats</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.coats2coats.com/services.html\" target=\"_blank\">C2C Consulting</a></span> – Rusty Coats</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://invw.org/team\" target=\"_blank\">Investigate West</a></span> – Rita Hibbard</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://1.kplu.org/beats_bios.html\" target=\"_blank\">KPLU</a></span> - Keith Senfield</li>\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/\">Journalism Accelerator</a></span> – Lisa Skube</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3546\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Left to right: Julie Pham and Kristi Heim. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3546  \" title=\"Julie Pham and Kristi Heim at Alki Arts\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alki3-e1313774743665.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Pham and Kristi Heim at Alki Arts\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" />[/caption]\n\n<strong>Secret or Special Sauce?</strong>\n\nJacob Caggiano suggested we think about what is unique to Seattle’s community more as a <em>special</em>, versus a <em>secret</em> sauce. His point was, if we keep it a secret, then how can others replicate what’s working? How can we begin to intentionally create a shared understanding, to seed knowledge from each other’s experiments? That way others can do more of what works and less of what doesn\'t. Reducing duplication of effort or repeating something that perhaps failed, but taking elements that may work in different combination with subtle variations to the recipe.\n\nKristi Heim challenged us to think about journalism as a service model. If we took “the word journalism out for a minute – what is happening – why – identify issues – what is valuable - Why would [you] pay for it? Sustain it? Why is information central to our lives? -- I think we should start there…”\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Most everyone wanted to know how we can learn from the work of others that may apply broadly and advance the work of many.</strong> And how these journalists, publishers, innovators, technologists and reporters:\n<ul>\n	<li>Hope to deepen their business value through other partners and the public</li>\n	<li>Promote civic action and support communities of change</li>\n	<li>Together share and create techniques to document the dollar value of engagement and impact</li>\n	<li>Serve as a civic concierge; the business of news as essential information where individuals are able to get a straight answer, well sourced and backed by verifiable data</li>\n	<li>Can make the benefit of content products clear to their benefactors</li>\n	<li>Are able to achieve centralized access to sources and resources, and develop ways of sharing information on what emerging experiments yield</li>\n	<li>Can get the full community involved in innovation within the vibrant Puget Sound media market</li>\n	<li>Can gain a greater return on content by repurposing it strategically, hunting for new revenue-producing distribution and syndication models</li>\n	<li>Might better know what stories are not being told within ethnic media, address gaps and bridge communities</li>\n	<li>Are able to create sustainable localized business models without eroding credibility or integrity</li>\n	<li>Might make the best use of existing “civic infrastructure,” with public resources such as the <a href=\"www.kcls.org\">The King County Library System</a></li>\n	<li>Might begin to gain more access to information on experiments and the breaking news across the news and information field, both successes and failures – as its own beat</li>\n	<li>To better engage with ethnic communities as part of the larger news ecology, based on business value to the ethnic communities, and to strive for representative coverage (and budgets) that align with the % of ethnic populations that live there</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3547\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Left to right: Rusty Coats, Jacob Caggiano, Janet Coats and Sheetal Agarwal. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<strong><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3547 \" title=\"alki4\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alki4-e1313774663511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" /></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>As the group continued the conversation, folks were ready to break into smaller groups.</strong> The focus of the breakout groups was to identify elements of Seattle’s collaborative model(s), to better understand the ingredients that contribute to Seattle’s sizzling news ecology.\n\nThis portion of the evening framed up around the question <strong>“What models of collaboration are working and to what effect?”</strong>\n\nPam Kilborn-Miller noted the importance of understanding the <a href=\"http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/publications/policy/seattle\" target=\"_blank\">chronology of Seattle’s collaborative</a> ecology and that there are a range of styles and methods in play across different types or categories of news and information.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Other ingredients the group identified that are a part of the recipe of collaboration and cooperation:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Community is integral: “the well” that news producers serve, learn and gain inspiration from</li>\n	<li>Capacity for impact: focusing on “a solution” ups clarity tenfold both for communities consuming the content, and in guiding how the content products are created</li>\n	<li>The role of listening as essential to the information flow. It’s not just the output produced but active and engaged listening that creates better content products and community participation</li>\n	<li>Through community gaining greater access to research and techniques others are creating or using, and how different publishers are defining and understanding the needs of their audiences</li>\n	<li>A shared stake to find a habitat, a place to house the collaboration of Seattle’s media and news community while they explore and assess how to create shared space on and offline across networks, publishers, and innovators</li>\n	<li>Diversity of perspectives seen as a core value to help make the news and information ecology more resilient over the long term</li>\n	<li> A clear objective to better understand the dollar value of engagement and impact (and yield), sharing “what’s working” and “what’s not” with one another</li>\n	<li>A shared goal to help make the benefit of news and information clear: what’s in it for the reader?</li>\n	<li>How to re-establish in the digital age the significance of quality reporting; to recognize the producer as an essential piece in the value/supply chain</li>\n</ul>\nMike Fancher was a big part of the evening, although he was in St. Louis at the <a href=\"http://www.aejmcstlouis.org/home/aejmc/guide\" target=\"_blank\">AEJMC conference</a> the evening of the gathering at Alki. He has been the leader of the Seattle Journalism Commons effort, and has done a great deal to bring many voices into an ongoing, productive and engaging conversation. I interviewed him earlier this summer to get an <a href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-policy-paper-calls-for-creations-of-regional-and-local-collaborative-news-networks-urges-media-to-adopt-digital-first-strategies-124414123.html\" target=\"_blank\">insider perspective</a> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.knightcomm.org/re-imagining-journalism-local-news-for-a-networked-world/\" target=\"_blank\">his recent paper for the Knight Foundation in partnership with the Aspen Institute</a></span>. This is a post we’ll share soon on the JA, but something Mike said in that interview is a great point to close this post with.\n<blockquote>If we were creating journalism today, I do not believe we would have created it in the same form as we did over the past century. <strong>100 years ago, the practice of journalism came to life when information was scarce, distribution expensive, and the possibility for richly engaging in journalism wasn’t possible</strong>. I believe if it had been possible, to use the interactive communication technologies we have now, and the possibility of that had existed 100 years ago, [journalism] would have been designed as a collaborative process with citizens and journalists working in partnership.</blockquote>\n[caption id=\"attachment_3545\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Left to right: Clay Holzman and Rita Hibbard. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3545 \" title=\"alki2\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alki2-e1313774988198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" />[/caption]\n\nAs the field of news and reporting continues to evolve, there is a lot to look forward to, inspired by much of what is emerging in Seattle, as well as in Chicago or Philadelphia and other communities that are gaining steam. Much of this seems to be steeped in a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect within the community for one another’s work and thinking. These are innovative news and information practitioners who see more news as a good thing for their communities. Together they have found it enriches their work, capacity, and ability to learn more efficiently by looking to one another for ideas and support.\n\nWhat’s working in your town, neighborhood or city? We welcome you to add your secret ingredients into the conversation.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>Our special thanks to Diane Venti and the Alki Arts Community Center who provided an incredible space to convene, Brian and his team at the <a href=\"http://cactusrestaurants.com/alki.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cactus</a> next door who fed us a meal that was distractingly delicious with MachPower’s Terese and Simone Machmiller for tending to the community!</em>\n\n&nbsp;', 'Secret or special sauce? Seattle locals weigh in', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'secret-or-special-sauce-seattle-locals-weigh-in', '', '', '2011-08-19 14:49:50', '2011-08-19 21:49:50', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3523', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(3823, 3, '2011-08-12 10:49:58', '2011-08-12 17:49:58', '<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/ecosystem-impact-the-patch-effect-continued/\">Ecosystem impact: the Patch Effect continued</a>\nCommon themes from ten local site operators across the US - east, west and middle - present a first hand perspective of the news ecology with a Patch site operating as part of their community media mix.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/node/25847\" target=\"_blank\">New Pew Report: Assessing a New Landscape in Journalism</a>\nPew’s report offers an early analysis of journalism’s green shoots sprouting up across the nation as nonprofit news.\n\n<a href=\"http://stateofthefourthestate.com/2011/07/08/economist-future-of-news-series/\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Fourth Estate: Economist Future of News Series</a>\nThe Economist presents a rich bundle of perspective on the business of news past, future and present.\n\n<a href=\"http://knightfoundation.org/publications/\" target=\"_blank\">The Knight Foundation Shares What They’re Learning</a>\nKnight’s beta site is rich with research, reflection and reports from the field of news on innovation and experiments underway.\n\n<a href=\"http://knightfoundation.org/publications/re-imagining-journalism-local-news-networked-world\" target=\"_blank\">Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World</a>\nMike Fancher’s new policy paper, commissioned by the Knight Foundation, outlines five critical ingredients to support local journalism.\n\n<a href=\"http://rjionline.org/news/highlights-2011-journalists-engagement-survey\" target=\"_blank\">Engagement Survey from Joy Mayer Delivers New Insights</a>\nHighlights from Joy’s phone survey where 529 editors of daily community newspapers talk engagement.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.informationneeds.org/chicago-community-trust-study-links-foster-healthy-online-info-flows\" target=\"_blank\">Linking Audiences to News: A Network Analysis of Chicago Websites</a>\nLinks to the report put into context by Michele McLellan; a helpful summary of findings and suggestions for publishers to consider.', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: July 19 - August 12, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-august-12-2011', '', '', '2011-08-12 10:49:58', '2011-08-12 17:49:58', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3823', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3851, 3, '2011-08-10 14:11:50', '2011-08-10 21:11:50', '<blockquote>A new study by the Pew Research Center\'s Project for Excellence in Journalism offers a detailed look at a portion of this new cohort of news providers-sites that cover state and national news. The study examines some four dozen sites across the country, all of them launched in 2005 or later, that offer coverage beyond the local level to state and national news. That group includes national news sites such as Pulitzer Prize-winning <a href=\"http://features.journalism.org/non-profit-news/#propublica\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica</a>, which receives money from more than a dozen foundations and has a staff of more than 30.<a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/node/25847#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\">[1]</a>\n\nIt also includes lesser-known news sites such as <a href=\"http://features.journalism.org/non-profit-news/#missouri-news-horizon\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri News Horizon</a>, whose funding is less clear and covers Missouri state government with a staff of three journalists. The study analyzes the funding, transparency and organizational structure of these sites, and also the nature of their news coverage. <a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/node/25847#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/node/25847\" target=\"_blank\"> Journalism.org</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Pew Report: Non-Profit News: Assessing a New Landscape in Journalism', 'Pew’s report offers an early analysis of journalism’s green shoots sprouting up across the nation as nonprofit news.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pew-report-on-non-profit-news-assessing-a-new-landscape-in-journalism', '', '', '2011-08-10 14:11:50', '2011-08-10 21:11:50', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3851', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(3865, 3, '2011-08-18 14:14:58', '2011-08-18 21:14:58', '<blockquote>Can digital journalism be profitable? What\'s making money, what isn\'t, and why? A <a href=\"http://cjr.org/the_business_of_digital_journalism/\" target=\"_blank\">new report</a> from Columbia University faculty members <a href=\"http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/profile/40-bill-grueskin/10\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Grueskin</a>, academic dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and <a href=\"http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/494852/Ava+Seave\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Seave</a>, principal at Quantum Media and adjunct professor at the Columbia Business School, addresses these questions about the financial state of digital journalism. The report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the business challenges that for-profit news organizations face with their digital ventures. The report is being issued by the school\'s <a href=\"http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/628-tow-center-for-digital-journalism/426\" target=\"_blank\">Tow Center for Digital Journalism</a>, which is committed to the research and advancement of journalism on digital platforms.  Grueskin, Seave, and Ph.D. candidate Lucas Graves spent several months reporting on-site at news organizations—some founded over a century ago and others created in the past year or two. Based on the resulting body of data, they examine how news organizations allocate resources, explore what patterns are emerging in revenue streams, and draw conclusions about how companies might generate revenue more effectively. The report is divided into nine chapters covering advertising models at a diverse array of news organizations, alternative platforms, new revenue streams, audience engagement and more.\" <strong>Source</strong>:  <a href=\"http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/news/448\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia Journalism School</a></blockquote>', 'The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism', 'Columbia Journalism Review offers a useful assessment on “what we know [so far] about the business of digital journalism.”', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-story-so-far-what-we-know-about-the-business-of-digital-journalism', '', '', '2011-08-18 14:14:58', '2011-08-18 21:14:58', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3865', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(3874, 3, '2011-08-22 14:18:22', '2011-08-22 21:18:22', '<blockquote>Today in an e-mail from Twitter’s PR team, the company introduced <a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter for Newsrooms</a> (#TfN), a compelling resource akin to <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/journalists\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook for Journalists</a> that will help optimize the platform’s reporting potential. The guide contains four sections, #report, #engage, #publish and #extra, each with a variety of best practices geared towards streamlining Twitter reporting and making Twitter a more efficient journalism tool. While much of the information won’t ring fresh for reporters already knee-deep in social media sourcing, it’s a comprehensive and helpful resource for journalists of all levels hoping to gain some insight into Twitter’s potential for journalists. So what does the new guide include?\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>#Report</strong> “A <a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms/report\" target=\"_blank\">suite</a> of search tools that allow you and your colleagues to search as much as you need to.”<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>#Engage</strong> “<a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms/engage\" target=\"_blank\">Examples</a> of journalists using Twitter to improve the way they connect with audiences, share news and, through it all, build deeper and broader communities.”<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>#Publish</strong> <a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms/publish\" target=\"_blank\">Tools</a> that enable you to “connect tweets to actions.”\n\n<strong>#Extra</strong> Helpful <a href=\"http://media.twitter.com/newsrooms/extra\" target=\"_blank\">links</a> to Twitter blogs, Twitter in other languages and a variety of other resources.\" <strong>Source</strong>:  <a href=\"http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/twitter-announces-twitter-for-newsrooms-a-best-practices-guide-for-journalists_b4988\" target=\"_blank\">Mediabistro</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Twitter&#039;s Official Page for Journalists', 'Twitter served fresh daily: “Resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process.”', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'twitters-official-page-for-journalists', '', '', '2011-08-22 14:18:22', '2011-08-22 21:18:22', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3874', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(3889, 3, '2011-08-26 14:23:16', '2011-08-26 21:23:16', '<blockquote>A consensus has begun to emerge around the Federal Communications Commission report, \"The Information Needs of Communities,\" <a href=\"http://storify.com/beyondbroadcast/my-tweets-from-fcc-report-release\" target=\"_blank\">released Thursday</a>: The diagnosis is sound, but the remedies are lacking.<strong> </strong>\n\nThe 465-page report (see full report, embedded below) is the result of 600-plus interviews, hearings and reams of research conducted over 18 months. It represents the most ambitious attempt yet to come to terms with the consequences of the current media transformation. It\'s a synthetic and comprehensive look at the entire ecosystem -- commercial, non-commercial and user-generated; across print, broadcast, online and mobile -- making it a tremendous resource for advocates, journalists, entrepreneurs and media educators.\n\nSteven Waldman, journalist, editor and digital news entrepreneur, was lead author for this project and worked with a distinguished team of experts from across the country to compile both capsule histories of each sector and an atlas of current facts and figures. See the gallery of graphs from the report below, assembled by Josh Stearns of the media reform organization Free Press, for a sense of the range and depth of the research. (Overwhelmed? A two-page summary of findings and recommendations is also available <a href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/57463682/FCC-Info-Needs-of-Communities-Report-Summary\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.)\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/fcc-report-on-media-offers-strong-diagnosis-weak-prescriptions164.html\" target=\"_blank\">PBS Mediashift</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'FCC Report: The Information Needs of Communities', '465 pages, 600+ interviews over 18 months: “Diagnosis is sound, but the remedies are lacking.”', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'fcc-report-the-information-needs-of-communities', '', '', '2011-08-26 14:23:16', '2011-08-26 21:23:16', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=3889', 0, 'post', '', 5),
(4015, 16, '2011-09-01 11:40:32', '2011-09-01 18:40:32', '<blockquote><em>I just forwarded a list of dates I\'m available for sales calls during the next couple of weeks to my new ad sales person. The first step in the process is underway. I always thought this day would come. I just didn\'t think it would take a little less than five years to finally get there.</em></blockquote>\n<strong><a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\"></a></strong>\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\"> </a></strong>\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About the Author</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Andre.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/andrenatta\">André Natta</a> is a freelance writer and urbanist from The Bronx living in Birmingham, AL. He started and maintains <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> The Terminal</a>, an online community hub, writes <a href=\"http://b-metro.com/category/digital-city/\" target=\"_blank\">a monthly column</a> on technology and how it\'s affecting the future of Birmingham, served as a founding organizer of <a href=\"http://birmingham.wordcamp.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamp Birmingham</a> and serves on several boards in his community.\n\n</div>\n<strong>I started The Terminal in 2007 as a way to fill a void in the local online scene</strong>. There wasn\'t an easy way for people to find information about what was going on in Birmingham, AL online. We\'d just seen the demise of the city\'s afternoon daily print publication, the Birmingham Post-Herald. The Birmingham News, The Birmingham Times, Black &amp; White and Birmingham Weekly still go to press, though their web presence at the time presented gaps in reporting on deeper local community issues.\n\nThere were other online portals in the city already in operation – <a href=\"http://www.urbanham.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Urbanham</a> and Fleabomb but those sites focused mainly on the arts and culture scene in the city. When The Terminal launched, Fleabomb\'s operator, Stanley Holditch, bought me a beer and said he\'d always be willing to help out if possible. Russ McClinton of Urbanham made a similar pledge a week later. Stanley even plans to return to writing online – for The Terminal – beginning in September after having <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/blog/2008/10/02/fleabombs-going-to-be-ok-too/#more-2768\" target=\"_blank\">shut down Fleabomb in 2008</a>.\n\n<strong>The Terminal filled the gap left available by both of those sites and we did it by providing a collection of voices under one banner</strong>. That worked well, mostly, until The Great Recession finally reached Birmingham in late 2008. I\'d always hoped to find a way to sell ads to generate income to pay people. I just couldn\'t hold onto the people long enough to make that a reality. <!--more-->\n\n<h4><strong>What does the future hold for The Terminal?&nbsp;</strong></h4>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4186\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"427\" caption=\"Hyperlocal site the Terminal, Birmingham, AL.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4186 \" title=\"Hyperlocal site the Terminal, Birmingham, AL.\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/terminal-webbrowser-427.jpg\" alt=\"Hyperlocal site the Terminal, Birmingham, AL.\" width=\"427\" height=\"250\" />[/caption]\n\nI\'m not sure, but I think a significant part of what happens next for The Terminal lies in the hands of those folks who are loyal fans of the site. It\'s easy for anyone to launch a site nowadays; it\'s tougher to stay relevant and serve the community on the issues that are most important to them. Funding the work is another hill to climb.\n\n<strong>The first generation of hyperlocal sites are facing new challenges, though some of them are a result of the type of community they\'d long hoped to encourage.</strong> While I\'m not sure of when or if a <a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/04/26/aols-patch-adding-8000-bloggers-in-full-on-course-correction/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch site will be coming</a> to metro Birmingham, I do know of three <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/blog/2011/06/15/the35212-expansion-citywide/\" target=\"_blank\">other projects that either plan to or have launched</a> here before the end of the year. As these new community site projects were announced, I felt like it was a statement about the existing local community sites (e.g. The Terminal) not serving the community.\n\nI\'ve since learned that it makes sense to confirm that\'s the sentiment of the community and not of a self-created bubble or worse – my own psyche. I realized by looking at this a different way the new sites slated for launch confirm demand is there, validation that there is a need in the community. The hope is with finite resources, and all of us searching for a business model to sustain essential content for our community, my fellow publishers will figure out how to work together (note I didn\'t say write for each other) so that Birmingham benefits from a richer telling of their story.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><strong>Playing it forward</strong></span></h4>\n<blockquote><em>The audience can make your job so much easier if you encourage them to be a part of the community’s story. A major part of the reworking of The Terminal’s focus is based on “what to do” with our community offline. If there\'s one thing <strong>I\'ve learned more than anything else, it\'s the importance of face-to-face interaction with those who\'ve supported us over the years.</strong></em></blockquote>\n[caption id=\"attachment_4031\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"The Birmingham community at #PieCampBhm, The Terminal&#39;s 4th anniversary celebration. Photo courtesy of The Terminal.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4158\" title=\"The Terminal\'s 4th anniversary celebration\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Terminal_Anniversary1-e1314836010408.jpg\" alt=\"The Terminal\'s 4th anniversary celebration\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" />\n[/caption]\n\nThe Terminal enjoyed the most success when it was <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/mybirmingham/page/2/\" target=\"_blank\">talking with its community and not at it</a>. Many of the best scoops ever posted to the site came from people who\'d come to trust what it stood for and what it wanted to do. Listening to the people who make up my audience allows me to do and face anything that, so far, has come my way.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4031\" href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/community-publisher-profile-the-terminal-birmingham-al/attachment/terminal_anniversary/\"></a>We used to do monthly meetups (called the <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/blog/tag/terminally-happy-hour/\" target=\"_blank\">Terminally Happy Hour</a>) and plan on starting them again this fall. We\'ll work on providing more focus for these events, perhaps centering on issues such as transportation, education and urban revitalization. We plan on developing a series of reports about all of these issues in the coming months and believe that face-to-face conversations can only add to our coverage.\n\nWe\'re also looking at doing more events like the one <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/mybirmingham/2011/03/10/piecampbhm-launch/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyBirmingham+%28Dear+Birmingham...%29\" target=\"_blank\">we held for our fourth anniversary</a> in March.  Borrowing the idea from the folks at <a href=\"http://pielab.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">PieLab in Greensboro, AL</a>, I asked community members to bring their favorite pie to the event. A local restaurant opened their doors for us with coffee provided by a local roaster. We had everything from pecan pie to Moon Pies to pizza. One of our local television stations sent a crew over to cover the festivities and folks are already excited for next year\'s edition.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><strong>Building Blocks</strong></h4>\n[caption id=\"attachment_4037\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Birmingham News&#39; John Archibald, Magic City Post&#39;s Wade Kwon and The Terminal&#39;s André Natta speak at the Alabama PRSA meeting in 2008. Photo courtesy of The Terminal.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4037 \" title=\"John Archibald, Wade Kwon and André Natta at the Alabama PRSA meeting in 2008\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Alabama_PRSA_meeting-e1314812704170.jpg\" alt=\"John Archibald, Wade Kwon and André Natta at the Alabama PRSA meeting in 2008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />[/caption]\n\nThere\'s also a need to provide resources as to how online tools like Twitter and Facebook can be used effectively for communication as well as marketing. <strong>I look at <a href=\"http://435digital.com/blog/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago\'s 435Digital</a> as a great example of something to pattern such an initiative after, while also looking at things like buses as mobile experiments in collecting and sharing information in the community</strong>. I\'d argue that we need to find ways to deliver to those we don\'t think would read us, even if it means creating a half-page “best of what\'s online” teaser to entice them to check out the site – whether at the house or the <a href=\"http://www.bham.lib.al.us/\" target=\"_blank\">library</a>.\n\nIt would be nice to be sipping on some champagne while enjoying some pie next year as The Terminal turns five. I often wonder <strong>what other sites like <a href=\"http://bhamterminal.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Terminal</a> are doing to shift from a community news start up to a sustainable community news business</strong>. If other publishers have stories to share, it would be great to hear them.\n<blockquote><em>To the online publishers reading this that have been around for a few years, also a part of the first wave of hyperlocal sites, <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/how-are-other-community-news-startups-like-the-terminal-who-have-been-in-business-for-a-few-years-building-and-sustaining-their-business-online/\" target=\"_blank\">how are you sustaining your business, staying relevant and serving content</a> up on the issues that are most important to your community?</em></blockquote>\n&nbsp;', 'Community Publisher Profile: The Terminal, Birmingham, AL', 'An inside perspective from publisher Andre Natta on making the transition from a community news start up to a sustainable news business.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'community-publisher-profile-the-terminal-birmingham-al', '', '', '2011-09-01 11:40:32', '2011-09-01 18:40:32', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4015', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(4296, 3, '2011-09-01 09:25:38', '2011-09-01 16:25:38', '<a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2011/8/8/future-news-four-different-sources-weigh/\" target=\"_blank\">The Future of News: four different sources weigh in\n</a>High voltage thinkers’ recent works, compiled by Knight, offer deep thinking on new possibilities for journalism.\n\n<a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2011/07/latimescom-in-june-13-blogs-top-1-million-page-views.html\" target=\"_blank\">Latimes.com in June: 13 blogs top 1 million page views\n</a>Summertime traffic siesta? LA Times thinks not. 160,877,197 page views in June mark the third-most-trafficked month in the site’s history.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/apple-vs-android-the-way-it-may-go-down/3465?tag=nl.e539\" target=\"_blank\">Apple vs. Android: the way it may go down\n</a>At a pivotal crossroad, two mobile giants face off over IP.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/apple-vs-android-the-way-it-may-go-down/3465?tag=nl.e539\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian crowdsourcing experiment on coverage of London riots\n</a>Brilliant combo of live coverage, official information collected by the Guardian’s team, plus tweets, bloggers, videos and records sent by the crowd.\n\n<a href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20110708/twitter-ads-will-get-harder-to-ignore-promoted-tweets-coming-to-your-timeline-this-summer/\" target=\"_blank\">‘Promoted tweets’ coming to your timeline this summer</a>\nAs Twitter raises even more money, a debrief how the social giant is getting more serious about making money.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/details.asp?id=6835&amp;c=mbennf\" target=\"_blank\">Mediabistro summer boot camps, on and offline, combine journalism and technology courses\n</a>At the intersection of technology and journalism, Mediabistro lines up a series of classes for full-on power learning.\n\n<a href=\"http://wefollow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">WeFollow: a top tweeters directory\n</a>Helpful tool to help you tap your social capital by way of sizing up the influence of others.', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: August 12 - September 1, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-september-1-2011', '', '', '2011-09-01 09:25:38', '2011-09-01 16:25:38', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4296', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4352, 3, '2011-08-29 09:20:28', '2011-08-29 16:20:28', '<blockquote>Media organizations may be able to perform their watchdog roles more effectively working together than apart. That is one conclusion in a new paper, \"<a href=\"http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d62_rowe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Partners of Necessity: The Case for Collaboration in Local Investigative Reporting</a>,\" authored by Sandy Rowe, former editor of Portland’s <em>The Oregonian.</em> The paper is based on interviews and research that Rowe conducted while serving as a Knight Fellow at the <a href=\"http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy</a> at Harvard Kennedy School.\n\nRowe\'s research examines the theory underpinning collaborative work and shows emerging models of collaboration that can lead to more robust investigative and accountability reporting in local and regional markets.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/sandy-rowe-shorenstein-paper\" target=\"_blank\">The Harvard Kennedy School </a></blockquote>', 'Partners of Necessity: The Case for Collaboration in Local Investigative Reporting', 'Sandy Rowe’s take on emerging possibilities for news, reporting and potential models for the future.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'partners-of-necessity-a-case-for-collaboration-in-local-investigative-reporting', '', '', '2011-08-29 09:20:28', '2011-08-29 16:20:28', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4352', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(4367, 3, '2011-08-31 09:44:13', '2011-08-31 16:44:13', '<blockquote>Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World, a new policy paper by Michael R. Fancher, identifies five strategic areas and specific ideas for promoting experimentation, collaboration and public engagement that are critical for reforming local journalism. The paper calls upon a variety of stakeholders in business, the nonprofit sector, government and community institutions, and citizens themselves to each play a role in nurturing a revitalized and re-imagined local media ecosystem.\n\nThe five key strategies for re-inventing local journalism include:\n<ol>\n	<li>For-profit media organizations must re-invent themselves to extend the role and values of journalism in interactive ways.</li>\n	<li>Not-for-profit and non-traditional media must be important sources of local journalism.</li>\n	<li>Higher education, community and non-profit institutions can be hubs of journalistic activity and other information-sharing for local communities.</li>\n	<li>Greater urgency must be placed on relevance, research and revenues to support local journalism.</li>\n	<li>Government at all levels should support policies that create an environment for sustainable, quality local journalism.</li>\n</ol>\nIn particular, Fancher calls on leaders of local print and broadcast media to spearhead the creation of regional and local collaborative news networks that meet the information needs of their communities. These interactive news networks are part of a broader set of strategies for re-inventing local journalism that are aimed at addressing the need for media policies that foster innovation, competition and support for business models that provide marketplace incentives for quality journalism and envision new roles for universities and community institutions as hubs of journalistic activity.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\" http://knightfoundation.org/publications/re-imagining-journalism-local-news-networked-world\" target=\"_blank\">Knight Foundation</a></blockquote>', 'Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World', 'Mike Fancher’s policy paper, commissioned by the Knight Foundation and the Aspen Institute, outlines five critical ingredients to support local journalism.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 're-imagining-journalism-local-news-for-a-networked-world', '', '', '2011-08-31 09:44:13', '2011-08-31 16:44:13', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4367', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4381, 3, '2011-09-01 15:41:37', '2011-09-01 22:41:37', '<blockquote>The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of journalists, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession.\n\nTo secure journalism\'s future, the group believes that journalists from all media, geography, rank and generation must be clear about what sets our profession apart from other endeavors. To accomplish this, the group is creating a national conversation among journalists about principles.\n\n<strong>Three Goals</strong>\n<ol>\n	<li>To clarify and renew journalists\' faith in the core principles and function of journalism.</li>\n	<li>To create a better understanding of those principles by the public.</li>\n	<li>To engage and inform ownership and management of these principles and their financial as well as social value.</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>How Do We Accomplish Them?</strong>\n\nTo initiate a conversation about standards, the group first issued a <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/node/282\" target=\"_blank\">statement of concern</a>, created a <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/membership/directory\" target=\"_blank\">network of professionals nationwide</a>, held twenty-one <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/commentary_and_research/forums\" target=\"_blank\">forums</a>, and conducted <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/node/284\" target=\"_blank\">surveys</a> and content studies to identify the <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/node/385\" target=\"_blank\">core principles</a> journalists share. These were then distilled in 2001 into a book, <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/node/540\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect\"</a> <em>(Updated and Revised in April 2007)</em>. In turn, these ideas are available to news people through our <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/newsroom_development/traveling_curriculum\" target=\"_blank\">Traveling Curriculum</a> of workshops. The work continues through further research, reporting, writing and discussion.\" Source: <a href=\"http://www.concernedjournalists.org/about_ccj/about_us\" target=\"_blank\">Committee of Concerned Journalists</a></blockquote>', 'Committee of Concerned Journalists', 'Discussion, tools, articles, workshops and forums by a number of leading thinkers in publishing, news reporting and the academy. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'committee-of-concerned-journalists', '', '', '2011-09-01 15:41:37', '2011-09-01 22:41:37', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4381', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4393, 3, '2011-09-03 16:12:07', '2011-09-03 23:12:07', '<blockquote>We are a group of bloggers who enjoy writing about journalism and related topics. Once a month we get together and write about the same topic chosen by a different host each time. For those unfamiliar with blog carnivals check out <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_carnival\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wikipedia’s definition</em></a>.\n\nCollectively we have numerous years experience in blogging and a decent amount of knowledge about the subject matter (or so we hope).\n\nIn its current incantation the Carnival is made possible with support from the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a>. The first four months of this “carnival” will discuss topics leading up to a conference at RJI organized by <a href=\"http://digidave.org/\" target=\"_blank\">David Cohn</a> made possible by the <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Knight Foundation</a>.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://carnivalofjournalism.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnival of Journalism</a></blockquote>', 'Carnival of Journalism', 'The Carnival of Journalism makes a comeback in 2011 with insight and commentary on present, and future, forms of news.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'carnival-of-journalism', '', '', '2011-09-03 16:12:07', '2011-09-03 23:12:07', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4393', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(4434, 3, '2011-09-05 14:38:17', '2011-09-05 21:38:17', '<blockquote>Responding to the critical need for dramatic improvements in the digital tools used by journalists and community news and information providers, Northwestern University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announce a four-year, $4.2 million grant to create the Knight News Innovation Laboratory at Northwestern.\n\nThe Knight Lab, the first of its kind in the country, is a joint initiative of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern. It will bring journalists and computer scientists together to accelerate local media innovation by creating new digital tools, building partnerships with media organizations and expanding the media innovation community.\n\n“To advance journalism excellence in the digital age, we must use the tools of the digital age,” said Eric Newton, vice president of the journalism program at Knight Foundation. “We hope this pioneering partnership between a school of journalism and a school of engineering will demonstrate how a major university can speed up media innovation in its surrounding community.”\n\nThe Knight Lab’s mission is to improve the news and information people use to run their communities and their lives. It will partner with media organizations in the Chicago area to test, deploy and refine technologies that help them create and package content, engage audiences and improve their capacity to finance an improved flow of local news and information. The lab will work with all kinds of organizations – from large commercial media companies to nonprofit organizations that serve niche audiences – to foster an environment of innovation that can be replicated elsewhere.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/knight-news-innovation-laboratory-launches-at/\" target=\"_blank\">Knight Foundation</a></blockquote>\n&nbsp;', 'Knight News Innovation Laboratory at Northwestern University', 'Northwestern University and the Knight Foundation team up to accelerate local news innovation with the Knight News Innovation Lab in Chicago. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'knight-news-innovation-laboratory-at-northwestern-university', '', '', '2011-09-05 14:38:17', '2011-09-05 21:38:17', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4434', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(4443, 3, '2011-09-05 14:58:12', '2011-09-05 21:58:12', '<blockquote>Most organizations don\'t have the resources or knowledge to test all the different tools out there, so we were hoping to expedite the mobile evolution and shed some guidance and best practices on what works and what doesn\'t. Obviously, we couldn\'t review everything on every platform. Our focus was Android and Apple tools because they\'re growing quickly and the most innovative and open platforms, but many of the hardware devices and some of the website apps are available on Blackberry, Windows Mobile and other platforms.\n\nThe majority of this guide is written for the perspective of news reporters -- especially those covering extremely timely events, such as breaking news or sports -- but most people in the newsroom could gain something from it. From photographers looking for quicker ways to transmit, tag and caption content to desk editors looking to collect reporting resources from multiple mobile reporters in the field. Organizations from the biggest traditional mainstream publishers to the new journalism start ups with limited resources can benefit from this guide. Hopefully, putting more reporting tools in more professional journalists hands will help create better journalism with more perspectives, especially among underserved communities and issues.\n\nThis is just the tip of the iceberg. Mobile reporting -- especially working with community members who have some of these -- is going to grow for years to come as devices become more sophisticated, quality rises and network speeds. Citizen journalists, activists and anyone near a news event also stand to benefit substantially from this guide. Journalism organizations need to understand how to use the tools, as well as partner with others using them.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/blog/ultimate-mobile-journalism-reporting-tools-gear-guide\" target=\"_blank\">Will Sullivan, Reynolds Journalism Institute </a></blockquote>', 'RJI Mobile Journalism Reporting Tools Guide', '2011 RJI Fellow Will Sullivan offers 13 categories of tools — from hardware to apps and web services — to launch your mobile reporting career.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rji-mobile-journalism-reporting-tools-guide', '', '', '2011-09-05 14:58:12', '2011-09-05 21:58:12', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4443', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4468, 3, '2011-09-09 15:45:05', '2011-09-09 22:45:05', '<blockquote>When her 34 years with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ended in a buyout in 2005, then-Sunday Editor Margaret Freivogel looked at the state of America\'s shrinking newsrooms and decided something important was being lost.\n\n\"There were about 40 people who left the Post-Dispatch newsroom at the time I did, and we looked around and tried to put what had happened in perspective. What we saw was that what happened at the Post-Dispatch was happening all over the country, and it amounted to less reporting,\"\" Freivogel says.\n\nShe and several colleagues decided they were in a position to do something about it. In April, they launched an online news site, now called the St. Louis Beacon (stlbeacon.org) to cover the Gateway region. \"We saw this as a service to the community, to provide the kinds of in-depth reporting and context..that is being cut back all over the country,\" Freivogel says.\n\nWhen creating the Beacon, the staff drew inspiration from Web-only local sites like Voice of San Diego (www.voiceofsandiego.org), Gotham Gazette (gothamgazette.com) and MinnPost.com (see Drop Cap, February/March). Freivogel hopes to make community interaction central to the operation as those sites do. The Beacon allows comments on its work, and frequently receives story ideas and other suggestions from its audience. The site has a presence on social media sites Twitter and Facebook and has sponsored events such as a book signing by Beacon contributor Harper Barnes, author of \"\"Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement.\"\" Whether in person or in the digital space, Freivogel says, audience interaction is the key to \"\"trying new things, pushing the envelope on things you can do.\"\" The nonprofit has been largely funded by donations, including a $500,000 challenge grant from Emily Pulitzer that requires the Beacon to raise an additional $1.5 million from other sources. The Pulitzer family owned the Post-Dispatch until the summer of 2005, when it sold the daily to Lee Enterprises.\n\nThe choice of nonprofit status is part ideology, part necessity, says Richard Weil, chairman of the board that runs the Beacon. \"\"We all have a not-for-profit mentality, because quite a lot of us have long thought, \'Wouldn\'t it be great if we could have a nonprofit newspaper?\' But we couldn\'t be for-profit if we wanted to,\"\" he says, laughing. \"\"If we at the Beacon say to investors that we\'re going to be a for-profit organization, can you imagine all the investors breaking down our doors to give us money?\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\" http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=4649\" target=\"_blank\">American Journalism Review</a></blockquote>', 'St. Louis Beacon', 'Nonprofit news site, the St. Louis Beacon, shines with quality reporting and thoughtful discussion. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'st-louis-beacon', '', '', '2011-09-09 15:45:05', '2011-09-09 22:45:05', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4468', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4476, 3, '2011-09-09 16:10:14', '2011-09-09 23:10:14', '<blockquote>Founded in 1989, the Center for Public Integrity is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit news organizations in the country. Our award-winning newsroom is comprised of reporters, editors and computer-aided reporting experts who dig deep and deliver national and international investigative journalism of enduring significance. The Center’s development team works with foundation partners and individual donors to nurture a steady cash flow to fund our operations. Our underwriting department generates earned revenue to augment the Center’s philanthropic income.\n\nThe Center’s mission is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable.\n\nThe Center focuses its investigations on the following areas: money and politics, government waste/fraud/abuse, the environment, healthcare reform, the financial system, national security and state government transparency.  We have won more than 50 major journalism awards, including the George Polk Award and numerous honors from the Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Online News Association, Overseas Press Club, Society of Environmental Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists.\n\niWatch News is the Center\'s online publication dedicated to investigative and accountability reporting. It provides original and  exclusive daily stories as well as in-depth investigations and commentary.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.iwatchnews.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Public Integrity </a></blockquote>', 'The Center for Public Integrity', 'Serving the public trust for over two decades, this is investigative journalism at its best.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-center-for-public-integrity', '', '', '2011-09-09 16:10:14', '2011-09-09 23:10:14', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4476', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4482, 13, '2011-09-13 15:52:01', '2011-09-13 22:52:01', '<strong>Across the field of journalism we’ve had an “information infusion” from a broad range of sources over the summer</strong>. Analysis, review and reporting from the likes of <a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/node/25847\" target=\"_blank\">PEW</a>, <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2011/8/8/future-news-four-different-sources-weigh/\" target=\"_blank\">Knight</a>, the <a href=\"http://stateofthefourthestate.com/2011/07/08/economist-future-of-news-series/\" target=\"_blank\">Economist</a>, <a href=\"http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2011/07/we-need-the-new-news-environment-to-be-chaotic/\" target=\"_blank\">Clay Shirky</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/info-needs-communities\" target=\"_blank\">FCC’s recent 450+ page report</a> furthering the <a href=\"http://www.knightcomm.org/read-the-report-and-comment/\" target=\"_blank\">analysis Knight Foundation started</a> two years ago, and CJR’s recent write up “<a href=\"http://www.cjr.org/the_business_of_digital_journalism/the_story_so_far_what_we_know.php\" target=\"_blank\">What We Know so Far</a>.” The <a href=\"http://www.cct.org/sites/cct.org/files/CNM_LinkingAudiences_0611.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Community Trust</a> has released a mother lode of data revealing new insights on <a href=\"http://www.informationneeds.org/chicago-community-trust-study-links-foster-healthy-online-info-flows\" target=\"_blank\">the power of linking</a>. The list outlined above is far from exhaustive but a good representation of the depth, breadth and focus on the unfolding of a “news industry interrupted” by some of the brightest minds today.\n\n<strong>There is a general consensus that we’re bearing witness to a long-standing community of practice “reimagining” itself</strong>, a phrase Mike Fancher refers to in his new report, <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/publications/re-imagining-journalism-local-news-networked-world\" target=\"_blank\">Local News for a Networked World</a>. Posted  in July, this paper was co-commissioned by the <a href=\"http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">Aspen Institute</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">Knight Foundation</a>. As a veteran newsman and community advocate, Fancher brings a unique perspective to this work with a long run as executive editor of one of the finest city paper newsrooms in the nation, <a href=\"http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Seattle Times</a>. Noting his career as an editor unfolded in a far less turbulent time in the business lifecycle of news and reporting Fancher <a href=\"http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004391351_zenmaster04m.html\" target=\"_blank\">retired from the Times</a> in 2008.\n\n<strong>The combination of professional experiences Fancher has accrued over the course of his career has expanded further since his retirement.</strong> In <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/people/mike-fancher\" target=\"_blank\">2008-2009 he served as a fellow</a> at the <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/about-rji-vision-and-mission\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a> at the University of Missouri focusing his study there on <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/news/walter-williamss-journalists-creed\" target=\"_blank\">journalism ethics</a> evolution in the digital age. Prior to returning to the academy as a fellow, while serving as a city paper editor,<strong> Fancher completed his master’s degree in business to better understand news, journalism and the marketplace it lives within, in context.</strong><!--more--> <strong><a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/media/uploads/publication_pdfs/Re-imagining-Journalism-Local-News-for-a-Networked-World.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Local News for a Networked World</a> has been released  as a white paper, but at 71 pages, Fancher describes the work as more of a policy paper. </strong><a href=\"http://www.knightcomm.org/re-imagining-journalism/references/\" target=\"_blank\">The list of resources</a> offers143 citations—a fantastic side dish all on its own! With this much depth, thought and potential to further the observations and recommendation Fancher details in the paper, the JA thought an interview to distill down some of the key points by the author might be useful to our community.\n\n<em>This interview was conducted by phone with Mike Fancher on July 22, 2011</em>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>With the white paper completed, as you ponder the possibilities, how do you think we can further realize the potential of a networked world?</strong></span></h4>\n“If we were creating journalism today, I do not believe we would have created it in the same form as we did over the past century. <strong>100 years ago, the practice of journalism came to life when information was scarce, distribution expensive, and the possibility for richly engaging in journalism wasn’t possible</strong>. I believe if it had been possible, to use the interactive communication technologies we have now, and the possibility of that had existed 100 years ago, [journalism] would have been designed as a collaborative process with citizens and journalists working in partnership.  <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4495\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"350\" caption=\"Mike Fancher leads the panel at the 2009 Hulteng Conversations in Ethics Conference. Photo from jcomm. uoregon.edu.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4495 \" title=\"Mike Fancher leads the panel at the 2009 Hulteng Conversations in Ethics Conference\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fancher_ethics.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Fancher leads the panel at the 2009 Hulteng Conversations in Ethics Conference\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" />[/caption]\n\n</strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>In this “new day” a new perspective is required</strong>; there is tremendous abundance beyond a single newsroom covering a community. <a href=\"http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/speakers/name/sandy_rowe/\" target=\"_blank\">Sandy Rowe</a>’s piece, <a href=\"http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d62_rowe.html\" target=\"_blank\">collaborative investigative newsroom</a>, looks beyond the wall of your newsroom. Who’s out there doing things? How can we collaborate and co-create with a broader network? Traditional news producers should be working with each other, expanding upon existing infrastructure and creative capacity. Traditional and emerging media need to collaborate. Public and private media need to collaborate.  For many traditional newspapers, it’s very revolutionary to recognize <strong>“the best news sources may very well exist outside of my newsroom.” This is a major shift in thinking.</strong> As newsrooms have cut back, we’re not going to get the resources we once had within a newsroom back – that means we need to look beyond this. And get others in the newsroom to do this as well. For example, how do we get investigative news staff, story research and ideas, to share this new kind of thinking, along with the new skills to collaborate across the newsroom?  There’s also a <strong>paradigm shift around diversity, supporting a community with representation</strong> of the range of stories unfolding in people’s lives. This allows us do better journalism and more representative reporting. <strong>The more in touch news is with people, the more accurate and more trusted in the community it becomes. </strong>Diversity in the newsroom, not social engineering or instituting a political process but to do better journalism, means embracing the full range of topics, ethnicity, culture, lifestyle and economic conditions within communities. Reporting then becomes a more engaged, or more open informed form of journalism.”\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What do you see as the key “take aways” from this substantive piece of work?</strong></span></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>“A moment of opportunity for the field of news and reporting</strong>. It is the same technology that has disrupted journalism that is creating a new world of possibility where folks can work collaboratively to serve their communities. <strong>Not so much as an effort to save journalism, or a particular platform or industry, but to create more and better journalism than we’ve ever had before</strong>.</span> <strong>Public engagement</strong>. There have been concerns that to more deeply engage the public, we’re giving up independence, lowering standards, pandering to lowest possible denominator. But I see this in reverse. The public will trust us more if we are more richly engaged with them. And we’ll better understand the story from their perspective  <strong>Abundance versus scarcity mind set. </strong>In a world where those who have been a part of an existing newsroom have had so many resources stripped out from them, it’s important to look at what we’re gaining.<strong> </strong>And<strong> </strong>looking at this very literally. With an abundance mentality, there is the ability to embrace different points of view. If we can combine and share insights we come up with around new ways of approaching a problem, and now to include the public’s perspective, we end up with more ideas, better ideas and more diverse ideas.<strong> </strong> <strong>Beyond traditional excellence.</strong><strong> </strong>Excellence in craft, standards and ethics are as important to journalism as ever before. In fact, they are what sets journalism apart in an age of information overload. But journalists must develop new ways of thinking about excellence. Journalism excellence in a networked world means having a reciprocal relationship with the people and communities you are serving. <strong>This more participatory form of journalism isn’t a threat to traditional excellence. It is the path to journalism that is relevant, accountable and sustainable</strong>.\"\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4498\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"350\" caption=\"Left to Right: Karen Johnson (Seattle Magazine/Hacks &amp; Hackers), Mike Fancher and David Boardman (Executive Editor, Seattle Times) gather with regional news experts at Seattle Magazine to discuss the Seattle news market. Photo by Jacob Caggiano.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4498 \" title=\"Karen Johnson (Seattle Magazine/Hacks &amp;amp; Hackers), Mike Fancher and David Boardman (Executive Editor, Seattle Times) gather with regional news experts at Seattle Magazine to discuss the Seattle news market\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fancher_jtm.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Johnson (Seattle Magazine/Hacks &amp;amp; Hackers), Mike Fancher and David Boardman (Executive Editor, Seattle Times) gather with regional news experts at Seattle Magazine to discuss the Seattle news market\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" />[/caption]\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What are your pearls of wisdom to support the field of community news sites striving to gain sustainability in a turbulent market? </strong></span></h4>\n“A lot more time is being spent around rethinking journalism rather than rethinking revenue and business/relevance and opportunity. <strong>Simple fact is research and development is sorely lacking in journalism. </strong>We’re just getting to a point where we are starting to understand what the market dynamics of online users are, what drives audience engagement, and how we might measure peoples time and attention.  <strong>In dynamic markets, healthy competition is a good thing.</strong> If everyone is trying to do the same thing, it quickly becomes an issue for sustainability. Developing a unique mission, and value, that you can do that no one else can… Delivering on that – in terms of how to be successful – you have to be very good at what you do, and have to execute it very successfully across 1) content strategy, 2) technology used to deliver content and serve community, and 3) have a clearly structured business model to work from.  <strong>Content was the focus at the beginning of the \'atomization\' of news; understanding the technology was the next hurdle and the business part is harder still</strong>. If we can master the technology/business piece collaboratively we’ll be a lot more successful. There is a great deal of attention on the emerging media space, although traditional media is still struggling, it remains the most vibrant contributor in the mix.”  <strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Natural competition in the marketplace; how can community sites leverage their social brands as mature new media news publishers?</strong></span></h4>\n“Getting the business side, starts with getting the journalist side nailed down. <strong>Answering things like: What value do I bring to the community?</strong> In the traditional newspaper business, we always knew 25 cents wasn’t the barrier to engagement: time to read it was the issue. Newspaper all too often is re-purposed as fish wrap. The importance of a strong value proposition is not totally new to journalism:\n<ul>\n	<li><em>What information need am I helping to serve?</em></li>\n	<li><em>How will I satisfy this need in a unique way?</em></li>\n	<li><em>What purpose do I have in people’s lives?</em></li>\n	<li><em>How will I enrich my community’s daily experience?</em></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>In order to answer these questions, you have to live in your readers’ shoes</strong>. If I’m going to write a story, I can’t presume it’s understandable or important. <strong>Where does it meet their life?</strong> It’s not just an individual story, but how this story fits into the framework it lives in (e.g. publisher website or newspaper). What kind of news business is also important whether operating as a for-profit, nonprofit or public media news provider. <strong>Once you get clear on what you’re trying to do, it becomes a whole lot easier</strong>.”\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4502\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"350\" caption=\"Left to Right: Mike Fancher, Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach discuss citizen journalism at Seattle&#39;s Town Hall. Photo from futuresoup.com.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4502 \" title=\"Mike Fancher, Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach discuss citizen journalism at Seattle\'s Town Hall\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fancher_townhall.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Fancher, Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach discuss citizen journalism at Seattle\'s Town Hall\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" />[/caption]\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Where from here?</strong></span></h4>\n“Deeper shifts in an outdated mindset will lead us to embrace the public as co-creators. And this will lead to better journalism. I see this as raising the standards [of journalism]. Readers want to see news better than it is. Research out of Missouri reveals readers want to see journalism succeed, that the public is hungry for quality journalism and if we can engage them openly, we’ll deepen our connection with them<strong>. We’ll also reaffirm why the craft of journalism is as relevant today as it ever was. Why journalistic distillation of the facts is important, why context is important and facts presented fairly -- is important.</strong> <strong>New media journalists and local community news sites are in a great position to serve as translators.</strong> Those who are bridging media, technology, journalism and education are in a unique position to collaborate, working between their communities and local newsrooms.  This becomes a catalyst for change – these folks have the ability to bridge worlds. An industry that has remained the same for decades is going through an unprecedented rate of change. With that, there is a lot of resistance, loyalty around something legacy journalists, editors and publishers feel deeply about.  To understand this loyalty begins to help folks shift a long standing news legacy tradition, to preserve the integrity behind it, but to make that transition and repurpose their loyalty -- then you’re <strong>creating a movement from within the field across legacy and new media news publishers. New forms are emerging; how can different forms of publishing help others see the possibilities?\"</strong>', 'An interview with Mike Fancher, author of “Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World”', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'an-interview-with-mike-fancher-author-of-re-imagining-journalism-local-news-for-a-networked-world', '', '', '2011-09-13 15:52:01', '2011-09-13 22:52:01', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4482', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4638, 3, '2011-09-14 15:21:33', '2011-09-14 22:21:33', '<blockquote>Journalists have a lot to learn from other disciplines about tracking what works. We\'re not used to gauging our success in ways more sophisticated than ratings or circulation numbers, and we\'re behind the measurement curve. But these days, it\'s hard to value what you can\'t measure. And as newsrooms grapple with how to make room in tight budgets for audience engagement, it\'s natural that they\'d also wonder what the return on that investment might be.\n\nWith these issues in mind, a group of journalists invested in audience engagement gathered in early May at the Reynolds Journalism Institute to talk specifically about measurement (<a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/events/engagement-metric\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.rjionline.org/events/engagement-metric</a>). Some of them were widely recognized experts. All were working to effect change in their traditional newsrooms or products. They came because they believe that as news organizations fight for survival, a more connected relationship with their communities should be valued, and therefore measured. They were joined by smart folks from other disciplines who shared their time to help guide the discussions and share their expertise.\n\nOur multi-disciplinary group (see bios of some of the folks involved) focused our conversations around specific strategies for audience engagement, what their value is to the news organizations, and how the success of the efforts can be evaluated. We spent a day filling out a google spreadsheet together, and what you\'ll find here is an edited version of that document. It\'s not intended as a comprehensive guide to engagement, but instead as a sampling of practical ways to be strategic in our efforts.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.rjionline.org/news/resource-newsrooms-measuring-success-audience-engagement-efforts-0\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a></blockquote>', 'A resource for newsrooms: Measuring the success of audience engagement efforts', '2010-2011 RJI Fellow Joy Mayer distills down ideas on measuring engagement from thought leaders across disciplines.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'a-resource-for-newsrooms-measuring-the-success-of-audience-engagement-efforts', '', '', '2011-09-14 15:21:33', '2011-09-14 22:21:33', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4638', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4645, 3, '2011-09-15 15:31:27', '2011-09-15 22:31:27', '<blockquote>\"The eNonprofit Benchmarks Study is the first of its kind to look at the effectiveness of major American nonprofits using the Internet to raise money and influence public policy. Nonprofits can use this study to measure and compare their online performance to other organizations.\n\nThe study provides a snapshot of key metrics and benchmarks for nonprofit online communications, including email fundraising and advocacy. To develop these metrics, M+R Strategic Services analyzed data from three sources: (a) nonprofit study partners, 15 key national nonprofits in the environmental, civil/legal rights-based, and international aid sectors, which had substantial online communications and marketing programs; (b) aggregate data from Convio, GetActive Software, and Kintera, major providers of online communications tools for nonprofits; and (c) an online survey of the broader nonprofit community with 85 respondents.\n\nMost data came from drilling down into hundreds of email messages sent by the 15 study partners to their email list members over 2 years—from September 2003 to September 2005. We coded statistics for these messages by nonprofit type (environmental, rights-based, or international aid) and then sorted them into message-type categories (including advocacy, fundraising, e-news, and other).\n\nThe study has chapters on return on investment, email messaging, email list growth, email list composition, online advocacy, and online fund-raising. One of the study\'s most revealing chapters—with regard to measuring the quality and effectiveness of announcements to nonprofit organizations\' email subscriber lists—is on email messaging metrics.\" Source: <a href=\"http://www.hfrp.org/evaluation/the-evaluation-exchange/issue-archive/advocacy-and-policy-change/the-enonprofit-benchmarks-study-diving-into-email-metrics\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Family Research Project </a></blockquote>', 'NTEN and M+R Strategic Services Annual Benchmark Study', 'See how 34+ earth-friendly nonprofits stack up: A free report offers a compendium of tactics and results.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'nten-and-mr-strategic-services-annual-benchmark-study', '', '', '2011-09-15 15:31:27', '2011-09-15 22:31:27', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4645', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4551, 3, '2011-10-07 16:25:47', '2011-10-07 23:25:47', '<blockquote>There is a general understanding among journalists these days that flourishing in today’s media landscape involves more interaction with and responsiveness to our communities. Community engagement is often cited in future-of-news conversations as a key to continued success. Nine out of 10 editors in a <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/news/highlights-2011-journalists-engagement-survey\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2011 Reynolds Journalism Institute survey</a> said they were talking in their newsrooms about how to make the news more social and participatory. The survey reinforced, however, that editors aren’t sure what exactly that means or how to go about it.\n\nThis discussion guide is an attempt to help get folks started.\n\nAs part of my <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/people/joy-mayer\" target=\"_blank\">2010-2011 RJI Fellowship</a> (“Ditch the Lecture. Join the Conversation.”), I spent several months interviewing journalists about their changing relationships with their communities. I focused on their attitudes and actions toward their intended news consumers. Along the way, I took notes about the questions these journalists seemed to be pondering, and of the tips and strategies they shared with me. I grouped those strategies into <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/blog/three-kinds-engagement-outreach-conversation-collaboration\" target=\"_blank\">three categories of engagement</a>: outreach, conversation and collaboration.\n\nYou’ll find many of their ideas on the following pages, and I’m indebted to everyone who shared their time and expertise with me.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/news/community-engagement\" target=\"_blank\">Reynolds Journalism Institute</a></blockquote>', 'Community engagement: A practical conversation guide for newsrooms', 'Joy Mayer\'s newsroom discussion guide is a \"first of its kind\" offering insight, tips, techniques and tools to inspire and deepen engagement across the newsroom and with the audiences served.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'community-engagement-a-practical-conversation-guide-for-newsrooms', '', '', '2011-10-07 16:25:47', '2011-10-07 23:25:47', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4551', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(4569, 14, '2011-09-16 12:57:05', '2011-09-16 19:57:05', '<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3508\" title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja-bug.png\" alt=\"Journalism Accelerator\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" />\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>Journalism Accelerator (JA) brings a different kind of service model to market; we are taking the approach as entrepreneurs launching a startup. As the JA has sought expertise from the field, we’ve had the good fortune of some top notch consulting from Rusty Coats. Rusty is a new media news business thought leader with deep expertise in successful content product development. The first question Rusty asked us was “so, what’s your exit strategy?” What a great place to assess the unique value a product or service brings to targeted communities! We were inspired by this question and the thinking behind it. And thought our community might be as well.</em></p>\n\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About the Author</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rusty-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/rcoats/\">Rusty Coats</a> is <a href=\"http://www.coats2coats.com/rusty.html\" target=\"_blank\">President</a>, <a href=\"http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/47212\" target=\"_blank\">author</a> and cofounder of <a href=\"http://www.coats2coats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Coats2Coats</a>, a consulting firm focused on a media future that is mobile, participatory and <a href=\"http://www.coats2coats.com/wordpress/2011/04/26/as-traditional-media-revenues-decline-digital-dollars-grow/\" target=\"_blank\">sustainable</a>. He and his partner, Janet Coats, work with <a href=\"http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/speakers/name/rusty_coats/\" target=\"_blank\">clients</a> including startups, foundations, media companies and academia. He has worked in interactive media since 1992 for a variety of media and research companies, with positions ranging from a reporter covering Silicon Valley to website manager to corporate overlord.\n\n</div>\n<strong>For most startups, it’s the second question its founders answer – right after articulating the vision of the company.</strong> The more startups I work with, the more Zen I find that dynamic:\n<ul>\n	<li>Step 1: Here is why we exist.</li>\n	<li>Step 2: Here is how we will exit.</li>\n</ul>\nIt reminds me very much of an underlying theme in the 1996 film “Phenomenon,” in which the protagonist, inexplicably gifted with amazing powers that also shorten his life, says: <strong>“Everything is on its way to something else.”</strong> Biology and economics have life cycles that begin, grow, peak, diminish, plateau, diversify and even reproduce. The key is being aware of this reality – and planning for it.\n\n<strong>The news entrepreneur space has seen an explosion of life.</strong> Some counts have neighborhood and niche news sites numbering in the 400s. All are small businesses – some with nonprofit tax status, some profitable enterprises. And all of them will become something different than they are now. <!--more-->\n\n<div id=\"attachment_4609\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px; margin: auto 15px 15px auto;\">\n\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4609\" title=\"Robo News dispensary Tomorrowland Disney World\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/robo-news-200.jpg\" alt=\"Robo News dispensary Tomorrowland Disney World\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" />\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">RoboNewz dispensary in Tomorrowland at Disney World. Photo by Rusty Coats.</p>\n\n</div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>They may:</strong>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 225px;\">\n	<li>Sell their site and assets to someone – another site, network of sites.</li>\n	<li>Go public.</li>\n	<li>Merge with someone.</li>\n	<li>Buy someone else’s operation.</li>\n	<li>Turn over the site to a family member.</li>\n	<li>Change incorporation status.</li>\n	<li>Franchise.</li>\n	<li>Become their own endowed foundation.</li>\n	<li>Simply cease operating.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>The key is to have that conversation before the conversation has you.</strong>\n\nStartups define a successful exit strategy by necessity. Investors don’t want to be in your business forever; they just want to know how and when you’ll cash in their chips. Local small businesses and franchises are the same. If you apply for a small business loan, banks want to know how and when you’ll repay it – and how you’ll grow from there.\n\n<strong>Even self-funded, owner-operated businesses have exit plans.</strong>\n\nFoundations are starting to have the same conversation. Funders may call it sustainability, but the implication is clear: <strong>They want some assurance that their grants are funding something that is viable in the long-term – or contributes something to others if it is not.</strong> That is a critical part of business exit strategies: Capturing the value of what was learned.\n\n<strong>A starter kit on exit strategies includes a few key elements:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>What exit strategy you desire. Use the list above.</li>\n	<li>How investments will be repaid. Even if you’re self- or foundation-funded, this is a good exercise. This focuses you on the accumulated value of your enterprise and how you’re refilling the coffers.</li>\n	<li>Who are the key investors/contributors and how will they be affected by the exit strategy? List everyone who has a stake in your operation. They may not get anything (I have plenty of worthless IPO promises, believe me) but you should correlate their contribution with a specific value.</li>\n	<li>How is knowledge being captured now and how will it be transferred. This is particularly of interest to funders right now.</li>\n	<li>When you expect this to occur.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>So what is your exit strategy?</strong>', 'What is your exit strategy?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'what-is-your-exit-strategy', '', '', '2011-09-16 12:57:05', '2011-09-16 19:57:05', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4569', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(4655, 3, '2011-09-16 16:04:39', '2011-09-16 23:04:39', '<blockquote>\"The Knight Foundation uses assessment as a tool for planning, learning and improvement.\n\nIn partnership with our grantees, we work to support media innovation, community engagement and the arts. Evaluating our efforts in these areas provides us with the opportunity to learn collectively about what’s working most effectively. The purpose of our assessment activities is to provide timely and actionable insights that help our grantees strengthen the implementation of their projects and help our program teams design and execute their strategies.\nWe strive to create a culture of shared learning that increases our grantees’ impact and advances the foundation’s mission by supporting ongoing improvement and adaptation.\n\nGUIDING PRINCIPLES\n\nCertain core principles guide our approach to assessment:\n<ul>\n	<li>Assessment should provide actionable information tied to key decision making and planning efforts.</li>\n	<li>Assessment should be as participatory and collaborative as possible, so that grantees have ownership over the process and the findings.</li>\n	<li>Assessment should be integrated into all aspects of our work, rather than treated as something that only happens when a project ends.</li>\n	<li>Assessment should be shared publicly with the field to communicate what we and our grantees are learning, so that all can benefit.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://knightfoundation.org/publications/\" target=\"_blank\">The Knight Foundation</a></li>\n</ul>\n</blockquote>', 'The Knight Foundation Shares What They’re Learning', 'Knight’s beta site is rich with research, reflection and reports from the field of news on innovation and experiments underway.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-knight-foundation-shares-what-theyre-learning', '', '', '2011-09-16 16:04:39', '2011-09-16 23:04:39', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4655', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(4663, 3, '2011-09-16 16:24:50', '2011-09-16 23:24:50', '<blockquote>A new report for <a href=\"http://www.cct.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicago Community Trust</a> analyzes news flows in Chicago and provides a thought-provoking analysis of the city’s emerging news ecosystem and the roles of key information providers and sharers. It also shows the potential power of Web savvy community news start ups and nontraditional information providers as a new news environment takes shape.\n\nThis latest report is “<a href=\"http://www.cct.org/sites/cct.org/files/CNM_LinkingAudiences_0611.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Linking Audiences to News – A Network Analysis of Chicago Websites</a>” (pdf) by Rich Gordon, professor of digital media at Medill, and Zachary Johnson, CEO of <a href=\"http://www.syndiosocial.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Syndio Social</a>.\n\nTogether with last year’s <a href=\"http://www.cct.org/impact/partnerships-initiatives/expanding-information-access/community-news-matters/summit\" target=\"_blank\">News That Matters</a>, a survey to determine how news Chicago residents actually define their information needs, the Trust research is a refreshing departure from more traditional research frames that focus on institutional providers of information without fully connecting them to what consumers actually receive and what they say they need.\n\nIn the dynamic local news environment, it’s impossible to predict the shape of things to come. But this report clearly signals the emergence of institutional information sources (the local transportation agency, the museum) and micro local news start ups as key players.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.informationneeds.org/chicago-community-trust-study-links-foster-healthy-online-info-flows\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle McLellan, Community Information Needs </a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Linking Audiences to News: A Network Analysis of Chicago Websites', 'Looking at the network effect within a larger media landscape offers smart analysis of how producers and consumers of news can connect, share or remain separated.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'linking-audiences-to-news-a-network-analysis-of-chicago-websites', '', '', '2011-09-16 16:24:50', '2011-09-16 23:24:50', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4663', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4671, 3, '2011-09-16 16:40:49', '2011-09-16 23:40:49', '<blockquote><a href=\"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/publicinsightjournalism/about/\" target=\"_blank\">The Public Insight Network (PIN)</a> is a powerful database of over 85,000 people who help to shape and deepen local and national public radio news coverage by volunteering their personal knowledge, experience, and opinions. Members of the network provide basic information about themselves and their areas of expertise, and receive periodic emails from their local newsroom soliciting their thoughts on issues that the station plans to cover. As Public Insight Network editor Andrew Haeg explains, reporter working on a series or piece on healthcare, could reach out into the network and find nurses and patients and doctors and administrators, sifting through responses to “see what themes and patterns emerge.”\n\nThe concept of Public Insight Journalism, with the PIN as its centerpiece, was originally pioneered by <a href=\"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Public Radio</a> in response to what Haeg describes as “a big disconnect between what was going on in the newsroom — the decisions we were making, our editorial meetings — and what was going on out there in the community.\" The PIN was designed to bridge that divide, pioneering what the Public Insight Journalism website describes as, “a new model of journalism to meet the needs of today\'s open-source society...built on genuine partnership between news media and the public.”\n\nThis network-driven structure moves beyond what Haeg calls “Rolodex journalism” — relying on a small and trusted group of sources for news tips and suggestions for coverage. “We all know that people out there in the community have a much better feel for what\'s actually going on on-the-ground,” he says, “and if you can include them in the conversation, you\'re going to be much better off.”\n\nThis method of engaging the community in the process of newsgathering has steadily gained traction in public radio newsrooms since its launch in 2003, and has spread beyond Minnesota Public Radio and its parent organization, <a href=\"http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/\" target=\"_blank\">American Public Media</a>, to local stations nationwide.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/future-public-media/public-media-showcase/public-insight-network-gains-traction-empowering-users-sou\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Social Media</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Public Insight Network', 'Creating a way for citizens to participate in news and reporting, PIN counts over 120,000 people in their network, with new funding to add 100,000 more while working with 45 newsrooms nationwide.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'public-insight-network', '', '', '2011-09-16 16:40:49', '2011-09-16 23:40:49', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4671', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4798, 3, '2011-09-21 15:24:01', '2011-09-21 22:24:01', '<blockquote>Free Press is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, quality journalism and universal access to communications.\n\n<strong>Our Purpose</strong>\n\nMedia play a huge role in our lives. TV, radio, the Internet, movies, books and newspapers inform and influence our ideas, opinions, values and beliefs. They shape our understanding of the world and give us the information we need to hold our leaders accountable. But our media system is failing.\n\nThis failure isn\'t natural. For far too long, corrupt media policy has been made behind closed doors in the public\'s name but without our informed consent. If we want better media, we need better media policies. If we want better policies, we must engage more people in policy debates and demand better media.\n\nThat\'s why Free Press was created. We\'re working to make media reform a bona fide political issue in America. Powerful telecommunications, cable and broadcasting companies have plenty of lobbyists to do their bidding. We\'re making sure the public has a seat at the table, and we\'re building a movement to make sure the media serve the public interest.\n\nFree Press believes that media reform is crucial not just for creating better news and entertainment, but to advancing every issue you care about. A vibrant, diverse and independent media is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.freepress.net/about_us\" target=\"_blank\">Freepress.net</a></blockquote>\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>Free Press Campaigns:</strong></h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>Save the News</strong></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4803\" title=\"SaveTheNews\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SaveTheNews.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />\"SaveTheNews.org, a project of <a href=\"http://www.freepress.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Free Press</a>, is leading the search for new public policies to promote a robust free press in America.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">SaveTheNews.org is a campaign to fight for better media in our communities. We are working to support innovative, quality journalism; to create a first-class public media system; to promote diverse and local media ownership that serves our communities; and to involve the American people in the process.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Journalism is a vital public good — not just another commodity. The Founders understood that an informed and engaged public was crucial to a healthy democracy; that’s why the press enjoys special protection in the First Amendment. However, the modern media culture bears only a faint resemblance to the vigorous and diligent press the Founders envisioned. The challenge before us is to identify the structures and policies that can help rebuild our media.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.savethenews.org/welcome\" target=\"_blank\">SaveTheNews.org</a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>Change the Channels</strong></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4804\" title=\"ctc_toolkit\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ctc_toolkit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"125\" />\"Media consolidation is a dangerous problem, reducing the number of independent sources of news—that’s why there are rules to control it. But media companies have devised a way around those rules, and are pursuing profits at the expense of the communities they’re supposed to serve. “Covert consolidation” takes many forms, but the results are the same: Media companies pad their bottom line by sacrificing local journalism, competition and diversity. In many cases, one news team produces a single newscast for multiple stations. The result: less news about your community and fewer journalists holding our leaders accountable.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Worst of all, stations claim they don’t have to report these deals to anyone.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">At changethechannels.org, you can join with others in your community to demand change at the local level. Help uncover these dirty deals; submit video and information to our national database; and take action to pressure local broadcasters. Together we’ll build a case against covert consolidation that the Federal Communications Commission won’t be able to ignore.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.savethenews.org/changethechannels\" target=\"_blank\">SaveTheNews.org</a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>Save the Internet</strong></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5483\" title=\"savetheinternet\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/savetheinternet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"72\" />\"The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is two million everyday people who have banded together with thousands of nonprofit organizations, businesses and bloggers to protect Internet freedom.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">The <a href=\"http://www.savetheinternet.com/statement-principles\">Coalition believes</a> that the Internet is a crucial engine for economic growth, civic engagement and free speech. We\'re working together to preserve Net Neutrality, the First Amendment of the Internet, which ensures that the Internet remains open to new ideas, innovation and voices.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Because of Net Neutrality, the Internet has always been a level playing field. People everywhere can have their voices heard by thousands, even millions, of others online. The SavetheInternet.com Coalition wants our leaders in Washington to pass strong Net Neutrality protections. We\'re calling on the president, Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to stand with the public and keep the Internet open.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.savetheinternet.com/\" target=\"_blank\">savetheinternet.com</a></p>', 'Free Press', 'Big fans of the First Amendment, Free Press supports our nation’s right to be informed. Advocates of the public good, their campaigns preserve and expand the possibilities for journalism.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'free-press', '', '', '2011-09-21 15:24:01', '2011-09-21 22:24:01', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4798', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(4819, 3, '2011-09-22 16:22:41', '2011-09-22 23:22:41', '<blockquote>While editors at U.S. daily newspapers overwhelmingly say they think audience engagement has become an important part of practicing journalism, they\'re often not sure what that means or how to go about it. Many have yet to embrace tools that allow them to understand and interact with their audiences. Not even half of respondents said that they use social media to listen as well as share information, that they interact with readers in comments sections, or that they use their analytics reports to help make news decisions.\n\nA telephone survey of 529 managing editors, executive editors, and editors of daily community newspapers in March, April and May of 2011, validated that audience engagement is on the minds of editors, and not just the editors I interviewed this year who are on the cutting edge of experimentation. Many acknowledged that their news processes need to be more social and collaborative, and some mentioned hiring people specifically with that in mind. The survey was administered by the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR) of the Missouri School of Journalism.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://rjionline.org/news/highlights-2011-journalists-engagement-survey\" target=\"_blank\">rjionline.org </a></blockquote>', '2011 Journalist Engagement Survey', 'Highlights from Joy Mayer\'s phone survey where 529 editors of daily community newspapers talk engagement.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', '2011-journalist-engagement-survey', '', '', '2011-09-22 16:22:41', '2011-09-22 23:22:41', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4819', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4826, 3, '2011-09-30 15:44:43', '2011-09-30 22:44:43', '<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/how-are-other-community-news-startups-like-the-terminal-who-have-been-in-business-for-a-few-years-building-and-sustaining-their-business-online/\">How are community news startups building and sustaining their business online?</a>\nWhat do you know that might help community news site publishers like Andre Natta make the transition from a startup to a sustainable news business with staying power?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/what-is-your-exit-strategy/\">What is your exit strategy?</a>\nThis is the first question the JA was asked by new media news business expert and consultant Rusty Coats. Rusty offers his take why this is one of the most important questions any news publisher will ever ask. Check out his blog post and share your point of view.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/an-interview-with-mike-fancher-author-of-%E2%80%9Cre-imagining-journalism-local-news-for-a-networked-world%E2%80%9D/\">An interview with Mike Fancher, author of “Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World”</a>\n“The best news sources may very well exist outside of my newsroom...” Mike Fancher\'s paper, 3 years in the making, distills key points into actionable possibilities in a recent interview with JA.\n\n<a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http://ebyline.biz/2011/08/how-freelance-journalists-can-find-sources-through-better-online-searches/ \" target=\"_blank\">How Freelance Journalists Can Find Better Sources Through Online Searches</a>\nCheck out this video for details on strategies to help journalists improve search results and streamline online research.\n\n<a href=\"http://discovertext.com/ \" target=\"_blank\">DiscoverText: A new Web-based text analytic toolkit\n</a>“Unlocking the power of text,” DiscoverText offers new analytic tools to mine text including eDiscovery, public comments, FOIA processing, research and more!\n\n<a href=\"http://careers.guardian.co.uk/journalism-job-tips \" target=\"_blank\">Using online tools and techniques to get a job in journalism: advice from the experts\n</a>A panelist of top notch journalists share tips how to build your professional brand online to advance your career and land gigs.\n\n<a href=\"http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2011/08/16/tool-of-the-week-for-journalists-whoretweetedme/ \" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Tool For Journalists\n</a>Still in beta, released in the UK 8/2011, you can gain useful details on your content, its reach, follower counts and ID who may be most influential to tweet the link.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/what-happens-when-aol-finally-decides-to-go-private/244426/ \" target=\"_blank\">What Happens When AOL Finally Decides to Go Private?\n</a>When “AOLs dial-up revenue disappears, will the dial-up caterpillar transform itself into a Web-publishing butterfly?”\n\n<a href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/sxsw-2012-panels-pick \" target=\"_blank\">SXSW 2012: Electronic Frontier Foundation offers top panel picks\n</a>Sure it’s only September, but SXSW is already in full ramp up. EEF outlines a round up of issues and recommendations on panels you won’t want to miss.', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: September 1 - September 30, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-september-30-2011', '', '', '2011-09-30 15:44:43', '2011-09-30 22:44:43', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4826', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4835, 3, '2011-09-26 16:31:42', '2011-09-26 23:31:42', '<blockquote>Clearly something dramatic has happened to the news business. That something is, of course, the internet, which has disrupted this industry just as it has disrupted so many others. By undermining advertising revenue, making news reports a commodity and blurring the boundaries between previously distinct news organisations, the internet has upended newspapers’ traditional business model. But as well as demolishing old ways of doing things, it has also made new ones possible. As patterns of news consumption shift, much experimentation is under way. The internet may have hurt some newspapers financially, but it has stimulated innovation in journalism...\n\nAs well as making Twitter, Facebook and Google part of the news ecosystem, the internet has also made possible entirely new kinds of specialist news organisations. It has allowed WikiLeaks, for example, to accept documents anonymously and publish them to a global audience, while floating in cyberspace above national jurisdictions, operated by a small, nomadic team. Other newcomers include a host of not-for-profit news organisations that rely on philanthropic funding and specialise in particular kinds of journalism. Many of these new outfits collaborate with traditional news organisations, taking advantage of their broad reach and trusted, established brands.\n\nAll these new inhabitants of the news ecosystem have brought an unprecedented breadth and diversity of news and opinion to the business. This has cast new light on a long-running debate about the politics of journalism: when there are so many sources, does political objectivity become less important?\n\nThis special report will consider all these trends in turn, starting with a look at the state of the industry and the new business models that are emerging. It will argue that as news becomes more social, participatory, diverse and partisan, it is in many ways returning to the more chaotic, freewheeling and politically charged environment of the era before the emergence of mass media in the 19th century. And although the internet has proved hugely disruptive to journalists, for consumers—who now have a wider choice than ever of news sources and ways of accessing them—it has proved an almost unqualified blessing.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/node/18904136\" target=\"_blank\">Bulletins from the future, The Economist</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'The Economist Future of News Series', 'The Economist presents a rich bundle of perspective on the business of news past, future and present.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-economist-future-of-news-series', '', '', '2011-09-26 16:31:42', '2011-09-26 23:31:42', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4835', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4902, 17, '2011-10-05 15:09:23', '2011-10-05 22:09:23', '[caption id=\"attachment_4913\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"199\" caption=\"Emily enjoys fresh, sun-warmed raspberries. Photo by Collin Oldham.\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4913 \" title=\"Emily Harris JA Editorial Director\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Emily_Raspberries-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Harris JA Editorial Director\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" />[/caption]\n\n“What would you really love to do right now?” a friend asked me this summer. Beyond the immediately obvious, she meant. Which meant I had to come up with something besides what I was doing at the moment. Which was, I think, stuffing sun-warmed raspberries in my mouth as fast as I could pick them. <strong>I told her I\'d love to find a way to get into the middle of dissecting and reporting on the changes happening in journalism right now.</strong> And I\'d love to do it writing for a website that was itself trying new things.\n\nLo and behold. As I wrote to <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/lisa-skube/\">Lisa</a>:\n<blockquote>You\'re experimenting, and that is what it\'s all about right now. I also like that you are experimenting while remaining centered around core journalistic values of free-flowing, transparent, accurate information.</blockquote>\nI\'ve reported from places where accurate information could be pretty hard to get, such as Russia soon after the Soviet Union fell apart and Iraq between 2003-2005. Working in a war zone for <a href=\"http://www.npr.org \" target=\"_blank\">NPR</a>, <strong>I learned again how important on-the-ground, eyewitness reporting really is</strong>, and how much better, always, it is to have more than one journalist covering a given story.\n\nWhen I spent a year at Stanford on a <a href=\"http://knight.stanford.edu/ \" target=\"_blank\">Knight Journalism Fellowship</a>, two of my fellowship colleagues got buyout offers. The changing pace and face of journalism couldn\'t have become more clear. Hosting a <a href=\"http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud\" target=\"_blank\">regional talk show</a> on the public broadcasting station in Portland, Oregon, made it obvious people really want to know what\'s going on – at least with issues that directly affect their lives.<!--more-->\n\nSo, what will I learn from the JA? A lot, I trust, about <strong>the value placed on journalism - defined here as accurate, useful information created on the public\'s behalf that gives people a tool to engage as citizens.</strong> And a lot about how publishers, editors and reporters are experimenting with new business models to stay in the game.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4920\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\" caption=\"Emily tramps through the rubble of Iraq&#39;s Ministry of Culture in 2004. Photo by NPR Baghdad staff.  \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4920  \" title=\"Emily Harris in Iraq\'s Ministry of Culture in 2004\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/EmilyHarrisIraq2-e1317848523585.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Harris in Iraq\'s Ministry of Culture in 2004\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />[/caption]\n<p style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto;\">&nbsp;</p>\nAs editorial director, I\'ll help set the tone, but <strong>the JA remains a forum by and about you – and all of us pushing the unwieldy journalism beast forward.</strong>\n\nNow, just for fun, a short favorites list: Three books that have kept me loving my work.\n<ul>\n	<li><em>My War Gone By, I Miss It So</em>. Anthony Loyd gets a heroin high off the Bosnian frontlines and captures the shallow attention to war in his own disaffected writing. I like his no-holds-barred descriptions of what it\'s like there.</li>\n	<li><em>The Walk Book</em>. Janet Cardiff – sound, memory, place. It\'s always a bit over my head but awesome.</li>\n	<li><em>How To Write A Lot</em>. Psych prof Paul J. Silvia sweeps away all the excuses. No special nook? He writes in the bathroom. Oh yeah, and turn off the email.</li>\n</ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;\">\n</span></div>', 'Emily Harris joins the Journalism Accelerator as editorial director', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'emily-harris-joins-the-journalism-accelerator-as-editorial-director', '', '', '2011-10-05 15:09:23', '2011-10-05 22:09:23', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4902', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4948, 3, '2011-10-03 15:11:53', '2011-10-03 22:11:53', '<blockquote>The National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP) is the only nonpartisan, nonprofit organization revealing the influence of campaign money on state-level elections and public policy in all 50 states. Our comprehensive and verifiable campaign-finance database and relevant issue analyses are available for free through our Web site FollowTheMoney.org.\n\nWe encourage transparency and promote independent investigation of state-level campaign contributions by journalists, academic researchers, public-interest groups, government agencies, policymakers, students and the public at large.\n\nEvery two years, Institute data acquisition specialists collect, input and upload more than 90,000 contribution reports filed by 15,500 statewide, legislative and judicial candidates, 250 political party committees and 500 ballot measure committees in the 50 states. Researchers standardize donor names and code over $2 billion in contributions to 400 business categories and other interests. Programmers create open access to the records and attract thousands of users to the information. Staff also introduce users to the tools and resources and work with dozens of reporters to answer questions and provide custom data sets for their investigation.\n\nThe Institute receives its data in either electronic or paper files from the state disclosure agencies with which candidates must file their campaign finance reports. The Institute collects the information for all state-level candidates in the primary and general elections and then puts it into a database.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.followthemoney.org/Newsroom/MediaKit/index.phtml\" target=\"_blank\">followthemoney.org </a></blockquote>', 'The National Institute on Money in State Politics: Follow the Money', 'A treasure trove of data to help you inform your communities; follow the Money is the only program in the nation that provides high-quality campaign spending data across all fifty states to further the public good.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-national-institute-on-money-in-state-politics-follow-the-money', '', '', '2011-10-03 15:11:53', '2011-10-03 22:11:53', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4948', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(4954, 3, '2011-10-04 15:27:11', '2011-10-04 22:27:11', '<blockquote>The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Entrepreneurship Corner is a free online archive of entrepreneurship resources for teaching and learning. The mission of the project is to support and encourage faculty around the world who teach entrepreneurship to future scientists and engineers, as well as those in management and other disciplines. The site has been developed by a dynamic team of educators, entrepreneurs, engineers, and designers at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).\n\nThe Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is the entrepreneurship education and research center located within the School of Engineering at Stanford University. The center is hosted by the department of Management Science and Engineering. The mission of the center is to build a world-class center dedicated to accelerating high-technology entrepreneurship research and education for engineers and scientists worldwide. STVP supports academic research on high-technology entrepreneurship and teaches a wide range of courses to science and engineering students on campus. The outreach efforts include annual conferences, campus-wide collaboration, and dissemination of teaching content through the ECorner website.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://ecorner.stanford.edu/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">eCorner</a></blockquote>', 'eCorner', 'Stanford University’s collection of videos and podcasts featuring lectures by entrepreneurial thought leaders. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'ecorner', '', '', '2011-10-04 15:27:11', '2011-10-04 22:27:11', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4954', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4957, 3, '2011-10-05 15:27:11', '2011-10-05 22:27:11', '<blockquote>If February’s weather kept you away from New York and the <a href=\"http://www.paleycenter.org/mc-news-frontier-2\" target=\"_blank\">Future of Journalism Education</a> conference at the Paley Center for Media, you weren’t alone. But you can still visit the center’s website to see some seven hours of streaming video about the needs of 21st century journalists, including  entrepreneurial ideas, new relationships with their audiences, new online tools — and, in the words of the <a href=\"http://paleycenter.org/carnegie-knight-initiative\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie-Knight Initiative</a>, “an in-depth understanding of the context and complexity of issues facing the modern world”…\n\nDeans, faculty and students from 14 graduate schools of journalism participated in the Carnegie-funded event which, whether it solved anything or not, certainly featured well-informed and thought-provoking discussions...\n\nFrom a newspaper perspective, panelists included executives and journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The St. Petersburg Times, the Associated Press  and The Guardian, whose New York bureau chief described a contemporary reporting position — his own — in which he can write a 2,000-word analysis in the morning and “tweet” his way through an afternoon typing 140-character online Twitter updates from another news event.\n\nThe Future of Journalism Education event (well-Tweeted itself by <a href=\"http://twitter.com/paleycenter\" target=\"_blank\">@paleycenter</a> and others as <a href=\"http://twitter.com/search?q=%23paleynews\" target=\"_blank\">#paleynews</a>), included an hour-long discussion by Alberto Ibargüen and Vartan Gregorian of the Knight and Carnegie foundations, respectively, and a roundtable on the <a href=\"http://newsinitiative.org/initiative/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie-Knight Initiative</a>‘s News 21 journalism education project.” <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://aejmc.net/news/?p=366\" target=\"_blank\">Newspaper and Online News</a></blockquote>', 'The Future of Journalism Education', 'A rich collection of videos and articles from a gathering at the Paley Center for Media to discuss journalism education for the 21st century.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-future-of-journalism-education', '', '', '2011-10-05 15:27:11', '2011-10-05 22:27:11', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4970, 3, '2011-10-06 16:19:32', '2011-10-06 23:19:32', '<blockquote>The Media Consortium is a network of the country’s leading independent journalism organizations. We support smart, powerful and passionate journalism that redefines American political and cultural debate. The Media Consortium is creating a solid cooperative infrastructure that will serve a 21st-century audience and offer a sustainable future for independent media. Millions of Americans are looking for honest, fair, and accurate journalism-We’re finding new ways to reach them. Our strategy has three focal points: Making Connections, Building Infrastructure, and Amplifying Our Voice.\n\n<strong>Making Connections</strong>\nThrough meetings and collaboratively built projects, The Media Consortium enables our members to build relationships, strategize, and constructively work together to reinvent the independent media sphere.\n\n<strong>Building Infrastructure</strong>\nWe’re analyzing who reads, watches and listens to our members’ work so that we can reach millions more Americans looking for honest journalism. We’re making joint investments in training, technology-sharing, advertising, promotions and learning how to communicate effectively with one another.\n\n<strong>Amplifying Our Voice</strong>\nIt’s time to do together what we can not do alone. The Media Consortium seeks to fulfill the role of media in a democracy. We’re strengthening a vibrant, fact-based community of independent journalism producers that educate, inform and engage citizens to create the world to which we all aspire.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.themediaconsortium.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Media Consortium</a></blockquote>', 'The Media Consortium', 'A network of leading independent journalists across the US, The Media Consortium provides rich research, analysis and recommendations for a sustainable future for independent media.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-media-consortium', '', '', '2011-10-06 16:19:32', '2011-10-06 23:19:32', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4970', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(4982, 3, '2011-10-07 16:43:17', '2011-10-07 23:43:17', '<blockquote>[OpenMissouri.org] offers information on what data sets government agencies have. First of all, while governmental agencies collect a great deal of information, much of it is not available online. Nor is what is collected always publicized or well known.\n\nThis site lists what information is available. Think of it as a directory of information that’s collected by the state of Missouri.\n\nOpenMissouri.org lists what data sets exists, what format the data set is in (i.e. Excel, Word document), the date the data was collected or time period which it covers, how often it is updated, any fixed cost for the database, the agency that collects the information, contact information and so forth.\n\nAnyone can use this information, from citizens to journalists to businesses.\n\nThe site was officially launched in March 2011 and is the result of Herzog’s Donald W. Reynolds Fellowship. Herzog is a veteran investigative reporter, data journalist and educator. He teaches computer-assisted reporting (CAR) and data mapping to student and professional journalists.\n\nThe site includes an avenue to suggest additional data sets, comment on the sets and ways to use social media to share the information on the site. The site will eventually include a Sunshine letter generator to allow anyone to ask an agency to provide the information listed as available.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://columbiafreelanceforum.com/2011/09/09/openmissouri-org-a-website-directory-of-available-government-data-sets/\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia Freelance Forum</a></blockquote>', 'OpenMissouri.org', 'David Herzog\'s Open Missouri project delivers the state\'s largest independent directory of government databases, with tips to help empower citizens, journalists and communities.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'open-missouri-org', '', '', '2011-10-07 16:43:17', '2011-10-07 23:43:17', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=4982', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(5004, 3, '2011-10-12 15:30:38', '2011-10-12 22:30:38', '<blockquote>The National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) is a nonpartisan network of state and regional open government groups and advocates headquartered at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri. The organization’s ongoing work is supported, primarily, by a $2 million, three-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. NFOIC’s core work and mission includes public education and advocacy to foster government transparency, especially at the state and local levels. Key components of that work are grant making, convening and other services that help to strengthen and support affiliated state and regional groups. Another signature initiative, since the beginning of its current sustaining grant, is the administration of a legal fund to fuel and assist the pursuit of important FOI and access cases.\n\nThe NFOIC serves as the cornerstone of the movement to protect the public’s “right to know” through access to governmental records and meetings, particularly at the state and local levels. It also seeks to be an effective voice and champion for greater government transparency at all levels by educating about and defending against constant legislative and judicial threats that would erode hard-won rights of access and allow more governmental secrecy.\" <strong>Source</strong>: Ken Bunting, Executive Director, NFOIC\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'National Freedom of Information Coalition', 'With a goal of \"ensuring everyone’s right to information,\" the National Freedom of Information Coalition has been actively supporting state member groups\' and journalists\' right of open access to information since 1991.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'national-freedom-of-information-coalition', '', '', '2011-10-12 15:30:38', '2011-10-12 22:30:38', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5004', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(5044, 3, '2011-10-14 10:01:52', '2011-10-14 17:01:52', '<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/emily-harris-joins-the-journalism-accelerator-as-editorial-director/\">Emily Harris joins the Journalism Accelerator as editorial director</a>\nDeepening capacity for the JA community, welcome Emily Harris! Veteran correspondent and conversationalist, Emily heads up editorial. Check out our blog for the rest of the story.\n\n<a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http://www.inboundwriter.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Inbound Writer ups the yield on outbound goods</a>\nA tool to gain “real-time social intelligence on what your audience is reading, sharing &amp; talking about during the content creation process.”\n\n<a href=\"http://authenticallylocal.com/ \" target=\"_blank\">Authenticallylocal.com</a>\n45 independently-owned hyperlocal news sites joined forces to create Authentically Local, “a branding campaign to emphasize the importance of supporting homegrown media, stores and places.”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.blockbyblock.us/sample-page/block-by-block-sites/community-sites/ \" target=\"_blank\"> Block by Block Community Sites</a>\nSome of the brightest local publishers and editors of independent local startups, both for-profit and nonprofit, can be found here.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/streetfight-inside-the-business-of-hyperlocal/\"> Streetfight gets in the ring to support hyperlocal publishers</a>\nA media, events and research company focused on the business of hyperlocal news networks.\n\n<a href=\"http://businessjournalism.org/category/workshops/\" target=\"_blank\"> Free Trainings from the Reynolds School of Business Journalism</a>\nTouting more than 10,000 journalists served, publishers can find high-quality free online training, regional workshops and useful tips.\n\n<a href=\"http://philanthropy.com/section/Ideas-Advice/266/\" target=\"_blank\"> Philanthropy.com offers advice, recommendations and best practices</a>\nHigh-quality resource to get a fix on smart practices philanthropists are watching nonprofits bring to market.\n\n<a href=\"http://paidcontent.org/article/419-bostonglobe.com-launches-today-shifts-to-subscribers-only-oct.-1/\" target=\"_blank\"> BostonGlobe.Com Launches; Shifts To Paying Subscribers Only Oct. 1</a>\nA subscription only site, three-fourths of the newspaper’s content will now only be available on BostonGlobe.com.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/leadership_blog/comments/20110905_the_seattle_times_newsroom_reorganization_reflects_new_priorities/ \" target=\"_blank\"> The Seattle Times: Newsroom reorganization reflects new priorities</a>\nA new structure recognizes three key roles for the organization: creation, curation and community.', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: September 30 - October 14, 2011', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-october-14-2011', '', '', '2011-10-14 10:01:52', '2011-10-14 17:01:52', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5044', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5055, 3, '2011-10-17 12:17:42', '2011-10-17 19:17:42', '<blockquote>OpenSecrets.org is the nation\'s premier website tracking the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens\' lives.\n\nThe Center for Responsive Politics launched the website following the 1996 elections. Before that time, the Center, founded in 1983 by U.S. Sens. Frank Church (D-Idaho) and Hugh Scott (R-Pa.), published its work tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy in extensive reports and books. The first Open Secrets book, published in 1990, was a massive 1,300 pages and analyzed contributions by political action committees in the 1988 congressional elections. Featuring contributor profiles for every member of Congress, it was an unprecedented resource that illuminated money\'s role in congressional elections and policymaking. Open Secrets also profiled the spending patterns of interest groups and major industries, and included an extensive \"Big Picture\" section on the patterns of PAC spending and the flow of PAC dollars to each congressional committee. The second edition of Open Secrets, published in 1992, added an analysis of large individual donations — a mammoth task that had never before been attempted.\n\nThe OpenSecrets.org website not only allowed the Center to expand its reach beyond those willing to invest in its voluminous and expensive publication, but also greatly accelerated the timing and depth of its analysis, making the Center\'s research more readily available to those making decisions about candidates, policy and the influence of money. For the 1998 elections, the Center produced online contribution profiles for every federal candidate well before Election Day. For the 2000 elections, the Center unveiled several new groundbreaking features on <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">OpenSecrets.org</a>, including detailed contribution profiles of more than 100 industries and special interest areas, fund-raising breakdowns for federal party committees and analyses of contributions from special interests to members of specific congressional committees.\n\nToday, the Center has expanded the information it analyzes beyond just the Federal Election Commission\'s offerings on campaign finance. OpenSecrets.org has become a clearinghouse for data and analysis on multiple aspects of money in politics — the independent interest groups flooding politics with <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/\" target=\"_blank\">outside spending</a>, <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/\" target=\"_blank\">federal lobbying</a>, Washington\'s <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/\" target=\"_blank\">\"revolving door\"</a>, <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/earmarks/\" target=\"_blank\">federal earmarks</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/\" target=\"_blank\">personal finances</a> of members of Congress, the president and other officials.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/about/tour.php\" target=\"_blank\">Opensecrets.org</a></blockquote>', 'OpenSecrets.org', '“Counting cash to make change,” this Center for Responsive Politics site tracks money in U.S. politics, its impact on policy and people. Comprehensive, non-partisan data on election spending.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'opensecrets-org', '', '', '2011-10-17 12:17:42', '2011-10-17 19:17:42', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5055', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(5057, 3, '2011-10-18 12:30:16', '2011-10-18 19:30:16', '<blockquote>The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press was created in 1970 at a time when the nation\'s news media faced a wave of government subpoenas asking reporters to name confidential sources...\n\nBy the time executive director Lucy A. Dalglish took over in 2000, the Committee was poised to build on its considerable reputation. After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the Committee became the nation\'s leading authority on efforts to prevent important information from reaching the public. Its \"Homefront Confidential\" reports and \"Behind the Homefront\" weblog are authoritative summaries of what has happened to the public\'s right to know in the post-9/11 world.\n\nIn recent years, the Committee has taken the lead in building coalitions with other media-related organizations to protect reporters\' rights to keep sources confidential and to keep an eye on legislative efforts that impact the public\'s right to know. It also has aggressively sought opportunities to speak out nationwide through amicus curiae briefs filed on behalf of journalists.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.rcfp.org/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Reporters Committee</a></blockquote>', 'The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press', 'Offering loads of resources and legal perspective, “the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court.” ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-reporters-committee-for-freedom-of-the-press', '', '', '2011-10-18 12:30:16', '2011-10-18 19:30:16', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5057', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5102, 3, '2011-10-18 12:33:24', '2011-10-18 19:33:24', '<blockquote>Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.\n\nA new form of commerce and patronage. This is not about investment or lending. Project creators keep 100% ownership and control over their work. Instead, they offer products and experiences that are unique to each project.\n\nAll or nothing funding. On Kickstarter, a project must reach its funding goal before time runs out or no money changes hands. Why? It protects everyone involved. Creators aren’t expected to develop their project without necessary funds, and it allows anyone to test concepts without risk.\n\nEach and every project is the independent creation of someone like you. Projects are big and small, serious and whimsical, traditional and experimental. They’re inspiring, entertaining and unbelievably diverse.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a></blockquote>', 'Kickstarter', 'From Occupy Wallstreet to public art, Kickstarter brings a new form of commerce and patronage to market. Type in \"journalism\" to find a whole raft of projects!', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'kickstarter', '', '', '2011-10-18 12:33:24', '2011-10-18 19:33:24', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5102', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(5107, 3, '2011-10-19 12:40:45', '2011-10-19 19:40:45', '<blockquote>\"The Fresh Outlook is independent of politicial, religious or financial ties. The newspaper is owned by a regulated not-for-profit organisation, FreshTies, based in the United Kingdom, and which works for people’s rights, needs and opportunities.\n\nThe Fresh Outlook is young in many ways. The newspaper was recently set up, and our newsroom journalists, including the editors, are young professionals. We’ve all come together, and people keep joining with us, through a shared belief in the need for an independent and responsible worldwide media.\n\nAlso, in line with the work of its parent not-for-profit organisation, The Fresh Outlook is here to ensure consistent coverage of human rights and challenge injustice, which you can all play a part in.\n\n<strong>The independence to inform.</strong>\n\nThere’s nothing preachy here. The Fresh Outlook and the News Network is the result of believing in traditional skills and values of journalism to reflect the world and its people- as it is. Our independence, and a ‘fresh outlook’ means opportunities for up and coming journalists to grow and be part of a worldwide media to:\n<ul>\n	<li>Get published, get a break and help them into careers.</li>\n	<li>Break news that is worthy of headlines.</li>\n	<li>Broaden the news agenda.</li>\n	<li>Ensure consistent coverage of human rights.</li>\n	<li>Challenge injustice through investigative journalism.</li>\n	<li>Increase the diversity of journalists to better reflect our world.</li>\n	<li>Ensure more accurate portrayal of people and cultures. <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.thefreshoutlook.com/?page_id=127\" target=\"_blank\">The Fresh Outlook</a></li>\n</ul>\n</blockquote>', 'The Fresh Outlook&#039;s News Network', '“Telling it like it is,” this online hub is a UK based, globally focused nonprofit covering stories to broaden the lens and out issues to empower citizens across geographic communities.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-fresh-outlooks-news-network', '', '', '2011-10-19 12:40:45', '2011-10-19 19:40:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5107', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5113, 3, '2011-10-20 13:06:00', '2011-10-20 20:06:00', '<blockquote>Today, the <a title=\"CIR\" href=\"http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Investigative Reporting</a> (CIR) is releasing “<a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/project/reinventing-journalism\" target=\"_blank\">Reinventing Journalism</a>,” Executive Director Robert Rosenthal’s personal account of joining CIR and launching <a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California Watch</a>, it’s statewide investigative team. The goal of the report, written at the request of the <a title=\"Knight Foundation\" href=\"http://knightfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</a>, is to help other nonprofit reporting ventures learn from CIR’s experience and to shed light on where the rapidly changing landscape of journalism, and especially investigative reporting, might be headed.\n\nAs he says in the opening paragraph, Robert had no idea what he was getting into when he walked into CIR in 2008. “Reinventing Journalism” is his personal account of finding his way: from his own history as a copyboy and young reporter, to assignments around the world, to being in the ring for the collapse of the traditional media business model, to seizing the opportunity to create a new kind of journalism organization, to his own evolution from journalist to what he calls “salesman/evangelical entrepreneur.”\n\n“Reinventing Journalism” is available <a href=\"http://californiawatch.org/project/reinventing-journalism\" target=\"_blank\">online</a>, as a PDF and a free eBook.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://investigativenewsnetwork.org/news/reinventing-journalism-personal-journey\" target=\"_blank\">Investigative News Network</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Reinventing Journalism: A Personal Journey', 'From launching California Watch to leading the Center for Investigative Reporting, Executive Director Robert J. Rosenthal shares his game strategy and tips for success.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'reinventing-journalism-a-personal-journey', '', '', '2011-10-20 13:06:00', '2011-10-20 20:06:00', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5113', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5119, 17, '2011-10-21 11:05:40', '2011-10-21 18:05:40', '[caption id=\"attachment_5128\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"450\" caption=\"Local news broadcast from Portland, Oregon. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Shark-Bite.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5128  \" title=\"Local news broadcast from Portland, Oregon\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Shark-Bite.jpg\" alt=\"Local news broadcast from Portland, Oregon\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Next week in our forum we’re asking you:</strong> <em>What is the value of local TV news? How can communities up their yield and maximize return from this powerful and well branded medium? What are the risks of major changes like station consolidation or pay-for-play ads? What innovations in local television news hold the most promise?</em>\n\nTwo weeks in as editorial director with the JA and I know a heck of a lot more about local TV news than I ever did before. (Even though I started in VERY local TV – the school district news channel when I was in high school.)\n\nOf course, if you\'ve spent any time in a newsroom, you\'ve probably spent time near a bank of TV news stations blaring. But in this era of mobile, social and on-demand news, <strong>I didn\'t realize that </strong><a href=\"http://www.mediasalestoday.com/archives/2627\" target=\"_blank\">around three-quarters of Americans still rely on the TV</a><strong> to find out what\'s going on in their home towns and communities.</strong> I also didn\'t realize how deep passion runs to make the most of this resource.\n\n<strong><strong>A sneak peek of our <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">forum</a> on the value of local TV news:</strong></strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>From Mark Platte, news director of </strong><a href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii News Now</a>, which runs news programs on three TV stations and a joint website: “We spend a lot of time on weather, we have excellent weather and excellent traffic. But I think you can\'t beat the immediacy. The immediacy of news, the live aspect of news, being on the scene, being able to live stream, we\'re doing so much more on the web, with video and raw video, that people like. I think that\'s the beauty of TV news.”</li>\n	<li><strong>From Libby Reinish with Free Press\'s</strong> <a href=\"http://www.savethenews.org/changethechannels\" target=\"_blank\">Change the Channels campaign</a> against station consolidation: “No one would stand up and say this [local TV news] is great. But I think it\'s too quick to call it a lost cause. I think it\'s really important to keep in mind that broadcasters have made a bargain with public – and it\'s really important to envision what it <em><strong>could</strong></em> look like, and what value it <em><strong>could</strong></em> provide to community.\"</li>\n	<li>From the <a href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/info-needs-communities\" target=\"_blank\">FCC\'s recent report</a> on the information needs of communities: “Far from being nearly-extinct dinosaurs, the traditional media players—<strong>TV stations and newspapers—have emerged as the largest providers of local news online.”</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>From Hofstra University\'s <a href=\"http://bobpapper.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Papper</a> and his latest survey of the broadcast landscape</strong> for RTDNA: “It\'s not simply that television and radio stations are doing more with social media these days, it\'s also that—at least in the case of TV—they\'re doing something different.”<!--more--></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>It\'s a crucial time for local TV.</strong> Well branded and largely profitable, local stations are aggressively migrating to on-demand and mobile; restructuring models of content and production; breaking down the ad/edit wall further; downsizing, consolidating, and sharing or outsourcing reporting.\n\n<strong>What do you want when you click to the local TV news of the future? </strong>Join the conversation <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">here</a>!\n\n<strong>Our thanks to <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/libnish/\">Libby Reinish</a>, <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/jcstearns/\">Josh Stearns</a> and <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/markplatte/\">Mark Platte</a> who all offer background perspective on the topic:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-more-potential-than-present-value/\">Local TV News: More potential than present value</a></li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-the-beauty-of-immediacy/\">Local TV News: The beauty of immediacy </a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;', 'Tonight at 5 ... passion', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tonight-at-5-passion', '', '', '2011-10-21 11:05:40', '2011-10-21 18:05:40', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5119', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(5285, 17, '2011-10-26 10:13:11', '2011-10-26 17:13:11', '<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3508\" title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja-bug.png\" alt=\"Journalism Accelerator\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" />\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>Despite the proliferation of online sources, <a href=\"http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/pew-local-news-sources.html\" target=\"_blank\">most Americans still rely on local TV</a> to find out what\'s happening in their communities, particularly during big, breaking news. But TV news is changing. Newsrooms are consolidating and stations downsizing. Some share or outsource reporting. </em></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>We at the JA wondered how local TV has changed to inform and interact with local communities.  How might people maximize what they get from this powerful medium with its known brands? What is, we wondered, the value of local TV news? As background for our forum digging into this question, we interviewed a couple of folks who come at this from different perspectives. We sought to better understand their passions and values – what gets them to the beliefs they hold about the value of local TV news?</em></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>Below, meet <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/jcstearns/\">Josh Stearns</a> and <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/libnish/\">Libby Reinish</a> with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/free-press/\">Free Press</a>, an organization currently <a href=\"http://www.savethenews.org/changethechannels\" target=\"_blank\">campaigning against</a> joint station ownership and joint news production. <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-the-beauty-of-immediacy\">Here</a>, read an interview with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/markplatte/\">Mark Platte</a>, a news director running <a href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">one newsroom that feeds three stations</a>. To jump into the JA forum on the potential value of local TV news, click <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news\">here</a><strong>.</strong>\n</em></p>\n\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About Josh and Libby</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/joshstearns-e1319492377896.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/jcstearns/\">Josh Stearns</a> is Associate Director for <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/free-press/\" target=\"_blank\">Free Press</a>, an organization started in 2002 by media scholar Robert W. McChesney and Josh Silver, the current CEO of Democracy Fund. Stearns oversees Free Press campaigns around journalism and media consolidation and writes extensively. <img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/libbyreinish.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" /> <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/libnish/\">Libby Reinish</a> is Free Press\'s Program Coordinator, working to build on-the-ground support for the Free Press Change the Channels campaign. She was a co-founder of Valley Free Radio, a low power station in Northampton, Mass.\n\n</div>\n<em> </em>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>JA: What do you see as the value right now of local TV news to the communities it serves?</strong></span></h4>\nLR: What I see is a medium that has a lot more potential than maybe present value. We have these public airwaves used by commercial broadcasters in exchange for serving the public interest in certain ways. It\'s a service that an overwhelming majority of Americans use as primary source of local news. But no one would stand up and say this is great, I love watching extensive reporting on weather, sports, if it bleeds, it leads. But I think it\'s too quick to call it a lost cause. I think it\'s really important to keep in mind that broadcasters have made a bargain with public – and it\'s really important to envision what [that] <em>could</em> look like, and what value it <em>could</em> provide to community.\n\nJS: I think you\'d get broad agreement that video is one of most powerful mediums of the modern age. Radio, newspaper, everyone has video now. <a href=\"http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/09/the-%E2%80%98vast-wasteland%E2%80%99-reconsidered/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Zuckerman recently said</a> video is becoming the universal human language. Videos move people to action in a way that maybe no other media can. I think that power is what the potential of local news could be. Why aren\'t local news stations using the power of video to address the central issues of our time?\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>You say “nobody would stand up and defend it.” Why do you think people still watch it?</strong></span></h4>\nLR: For one thing, it\'s free, over-the-air broadcasting.\n\nJS: If you look at where local news is produced and who has access to it, there\'s not that many choices. So when it comes to finding out who won the election, what the big debates are at city council, you just don\'t have that many choices. Maybe you have a local paper, if still covers city council. But when people want to find out what happening in their local community they turn to local stations. The brands have been around, and relied on. But they\'re not providing the civic purpose.<!--more-->\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What would your dream version of local TV news look like?</strong></span></h4>\nLR: I don\'t think there\'s a prescription. My dream would reflect what\'s actually going on in the local community. It would serve as a watchdog, hold government and companies accountable, it would have a finger on pulse of what\'s really going on. And it would represent all diverse voices and communities that make up the broadcast area.\n\nJS: This is an interesting thought experiment. The first problem is that out of a 30 minute newscast, eight minutes are commercials. So let\'s say you have 20 minutes. Let\'s allow for a minute of weather. Maybe 2-3 minutes of high school or local sports, because people do care about these things. And that\'s important. Now we\'re talking 15 minutes. What if we had something even really formulaic - let\'s say three 5 minute blocks. What if one was on local government, one on social issues – health, education, poverty, environment – and then you\'re left with five more minutes, and I\'d love to see something around economics - that could be holding corporate leaders accountable, or the state of job growth. . .it could be any number of things.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"600\" caption=\"Media Consolidation Map from Free Press&#39;s Change the Channels\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5306  \" title=\"Media Consolidation Map from Free Press\'s Change the Channels\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/media_consolidation_map.jpg\" alt=\"Media Consolidation Map from Free Press\'s Change the Channels\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" />[/caption]\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/media_consolidation_map.jpg\"></a>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What makes you believe that\'s what people want</strong>?</span></h4>\nJS: Let\'s start out by admitting that sensationalism sells. It\'s just that people want other things too. It\'s not a free market when the answer to “You don\'t like what we do?” is “Go to our competition. Oh, we do the program for the competition too.” Studies have shown that people are consuming more news than ever before. <a href=\"http://www.j-lab.org/\" target=\"_blank\">J-Lab</a> did a <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/distribution-resources/exploring-a-networked-journalism-collaborative-in-philadelphia/\">study</a> in Philadelphia on what people want from local news. Again and again, people were asking for more accountability, more of a watchdog function. When we go into communities, people can articulate well what they want, but there is no way for them to make themselves heard to a body that could make that change.\n\nLR: These days people want to know where their food comes from, who owns their local businesses. I think we <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/what-would-a-nutritional-label-for-the-news-look-like287.html?utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=pbsmediashift\" target=\"_blank\">need to apply a similar concept to local news</a>.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5504\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Libby Reinish (left) and volunteer Kara Elder dressed as TVs at the Bioneers conference in San Francisco, October 2011. Photo by Elizabeth Dubuque.\"]<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/libby_bioneers21.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5504\" title=\"libby_bioneers2\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/libby_bioneers21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"476\" /></a>[/caption]\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What would it take to get there?</strong></span></h4>\nLR: I think there are a number of things that stand in the way. One is that broadcasters really have gotten very creative to find ways to avoid meeting public interest obligations. We\nneed the FCC to enforce the bargain. The common argument for broadcasters is times are tough, and there\'s not enough money to produce expensive local news. So it\'s OK to produce less or outsource to a former competitor. But it\'s not true. They\'re padding the bottom line. We need to overcome that poverty myth.\n\nJS:  Let\'s not look at a new business model, but look at the expectations. If the current model is based on having as the #1 goal to put money in shareholders in pocket – then you\'re going to try to maximize the amount that\'s going back to pockets. To do that, cutting jobs makes sense. We want [a] system where the company is encouraged to invest back in to journalism. Maybe making 4%. Maybe 10. I\'d love to be making 10% on any of my investments right now.\n\nLR: There is going to be a huge increase in political campaign money in this and all future election cycles – a lot of money will be funneled into media companies in the form of ads. It will be a big increase in revenue. I\'m very curious to see what could be done with some of that revenue, instead of applying it straight to the bottom line.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong> Why do you do this work?</strong></span></h4>\nLR: To me, it really is about the ability for people to participate in our democracy and get access to news and information that they need to make informed decisions. I know it\'s a talking point for us, but it really is true for me. I don\'t believe our democracy can function without an informed citizenry.\n\nJS: For me it gets down to the question of who has ability to tell their story and look at their media to see stories that reflect their own passions and concerns. I come out of doing conservation and youth development. A lot of young people I worked with looked at the media and didn\'t see anything that reflected their perspectives. So I began looking at the gatekeeper role the mainstream media played.\n<div class=\"underwrite_span\">For additional perspective, check out the JA\'s <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-the-beauty-of-immediacy\">interview</a> with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/markplatte/\">Mark Platte</a>, news director of <a href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii News Now</a>. After decades as a newspaper reporter, he now runs one team that feeds newscasts on three channels in one market. He says this extends the resources and reach of local TV news. We welcome you to bring your perspective to the conversation on local TV news unfolding <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news\">here</a>.</div>', 'Local TV News: More potential than present value', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'local-tv-news-more-potential-than-present-value', '', '', '2011-10-26 10:13:11', '2011-10-26 17:13:11', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5285', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5291, 17, '2011-10-26 10:14:55', '2011-10-26 17:14:55', '<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3508\" title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja-bug.png\" alt=\"Journalism Accelerator\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" />\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><strong><em>Despite the proliferation of online sources, </em></strong><em><a href=\"http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/pew-local-news-sources.html\" target=\"_blank\">most Americans still rely on the TV</a></em><strong><em> when they want local news.</em></strong><em> In Hawaii, Mark Platte plays a big role in creating that local news. As news director of </em><em><a href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii News Now</a></em><em>, Platte oversees newscasts on three of the five stations with local newscasts. </em></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>We  found Mark when we began poking into our current forum question: <strong>What is the value of local TV news</strong>? During this time of consolidation, downsizing, and in some cases outsourcing reporting, how has local TV changed to interact with local communities? How can people maximize what they get from this powerful medium with its known brands? </em><em>What are the risks of major changes like station consolidation or pay-for-play ads? What innovations in local television news hold the most promise? <!--more--></em></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><em>Mark brings a different perspective on newsroom consolidation than <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/jcstearns/\">Josh Stearns</a> and <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/libnish/\">Libby Reinish</a>, two activists with </em><em><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/free-press/\">Free Press</a></em><em><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/free-press/\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>we also <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-more-potential-than-present-value\">interviewed</a>. To join the JA forum on local TV news, click <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news\">here</a>.</em></p>\n\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About Mark</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/platte100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/markplatte/\">Mark Platte</a> is news director of <a href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii News Now</a>, a combined newsroom that produces programming for three local TV stations and a news website. Platte is the former editor of the Honolulu Advertiser. He moved to TV from newspapers in 2009, when Gannett sold the Advertiser to its local competitor. Previously, Platte was a reporter, then newsroom manager for the Los Angeles Times and reported for many other newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Miami Herald, and The Orange County Register.\n\n</div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>JA: How do you decide what goes on which different newscasts?</strong></span></h4>\nWe have a limited number of resources in the newsroom. So we change shows up as much as we can, especially in the evening because they are one half hour after another. We try to take a package story and break it up in as many ways as we can, so each newscast might get something a little different. We\'re trying to push people from one half hour to next, on different channels, which is a very difficult thing to do.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>How do you push people from one station to another?</strong></span></h4>\nYou do it by saying first of all what station the next newscast is on. If you\'re on the 5 p.m. simulcast – you\'ll say at the end, “Coming up at 5:30 on KHML. . .” We\'ll also be pushing from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on KGMB. We\'ll do a live from newsroom and tell what\'s coming up on the different newscasts. And we do that pretty much every newscast. So we\'re constantly pushing.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Do you ever take one story and tell different parts on different newscasts?</strong></span></h4>\nYes. An example of that would be [when] the former governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, announced she\'s running for US senate. That\'s a pretty big story because this is a heavily Democratic state and when she served her two terms, she was the first Republican governor in a long time. So this suddenly became a big national race. We basically took her announcement at 5 p.m., which was basically what she\'d be doing. Then in the 5:30 we looked at her campaign manager, who is a retired general, and talked to him about his strategy for her. In the 6 p.m., we had a completely different story, on fundraising, and where she stands, and talked to her opponents about money they had raised. I think at 6:30 we had basically what the strategy of each of the campaigns would be. If we go out and shoot something like that, we\'re going to slice it up as many ways as we can for the different newscasts to eliminate duplication and repetition in the newscasts. Because they could all be carbon copies of one another, and then people would stop watching.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Do you think viewers see the stations as different? Particularly with the simulcast?</strong></span></h4>\nYes. I do. According to our research, people still see KGMB as a distinct entity, and they see KNHL as a distinct entity, and they see KFVE as a distinct entity. [Editors Note: this is internal research we couldn\'t review.] Also, the research shows that based on this model of what we\'ve done with the shared services agreement, at 10 p.m. we are actually number one for the first time ever, with a clear, preferred choice for news, just KGMB alone, the CBS affiliate. And then what we saw was KHNL, the NBC affiliate, getting tremendous growth from a younger audience. It\'s exactly what we\'d hoped for when we started this experiment, You couldn\'t hope for any better than that, to say you\'ve got two complementary audiences.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Free Press cites Hawaii News Now as a negative example of the consequences of station consolidation, in part because of the simulcast, broadcasting the exact same news at the exact time. Does simulcasting bother you?</strong></span></h4>\nThe simulcast is the simulcast. That\'s just the way it is. But I think we\'re giving people more news on different channels. And it\'s basically when they want it. For instance, in this market, we have one of the worst traffic messes during rush hour anywhere in the country. So at 5 p.m., a lot of people are not seeing the news. Sometimes they\'re not home by 6 or even 6:30. That\'s why 6:30 is a great option for people. Well, no one else in the market is doing a 6:30 local news. Nobody in market is doing a 5:30 local news. And nobody in the market is doing a 9 p.m. local news. So to me, you\'re giving people more choices, as opposed to saying oh, it\'s the same thing all the time.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5350\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"400\" caption=\"Honolulu firefighters respond to a fire in a high-rise building, October 14, 2011. Photo from www.hawaiinewsnow.com.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5350 \" title=\"Hawaii News Now screenshot\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hawaii-news-firefight-400.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii News Now screenshot\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" />[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Why did you move to TV?</strong></span></h4>\nThe paper I worked for was owned by Gannett. They decided to sell in this market, to the competitor, even though we were the dominant paper. I wanted to stay in Hawaii. And TV news was something that always interested me. This is, I think, a very exciting medium, and frankly, it\'s how most people are getting their news. So once I thought through all that, I thought, why wouldn\'t I?\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What are the biggest challenges you face running these three stations?</strong></span></h4>\nI think it really has to do with making sure we cover all the bases. The biggest difference I had coming from newspapers was that we had so many resources. Even though we were cutting, there\'s no comparison between the number of news gatherers you have at a newspaper and what you have at a TV station. So I want to make sure we provide statewide coverage, and do impactful stories.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Raycom (the owner of two stations and news content provider for a third, all of which Platte oversees) is doing well financially. So why are there less resources for TV?</strong></span></h4>\nIt\'s not Raycom, it\'s just the TV model. The TV news business is once you have the capital, you have your set and you have your cameras, the rest of it is – I\'m not saying there\'s no expense to a TV station, because they\'re still expensive to run. But they\'re run on a different, more efficient model than I think newspapers are. And that\'s why I think they\'re thriving more than newspapers are.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>A Pew report put out last month says 70% of people get news from local TV, but it\'s mostly weather and traffic. What do you think is the primary value of local TV news right now?</strong></span></h4>\nWe spend a lot of time on weather, we have excellent weather and excellent traffic. But I think you can\'t beat the immediacy. Like on tsunami night, being on the air for 12 hours straight, either waiting for it to hit, and destroy Hawaii, or getting people the precautions of what they need to do. Because that\'s where they are going to tune in. The immediacy of news, the live aspect of news, being on the scene, being able to livestream, we\'re doing so much more on the web, with video and raw video, that people like. I think that\'s the beauty of TV news.\n<div class=\"underwrite_span\">For additional perspective, check out the JA\'s <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-more-potential-than-present-value\">interview</a> with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/jcstearns/\">Josh Stearns</a> and <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/libnish/\">Libby Reinish</a>, two activists with <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/free-press/\">Free Press</a>, a non-partisan organization that promotes independent media, among other initiatives, in support of the future of journalism. <strong>What’s your take on local TV news? Join the conversation <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news\">here</a>.</strong></div>', 'Local TV News: The beauty of immediacy ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'local-tv-news-the-beauty-of-immediacy', '', '', '2011-10-26 10:14:55', '2011-10-26 17:14:55', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5291', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(5369, 3, '2011-10-21 10:45:45', '2011-10-21 17:45:45', '<blockquote>While local TV news remains the most popular source for local information in America, adults rely on it primarily for just three subjects—weather, breaking news and to a lesser extent traffic. And for all their problems, newspapers (both print and on the web) are the source Americans turn to most for a wider range of information than any other source, according to a new survey out today.\n\nThe internet has a strong hold in the local community as well. Web-only outlets are now the key source of information on some key subjects such as education or local business and restaurants. And greater disruption seems to lie ahead. For the 79% of Americans who are online, as well as Americans ages 18-39, the internet ranks as a top source of information for most of the local subjects studied in the survey.\n\nThese are among the findings of a new a new study produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project in partnership with John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The survey looks in a new and detailed way at how people learn about community by breaking down local information into 16 key topic areas. The result is a more nuanced understanding of the role each media plays in a community.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Local-news.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Internet</a></blockquote>', 'Pew Report: How People Learn About Their Local Community', 'While recent PEW research reports TV remains the leading source people rely on for breaking news, newspapers (on and offline) are the leading source people turn to for the widest range of information. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pew-report-how-people-learn-about-their-local-community', '', '', '2011-10-21 10:45:45', '2011-10-21 17:45:45', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5369', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5374, 3, '2011-10-21 11:06:08', '2011-10-21 18:06:08', '<blockquote>L.A.\'s television stations deliver on average about 22 seconds of local government coverage, according to a <a href=\"http://www.learcenter.org/pdf/LANews2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new study</a> by the <a href=\"http://blog.learcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Norman Lear Center</a> at the USC Annenberg School for Communication &amp; Journalism.\n\nThe study found that only half of a half-hour news show was devoted to news. Of that, local news received 50 seconds more coverage than non-local news. Sports and weather -- not considered to be news in the study -- received about half the time of non-local news. Teasers and advertisements account for more than a third of each half-hour news show.\n\n\"Reports like this are a summon to action,\" FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said. \"We better pay more attention to what is happening to traditional journalism and find out how to fix it because this is where most of the news originates.\"\n\nThe findings are the first in an ongoing study of all L.A. television news broadcasts, which is the country\'s second largest media market. Researchers analyzed more than 11,250 news stories broadcast on KABC, KCAL, KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KTTV, KCOP and Spanish-language station KMEX during 14 randomly selected days in August and September of last year.\n\nOf all news coverage, crime took the largest chunk of time -- 2:50. Shows also lead off with crime one out of every three times. About 20 seconds less was taken up by soft news, oddball news, human interest stories, contests, makeovers, world record attempts, fashion, travel, cooking, animals going wild and weddings. Entertainment coverage unrelated to business aspects received another two minutes.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.neontommy.com/2010/03/la-television-stations-not-cov\" target=\"_blank\">Neon Tommy</a></blockquote>', 'Local TV News in the Los Angeles Media Market: Are Stations Serving the Public Interest?', '\"Are Stations Serving the Public Interest?\" 2010 Study on LA local news content by the Annenberg School at USC.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'local-tv-news-in-the-los-angeles-media-market-are-stations-serving-the-public-interest', '', '', '2011-10-21 11:06:08', '2011-10-21 18:06:08', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5374', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5383, 3, '2011-10-25 11:46:54', '2011-10-25 18:46:54', '<blockquote>The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey found that 2010 marked a turnaround year for local TV news. Stations added 750 jobs last year, recovering all the losses of 2009 (400 jobs lost) and making a dent in the 1,200 jobs lost in 2008. In fact, the survey found that anticipated hiring in 2011 could bring the industry back to its precrash peak by the start of 2012.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/2011-tv-and-radio-news-staffing-and-profitability-survey2033.php?id=2033\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Television Digital News Association</a>\n\nThe survey includes:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part I: More Jobs, Higher Profits in TV News</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part II: Record Amount of Local News Produced on TV</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part III: Stations Sharing Content, Resources</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part IV: Increasing Maturity for Local News on the Web</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part V: Changing Social Media Landscape for TV &amp; Radio</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v6_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part VI: Sharp Rise in TV &amp; Radio News Salaries</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rtdna.org/media/RTDNA_Hofstra_v8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part VII: Mixed News for Women &amp; Minorities in TV, Radio News</a>\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>\n</strong></blockquote>', '2011 TV and Radio News Staffing and Profitability Survey', 'More jobs, higher profits and a record amount of local TV news.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', '2011-tv-and-radio-news-staffing-and-profitability-survey', '', '', '2011-10-25 11:46:54', '2011-10-25 18:46:54', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5383', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5393, 3, '2011-10-25 12:08:27', '2011-10-25 19:08:27', '<blockquote>Local news outlets get less than one half of one percent of all pageviews in a typical market, according to <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0615/DOC-307524A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a new report</a> (pdf) called “Less of the Same: The Lack of Local News on the Internet.”\n\nThe report, <a href=\"http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/2010-peer-review-media-ownership-studies\" target=\"_blank\">commissioned</a> as part of the FCC’s quadrennial mandated review of broadcast ownership regulations, was intended as a comprehensive look to evaluate just what the rough times in the news industry have meant for local news, according to <a href=\"http://www.matthewhindman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Hindman</a>, the author George Washington University professor who authored the report. A particular aim of the study was to assess how the Internet, and new online news sources, were (or were not) contributing to the FCC’s stated goals of “localism, competition, and diversity” in local news markets.\n\nUsing <a href=\"http://www.comscore.com/\" target=\"_blank\">comScore</a> panel data for February, March, and April 2010 for the top 100 broadcast markets, Hindman looked at local online news outlets and found that local news represents just a tiny portion of overall Internet traffic.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/06/less-of-less-fcc-commissioned-report-finds-a-surprisingly-small-audience-for-local-news-traffic/\" target=\"_blank\">Nieman Journalism Lab</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Less of the Same: The Lack of Local News on the Internet', ' \"The broad landscape of online local news is easy to summarize. . .Newspapers and television stations dominate what local news can be found online.\"', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'less-of-the-same-the-lack-of-local-news-on-the-internet', '', '', '2011-10-25 12:08:27', '2011-10-25 19:08:27', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5393', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5408, 3, '2011-10-25 12:28:39', '2011-10-25 19:28:39', '<blockquote>In April 2008, recognizing that technology is changing attitudes toward information in fundamental ways, Knight Foundation and the Aspen Institute formed the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. The purpose of the Commission was to examine the information needs of American communities in the digital age and to suggest recommendations to strengthen the free flow of information.\n\nThis report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Knight Commission. Through public outreach, the commission garnered input from over 1,100 people online. In addition, experts and community members shared insights at public forums, where the commission pondered questions such as:\n<ul>\n	<li>What are the information needs of a community in a democracy?</li>\n	<li>How is technology affecting the information needs of democracy in the United States?</li>\n	<li>What public policy directions would help lead us from where we are today to where we ought to be? Report Partner: This report was produced by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Report Contents</h4>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;\">Knight Commission’s articulation of community information needs and the critical steps necessary to meet them requires pursuing three fundamental objectives:</span>\n<ul>\n	<li>Maximizing the Availability of Relevant and Credible Information to Communities: People need relevant and credible information to be free and self-governing.</li>\n	<li>Enhancing the Capacity of Individuals to Engage with Information: People need tools, skills and understanding to use information effectively.</li>\n	<li>Promoting Public Engagement: To pursue their true interests, people need to be engaged with information and with each other. The commission’s conclusions and recommendations follow each objective. <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org/publications/informing-communities-sustaining-democracy-digital\" target=\"_blank\">Knight Foundation</a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Knight Report: Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age', 'Released in 2009 in collaboration with the Aspen Institute, this paper explores what people require to inform their lives in the digital age and how journalism functions in service of this.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'knight-report-informing-communities-sustaining-democracy-in-the-digital-age', '', '', '2011-10-25 12:28:39', '2011-10-25 19:28:39', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5408', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5429, 3, '2011-10-24 14:27:16', '2011-10-24 21:27:16', '<blockquote>Who really reports the news that most people get about their communities? What role do new media, blogs and specialty news sites now play?\n\nHow, in other words, does the modern news “ecosystem” of a large American city work? And if newspapers were to die—to the extent that we can infer from the current landscape—what would that imply for what citizens would know and not know about where they live?\n\nThe questions are becoming increasingly urgent. As the economic model that has subsidized professional journalism collapses, the number of people gathering news in traditional television, print and radio organizations is shrinking markedly. What, if anything, is taking up that slack?\n\nThe answers are a moving target; even trying to figure out how to answer them is a challenge. But a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, which takes a close look at the news ecosystem of one city suggests that while the news landscape has rapidly expanded, most of what the public learns is still overwhelmingly driven by traditional media—particularly newspapers.\n\nThe study, which examined all the outlets that produced local news in Baltimore, Md., for one week, surveyed their output and then did a closer examination of six major narratives during the week, finds that much of the “news” people receive contains no original reporting. Fully eight out of ten stories studied simply repeated or repackaged previously published information.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/how_news_happens\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism.org</a></blockquote>', 'Pew Report: How News Happens', 'While recent PEW research reports TV remains the leading source people rely on for breaking news, newspapers (on and offline) are the leading source people turn to for the widest range of information.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pew-report-how-news-happens', '', '', '2011-10-24 14:27:16', '2011-10-24 21:27:16', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5429', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5458, 3, '2011-10-24 14:42:11', '2011-10-24 21:42:11', '<blockquote><a href=\"http://www.j-lab.org/\" target=\"_blank\">J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism</a> just released a <a href=\"http://www.j-lab.org/publications/philadelphia_media_project\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> analyzing the media landscape in Philadelphia. The William Penn Foundation commissioned J-Lab to conduct the study of Philadelphia\'s media landscape and the state of public affairs reporting and make recommendations for a possible media investment strategy. It is well worth a read.\n\nSome of the key findings:\n<ul>\n	<li>The available news about Philadelphia public affairs issues has dramatically diminished over the last three years by many measures: news hole, air time, story count, key word measurements.</li>\n	<li>People in Philadelphia want more public affairs news than they are now able to get.</li>\n	<li>They don\'t think their daily newspapers are as good as the newspapers used to be.</li>\n	<li>They want news that is more connected to their city.</li>\n	<li>People from both the Old Philadelphia, anchored by the city\'s union and blue-collar workers, and the New Philadelphia, representing tech-savvy, up-and-coming neighborhoods, want to be involved in helping to generate that news.</li>\n	<li>The city is awash in media and technological assets that can pioneer a new Golden Era of Journalism.</li>\n	<li>There is strong, but guarded, interest in exploring a collaborative journalism venture.</li>\n	<li>A significant number of Philadelphia\'s new media outlets have expressed interest in pursuing a collaborative media initiative.</li>\n	<li>Any collaborative news effort must validate and support the fiercely independent mindsets of the city\'s new media makers.</li>\n</ul>\nThe entire report is available <a href=\"http://www.j-lab.org/publications/philadelphia_media_project\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2010/j-lab-exploring-networked-journalism-collaborative-philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Media Law Project</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Exploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative in Philadelphia', 'J-Lab\'s analysis for The William Penn Foundation released in 2010 identifies gaps in reporting, maps assets and explores opportunities for future investment in a new model.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'exploring-a-networked-journalism-collaborative-in-philadelphia', '', '', '2011-10-24 14:42:11', '2011-10-24 21:42:11', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5458', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5581, 3, '2011-10-31 14:11:41', '2011-10-31 21:11:41', '<blockquote>Why talk newsroom politics? The stakes are higher than ever before. This cutthroat business is now reaching new heights. You can’t just lick your wounds and wind up at another station in a month. Social media and the crashed economy are making TV news jobs harder than ever to come by. Some J-schools are closing down. Others are reconsidering how they teach television news. Media conglomerates are laying people off or selling off stations. So we want to help you batten down the hatches and survive. We are veteran journalists, with backgrounds in producing, reporting, anchoring, and videography. One of us was a manager. Now we are going to dish our secrets, even though some of the lessons came at a high price. Our goal is to make life easier for you, because we had to learn everything the hard way.This site is designed to draw on our experiences and let you share your own. It’s no secret there is little to no training in TV news. You get a job and fight to keep it. Most of what you learn is done on your own. We want to help you network and form alliances. Knowledge truly is power. We look forward to your insights. All we ask is no listing of specific station call letters or nicknames, or managers and co-workers names. This is not a site to attack your enemies. It’s a chance to learn how to outsmart them.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://survivetvnewsjobs.com/why-create-this-site/\" target=\"_blank\">Survive TV News Jobs</a></blockquote>', 'Survive TV News Jobs', 'Veteran broadcast journalists share survival secrets: a vibrant online community swapping trade secrets and tips to help practitioners bring their A-game to market.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'survive-tv-news-jobs', '', '', '2011-10-31 14:11:41', '2011-10-31 21:11:41', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5581', 0, 'post', '', 1);
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(5590, 3, '2011-10-31 14:24:28', '2011-10-31 21:24:28', '<blockquote>The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of black journalists worldwide.\n\nFounded by 44 men and women on December 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.\nMany of NABJ\'s members also belong to one of the professional and student chapters that serve black journalists nationwide.\nNABJ is committed to the following:\n<ul>\n	<li>Strengthening ties among black journalists;</li>\n	<li>Sensitizing all media to the importance of fairness in the workplace for black journalists;</li>\n	<li>Expanding job opportunities and recruiting activities for veteran, young and aspiring black journalists, while providing continued professional development and training;</li>\n	<li>Increasing the number of black journalists in management positions and encouraging black journalists to become entrepreneurs;</li>\n	<li>Fostering an exemplary group of professionals that honors excellence and outstanding achievements by black journalists, and outstanding achievement in the media industry as a whole, particularly when it comes to providing balanced coverage of the black community and society at large;</li>\n	<li>Working with high schools and colleges to identify and encourage black students to become journalists, and to diversify faculties and related curriculum;and</li>\n	<li>Providing informational and training services to the general public.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.nabj.org/?page=History\" target=\"_blank\">NABJ</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">2011 NABJ Diversity Census:</h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\"The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced the results of its 4th Annual Television Newsroom Management Diversity Census on Thursday, September 22 during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Weekend. The findings were released during a Braintrust Workshop titled \"The Deciders…Who Calls the Shots in Broadcast News.\"</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The report reveals that 228 television stations owned by some of the largest media companies in the United States mostly fall short of matching the demographics of their metropolitan areas.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">NABJ encourages newsroom management diversity to ensure fair coverage of communities.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">According to the 2010 United States Census, non-Whites comprise nearly 35% of the U-S population but the study finds that people of color fill only 12% of the newsroom manager positions at stations owned by ABC, Belo Corporation, CBS, Cox, Fox, Gannett, Hearst, Lin Media, Media General, Meredith, NBC, Nexstar Broadcasting, E.W. Scripps Company, Post-Newsweek and Tribune.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Out of a total of 1,157 managers, 1,017 are White, 81 are Black, 42 are Hispanic, 16 are Asian and 1 is Native American.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.nabj.org/news/73436/\" target=\"_blank\">NABJ</a></p>\n</blockquote>', 'National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)', 'Dedicated to supporting African American journalists and coverage, the NABJ offers community, a jobs board, a style guide with deep context, and an annual report on newsroom diversity.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'national-association-of-black-journalists-nabj', '', '', '2011-10-31 14:24:28', '2011-10-31 21:24:28', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5590', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5595, 3, '2011-11-01 14:25:26', '2011-11-01 21:25:26', '<blockquote>Since January 2006, MediaShift has been tracking how social media, weblogs, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and online video are changing our media world. MediaShift includes commentary and reporting to tell stories of how the shifting media landscape is changing the way we get our news and information, while also providing a place for public participation and feedback.\n\nMediaShift correspondents help tell the story of how people who are working in traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, music and movies are dealing with digital disruption and adapting their business models for a more mobile, networked world. Not only is this a story of technology, but a story of changing mindset for journalists who must adjust to the increasing power of the \"people formerly known as the audience.\"\n\nThe <a href=\"http://www.knightfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\">John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</a> provided a grant to MediaShift to produce its sister blog, <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/idealab\" target=\"_blank\">Idea Lab</a> and to upgrade MediaShift. Since 1950 the foundation has granted more than $300 million to advance journalism quality and freedom of expression. Knight Foundation supports ideas and projects that create transformational change.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/about/\" target=\"_blank\">PBS MediaShift</a>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Special MediaShift Series: Beyond J-School</h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">[A]nother in-depth special series on MediaShift. This time the series will look at \"Beyond J-School,\" chronicling how journalism education and training are changing, and how journalists need more than traditional j-school. They need multimedia skills, social media knowledge, community management chops, and must learn to collaborate with their audience. It\'s more than just learning the basics of journalism: They also need more background in business, entrepreneurship, technology and even programming. The entire series is linked below. <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/08/special-series-beyond-j-school243.html\" target=\"_blank\">PBS MediaShift</a></p>\n</blockquote>', 'PBS MediaShift', 'Mediashift correspondents report how new online communication tools are changing the media world. Analysis and a daily \"must reads\" feed.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pbs-mediashift', '', '', '2011-11-01 14:25:26', '2011-11-01 21:25:26', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5595', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5599, 3, '2011-11-02 14:47:46', '2011-11-02 21:47:46', '<blockquote>Founded in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a non-profit professional and educational organization with more than 1,400 members today. AAJA serves Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by encouraging young people to consider journalism as a career, developing managers in the media industry, and promoting fair and accurate news coverage.\n\nAAJA uses the term \"Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders\" to embrace all Americans--both citizens and residents -- who self-identify with one or more of the three dozen nationalities and ethnic groups in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific Islands. We use this term to refer to our communities at large, as well as to our membership which includes representatives from all these regions.\n\nAAJA is committed to diversity in order to incorporate different viewpoints into newsrooms across the country. AAJA is an alliance partner in UNITY Journalists of Color, along with the Native American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Black Journalists.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.aaja.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">AAJA</a></blockquote>', 'Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)', 'Advancing diversity across newsroom staff and viewpoints, AAJA resources include style guides, reporting tips from Asian hotspots, and connections to a broad journalism community.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'asian-american-journalists-association-aaja', '', '', '2011-11-02 14:47:46', '2011-11-02 21:47:46', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5599', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5603, 3, '2011-11-02 14:51:27', '2011-11-02 21:51:27', '<blockquote>The Media Policy Initiative, part of the New America Foundation’s <a href=\"http://oti.newamerica.net/home\" target=\"_blank\">Open Technology Initiative</a>, formulates policy and regulatory reforms to foster the development of a healthy media that satisfies the needs of democracy in the 21st century. MPI’s fellows and staff research, analyze, and promote policies that are committed to maximizing the public interest potential of innovative media, supported by partnerships with communities, researchers, industry, and public interest groups. By studying the social and economic ramifications of policymaking – particularly on poor, rural, and other underserved constituencies – MPI provides in-depth, objective research, analysis, and findings for policy decisionmakers and the general public.\n\nMPI hired its first batch of fellows in Spring 2010, and its current work centers on the recently published Knight Commission Report <a href=\"http://report.knightcomm.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age</a>.\n\nBuilding on the report\'s findings, in 2010 the MPI staff and fellows focus on policies to invigorate public media, increase independent public interest reporting, and improve citizen access to and engagement with high-quality information. MPI utilizes a broad definition of a community’s information needs, which includes information provided to the public by media, community institutions, and government. By tracking and critiquing policy initiatives at the federal level, as well as innovative media efforts in communities across the country, the Initiative reports on both the successes and failures in this interdisciplinary realm, along with their implications for the Knight Commission\'s recommendations.\n<h4><strong>MPI PRIORITIES &amp; GOALS:</strong></h4>\n<ul>\n	<li>Identify and recruit a cross-section of media thinkers and do-ers able to inform the policymaking processes ongoing at the FTC, FCC, and in Congress.</li>\n	<li>Conduct assessments of local media ecosystems as a means of informing the debates in DC with diverse, outside-the-Beltway perspectives.</li>\n	<li>Build research collaborations among academics, media producers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.</li>\n	<li>Study the social and economic impacts of the ongoing disruption in media models.</li>\n	<li>Support business, government and social entrepreneurs pursuing pilot projects and proof-of-concept prototypes with data and analysis.</li>\n	<li>Support the development the Fellows many of whom are new to their role as policy entrepreneurs.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/about_the_media_policy_initiative\" target=\"_blank\">New America Foundation</a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'The Media Policy Initiative', 'MPI goes deep and broad exploring how media innovation may best serve democracy with products to help inform policies that advance the public interest.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-media-policy-initiative', '', '', '2011-11-02 14:51:27', '2011-11-02 21:51:27', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5603', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5608, 13, '2011-11-02 10:56:26', '2011-11-02 17:56:26', '<strong><strong><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5609\" title=\"Seattle Interactive Conference\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sic-sq.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Interactive Conference\" width=\"380\" height=\"267\" />Seattle local and friend of JA</strong></strong><strong> <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/futuresoup/\">Jacob Caggiano</a> of <a href=\"http://futuresoup.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Soup</a> will be covering <a href=\"http://www.seattleinteractive.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle’s Interactive Conference</a> unfolding over the course of today and tomorrow. </strong>He’ll be tweeting out to you all on the things he sees and learns. In particular, he\'ll share insight on how technology is being applied in new and innovative ways to inspire community and build new business.\n<div>\n<blockquote>The theme for this year\'s event is Transformations: Interactive technology has already transformed how we experience our everyday lives, both at work and play, yet there are profound new levels of transformation upon us -- some good, some bad, and some yet to be determined.  This is not your run-of-the-mill conference with rote demos and blind optimism.  SIC provides a comprehensive and invigorating forum to anticipate and navigate the many opportunities and challenges yet to come.” (<strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.seattleinteractive.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.seattleinteractive.com/</a>)</blockquote>\n</div>\n<strong><strong>Transformation across the field of news and reporting couldn’t be more relevant day in and day out for the JA community.</strong></strong> This conference holds great promise for us to unearth new resources and methods others are using to optimize their content and deepen their connections with loyal customers. Jacob will be tweeting and crafting a couple of blog posts that you\'ll see here. The JA team is also eager to harvest new ideas and resources that we’ll plug in to our site <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/topics/resources/\">resource section</a> for you all to leverage. The <a href=\"http://www.seattleinteractive.com/conference/speakers\" target=\"_blank\">SIC panels offer a great mix of expertise</a>. Jacob will be attending a specific line up of panels we’ve mapped out with the most application to journalism, distribution, search, social triggers, engagement, location based technology and more.\n\n<strong>Update:</strong> Jacob\'s reports are in! Hear the SIC buzz about mobile and see a couple <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/the-seattle-interactive-conference-jacob-caggiano-reports/\">new tools Jacob spotted at the Seattle Interactive Conference</a>. Also: <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/the-seattle-interactive-conference-jacob-caggianos-big-questions/\">Scaling mobile to hyperlocal</a> and an eye on industry attitudes toward data portability.', 'Jacob Caggiano to report on the Seattle Interactive Conference for JA', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'jacob-caggiano-to-report-on-the-seattle-interactive-conference-for-ja', '', '', '2011-11-02 10:56:26', '2011-11-02 17:56:26', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5608', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(5621, 17, '2011-11-02 13:03:52', '2011-11-02 20:03:52', '<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h4>Got more to say about the value and potential of local TV news?</h4>\nThe <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">forum</a> remains open. For some starter background, read this <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-the-beauty-of-immediacy/\">interview</a> with Mark Platte, news director of Hawaii News Now, and this <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/local-tv-news-more-potential-than-present-value/\">interview</a> with Josh Stearns and Libby Reinish of Free Press/Change the Channels campaign.\n\n</div>\n<strong>Last week we asked you</strong><strong>: What is the value of local TV news?</strong><em> How can communities up their yield and maximize return from this powerful and well branded medium? What are the risks of major changes like station consolidation or pay-for-play ads? What innovations in local television news hold the most promise?</em>\n\n<strong>Passion was clearly present as the <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">forum</a> kicked off over the past week</strong>. Bringing together a broad mix of voices, an active exchange of ideas, and an appreciation for each other’s points of view, we hope this conversation has broadened the frame and enriched the discussion across journalism communities.\n\n<strong>The forum will stay open for more discussion</strong><em>.</em> Because you connect using your Facebook, Google, LinkedIn or Twitter account in order to comment, participants in the conversation are identified by their real identities and it is far more difficult for spammers or anonymous trolls to detract from an effective discussion.<!--more-->\n\n<strong>Meanwhile, here are my initial observations of this experiment. Please add yours!</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>People with a wide range of perspectives are thinking a lot about TV as an information source for local communities. </strong>There is great potential in the medium, and its online brands, including significant influence to connect or exclude different segments of one community.</li>\n	<li><strong>The number of journalists and time they have to develop stories affects TV news program content significantly</strong>. A close tracking of staff decisions after consolidation and in an election year (with election ad income) would be a great resource to have. So might a tool to help “ordinary citizens” interested in local TV news assess what they\'re getting.</li>\n	<li><strong>Many people would benefit from understanding collaborative experiments</strong> between online investigative sites and local TV, like <a href=\"http://thelensnola.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lens New Orleans</a>.</li>\n	<li><strong>Creative thinking is happening around different financial setups for local TV, but there are few, if any, new models to mimic.</strong> The changing advertising market is affecting public TV as well as commercial.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>So what did we learn? </strong><del>Next</del> Over the next few weeks we\'ll offer a series of posts covering themes, connections, outlook, and behind-the-scenes logistics. <strong>Part of our mission, or promise to our community, is to share with you how we do what we do, adding practical knowledge to the cumulative braintrust of media in transition</strong>. Check back for more with posts soon. <del>going live Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week</del>.\n<div id=\"attachment_5635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 771px;\">\n\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5635 \" title=\"Value of TV News forum comment Libby Reinish and Steven Waldman\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/comment_screen_shot2.jpg\" alt=\"Value of TV News forum comment Libby Reinish and Steven Waldman\" width=\"761\" height=\"515\" />\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What is the value of local TV news excerpt. See the full conversation in the forum <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">here</a>.</p>\n\n</div>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;', 'Forum First Takes: Local TV News', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'forum-first-takes-local-tv-news', '', '', '2011-11-02 13:03:52', '2011-11-02 20:03:52', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5621', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5690, 3, '2011-11-04 09:43:59', '2011-11-04 16:43:59', '<div>\n\nRecent PEW report assesses the local landscape: How people learn about their local community. Alex Howard at O’Reilly Radar distills it down. Hope for what is possible tempered by deep concern about the decay of local newspapers, and what that will mean for local government accountability.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/questions/community/what-is-the-value-of-local-tv-news/\">What is the value of local TV news?</a>\nCommunities across the U.S. still rely on TV for their local news, especially for big breaking stories. How can communities get the most from this powerful medium? And how do we ensure the public interest is served?\n\n<a href=\"http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/pew-local-news-sources.html \" target=\"_blank\">Recent PEW report assesses the local landscape: How people learn about their local community\n</a>Alex Howard at O’Reilly Radar distills it down. Hope for what is possible tempered by deep concern about the decay of local newspapers, and what that will mean for local government accountability.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/kickstarter/\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter advances a new form of fundraising for experimental projects and fresh ideas\n</a>From Occupy Wallstreet to public art, Kickstarter brings a new form of commerce and patronage to market. Type in “journalism” to find a whole raft of projects!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/the-reporters-committee-for-freedom-of-the-press/\" target=\"_blank\">The Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press\n</a>Offering loads of resources and legal perspective, “the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court.”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/reinventing-journalism-a-personal-journey/\" target=\"_blank\">Reinventing Journalism: An unexpected personal journey from journalist to publisher\n</a>From launching California Watch to leading the Center for Investigative Reporting, Executive Director Robert J. Rosenthal shares his game strategy and tips for success.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/the-nonprofit-journalism-hub/\">The Hub: A resource center for community-based nonprofit journalism\n</a>For those eager to launch their own news nonprofit, the smart folks at the Investigative News Network offer an online hub supporting “local investigative and public service journalism.”\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/community-media-workshop/\">Community Media Workshop\n</a>Since 1989 coaching and connecting grassroots communities with workshops and training to diversify and enrich the mix of voices in the news and public debate.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/the-fresh-outlooks-news-network/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fresh Outlook\n</a>“Telling it like it is,” this online hub is a UK based, globally focused nonprofit covering stories to broaden the lens and out issues to empower citizens across geographic communities.\n\n<a href=\"http://missrepresentation.org/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Gender stereotypes deconstructed: MissRepresentation.org\n</a>With resources cut across the field of news and reporting, representation is a slippery slope publishers face. Breaking down gender stereotypes, this campaign strives to level the playing field.\n\n</div>', 'Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: October 14 - November 4, 2011', 'Recent PEW report assesses the local landscape: How people learn about their local community. Alex Howard at O’Reilly Radar distills it down. Hope for what is possible tempered by deep concern about the decay of local newspapers, and what that will mean for local government accountability.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'journalism-accelerator-featured-links-october-14-november-4-2011', '', '', '2011-11-04 09:43:59', '2011-11-04 16:43:59', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5690', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5719, 4, '2011-11-11 15:33:53', '2011-11-11 23:33:53', '<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3508\" title=\"Journalism Accelerator\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja-bug.png\" alt=\"Journalism Accelerator\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" />\n<p style=\"padding-left: 65px;\"><strong>Transparency around how we are tackling technology, building community and enabling connection is a core value of the Journalism Accelerator. Our intention is to clarify the thinking behind the JA’s authentication process, so you can feel informed in your decision to participate on the site. And be comfortable knowing what information you are sharing with the JA when you join the community. </strong>When you join the Journalism Accelerator community, we ask you to share who you are. Some members have asked about our thinking behind that. We believe how you <em>technically </em>connect to this website affects how you connect <em>as a person</em> to the living, breathing community the site gathers and reflects. We asked our technology advisor Jeff Lennan to tell you more about the login system we use and why. <!--more--></p>\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Connection and Conversation</strong></span></h4>\n<strong>The Journalism Accelerator aspires to connect people and promote conversation around questions and resources to enrich the new media news ecology.</strong> In addition to running technology for the JA, I\'m a community organizer. In that role I also aim to create new connections and conversations, while working through the opportunities and challenges of bringing people together.\n\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6057\" title=\"Jeff Lennan JA profile\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jeffprofileJA.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Lennan JA profile\" width=\"522\" height=\"407\" /><strong>I think in terms of people working together, in their mutual self-interest, often in new and unexpected ways.</strong>\n\nAs a technologist, I know that systems and networks help make this possible. <strong>We now have opportunities and capabilities for this that simply did not exist only a few years ago</strong>. Platforms, tools and devices have restructured and redefined communication, community and commerce.\n\nIt is clear that the Internet age has changed everything, including how we think about who we are and what we want. <strong>One important way that people shape and experience this is with their online identity.</strong> From a teenager agonizing over his relationship status on his Facebook profile to a job-seeker revising, then re-revising her LinkedIn profile, the Internet is a real-time identity workshop.\n\nFor those who choose to interact and connect on the web, the profile(s) we create are how we reference ourselves. <strong>Our online identity defines who we are in terms of what we do, what we say  and who and what we are connected to.</strong> While many choose a pseudonym as their profile, rather than their \"real name,\" that profile is still attached to what that person says, does, and IS on the web.<strong> It is this association that provides authenticity, which enables relationships, conversation and connection.</strong>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Making the Journalism Accelerator Useful</strong></span></h4>\nThe primary goals of the Journalism Accelerator are to deepen connection, conversation, network confluence and collaboration.\n\n<strong>The Journalism Accelerator’s sign-on system achieves these goals, based on three key assumptions:</strong>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 45px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">\n	<li>You work to shape at least one profile on the web that you believe best represents you and is optimized to achieve your objectives.  Most people have or can easily create one on a current major social platform (Google, LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook), and find it convenient to choose one to connect and participate here.</li>\n	<li> Connecting in a way that allows others to learn<em> </em>who you are and<em> </em>get to know you<em> </em>through your conversations, work, products and expertise is a useful way to expand your network, broaden your knowledge and fuel experimentation.</li>\n	<li> The process is easy (just one click), because simple is good. Busy people avoid creating new accounts, retrieving passwords or answering security questions.</li>\n</ol>\nThis last assumption, <strong>simple matters</strong>, may just be the most important reason of all. <strong>We believe the best technology is the technology that works and doesn’t get in your way.</strong>\n\n<strong>So far, our system of connecting people through their \"real identities\" is succeeding</strong>. New people joining, returning site visitors, comments, and JA community members choosing to share additional background such as their websites, a brief bio, and expertise areas in their profiles, have all increased dramatically with the ability for you to participate in<em> </em>the JA using your  preferred web profile.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JanRain and the Journalism Accelerator</strong></span></h4>\nThe Journalism Accelerator uses JanRain Social Login. <strong>This is <em>how</em> the Journalism Accelerator is able to use one of your existing web profiles</strong> on Google, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.\n\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5789\" title=\"JA JanRain login\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/janrain_on_ja2.png\" alt=\"JA JanRain login\" width=\"276\" height=\"250\" /><strong>This system provides a number of important benefits for you:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">Security</strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">:  We believe that the major identity providers like Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are better suited than we are for managing (and protecting) your identity on the web. When you connect to the Journalism Accelerator, you do so on the secure servers of those platforms.</span></li>\n	<li><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">Ease of use</strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">: Your initial connection only requires one click, and when you return if you are not already connected, you can do so again, that’s right, with just one click.</span></li>\n	<li><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\">Track Record: </strong><a style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http://www.janrain.com/customers\" target=\"_blank\">Big brands use it</a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;\"> because customers like it.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>The system also significantly protects the community against spam</strong>, which means conversations in the forum are able to remain open, as the topics they cover continue to unfold over time. And, as we have detailed above, it lets you know who you\'re talking to!\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Your Privacy: What the Journalism Accelerator Does with Your Information</strong></span></h4>\nProviders like Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook give access to a fixed set of information when you connect to other sites using your profile. To see a list of what information your provider allows, visit <a href=\"https://rpxnow.com/docs/providers\" target=\"_blank\">JanRain\'s Provider Guide</a>.\n\n<strong>We apply a subset of this information, far less than what the providers offer.</strong> To give you an idea of what this looks like, here is what we store, by provider.\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h4>The Profile Data We Use</h4>\n<strong>Our policy is to only store a very limited set of information when you connect to the Journalism Accelerator. </strong>In other words, we do not see or store nearly all the information available from the providers.\n\n</div>\n<strong>Facebook</strong>: Display Name, Profile Photo, Verified Email\n<strong>Twitter</strong>: Display Name, Twitter handle, Bio, Profile Photo, Website\n<strong>LinkedIn</strong>: Display Name, Twitter, Handle, Profile Photo, Position, Website\n<strong>Google</strong>: Display Name, Verified Email\n\nWhile Facebook and Google provide an email address, if you connect using LinkedIn or Twitter, the Journalism Accelerator will ask you for one. Google is the only platform that does not provide a photo. If you connect using Google, we ask you to edit your profile and upload an image to use on the Journalism Accelerator.\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Why JanRain?</strong></span></h4>\nThere are a number of ways to integrate social login into a website. Here are some things that informed our decision to use JanRain.\n\n<strong>Pros</strong>\n\n<strong>We chose JanRain because it gives us a simple way to provide social login via most major social networks</strong>, without the requirement to code to each one.  A major challenge of social login is making sure the mix of social logins functions effectively with all of the other parts of your website. JanRain makes sure social login works across all major networks, which frees us up to make sure the Journalism Accelerator works for our site visitors.  With JanRain, we are free to use our own profile-based functions on the site, like comment threads and “voting up” content, instead of having to plugin various third-party applications for these features that are fundamental to the utility of our site and our project.\n\n<strong>Cons</strong>\n\nIn order to use JanRain the way we do on the Journalism Accelerator, we do need to do <em>some</em> coding.  We are integrating the social login services of JanRain with BuddyPress, a WordPress plugin that powers the profiles that you see under the <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/\">people tab</a> on the site.  While JanRain provides a WordPress plugin, this is for a much more basic level of Wordpress site, and we definitely have had to modify the plugin.  Another significant factor is cost.  In order to achieve what we needed with social login, we had to buy an enterprise license for JanRain, which costs around $3,000/yr.  At $250/month, this level of software is simply out of reach for many site operators and projects.\n\nThere may be something you\'ve realized as you read this that will help you think through your own project, website, or other work. <strong>Let us hear your response to the choices we\'ve made around identity and authentication! You thoughts feed the JA community evolution</strong>. We\'ll keep reporting on that here as it continues to unfold.\n<div class=\"underwrite_span clearfix\">\n\n<img style=\"padding: 10px;\" title=\"Jeff Lennan\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jeff_100.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Lennan\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />\n<h4>About the Author</h4>\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/about/ja-team/\">Jeff Lennan</a> consults for the JA on technology, strategy, and site creation. He is experienced in both the development and use of Web applications for communications, advocacy and activism. He is a partner at <a href=\"http://www.redhotpenguin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hot Penguin</a>, an open source technology development outfit based in San Francisco.\n\n</div>', 'Login, profiles and authentication: JanRain, the Journalism Accelerator and you', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'login-profiles-and-authentication-janrain-the-journalism-accelerator-and-you', '', '', '2011-11-11 15:33:53', '2011-11-11 23:33:53', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5719', 0, 'post', '', 15),
(5763, 15, '2011-11-07 10:40:10', '2011-11-07 18:40:10', '<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About Denise</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Denise_100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/dennetmint/\">Denise Cheng</a> joins the JA from Michigan, where she\'s been practicing deep hyperlocal journalism. As the citizen journalism coordinator for the <a href=\"http://www.grcmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Rapids Community Media Center</a>, she also reported and edited copy for <a href=\"http://therapidian.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rapidian</a>, a local news site. She has taught social media and digital story telling at <a href=\"http://www.pcmtv.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Community Media</a> in Oregon, and served as a Peace Corps small business advisor in Lesotho. Denise graduated from Miami University with an interdisciplinary degree in Global and Cultural Journalism, Italian, and political science.\n\n</div>\nTwo and a half years ago, I uprooted from Portland, Oregon, to embark on an adventure launching a hyperlocal, citizen-authored news source called <a href=\"http://therapidian.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rapidian</a>. Beginning in college and over my career, I’ve been drawn to <a href=\"http://blog.dennetmint.com/2011/11/senior-project/\" target=\"_blank\">wise owls who steer participatory media outfits</a>. <strong>I have come to believe that media creation has the power to fuse people and their networks to information, and to increase the likelihood they will act in their communities.</strong>\n\nThis is important. <a href=\"http://dennetmint2lesotho.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">As a Peace Corps volunteer</a>, I saw emerging communities <a href=\"http://blog.dennetmint.com/2008/10/digital-storytelling/#npr-marketplace\" target=\"_blank\">misunderstood and misrepresented by media</a> inside and outside the country. That intensified tension between groups and nipped compassion from outside of the country. As the daughter of immigrants, I saw the link that native language news networks can provide to those who never feel exactly at home. <strong>When communities form, the participants are no longer detached individuals swallowed up in the crowd; they can determine what is meaningful </strong>within their own communities.\n\nI saw this at The Rapidian. <a href=\"http://therapidian.org/see-you-again\" target=\"_blank\">In my goodbye editorial</a>, I remember a few transformations I was privileged to witness, including “a woman who practiced in front of a mirror to find her voice in front of a camera, people who have never been invited to create media realizing that their perspectives meant something to people they had never met.” I also explained why I’m comfortable moving on. “It\'s tempting to stay where you are when you\'re content, but that\'s the best time to push onward and open up.\"\n\nI didn\'t explain where I was going, but I\'ll let you in on the secret: I\'m coming right here to this very URL. <strong>In mid-November, I\'ll be starting as the JA\'s research and outreach editor.</strong> My primary focus at the JA will combine many of my faves: <strong>building community among journalism practitioners for a stronger media ecosystem.</strong> I fully believe that by doing so, we can better serve other communities and help them emerge. <strong>We can help people connect to one another through information.</strong><!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5767\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"250\" caption=\"Denise Cheng and JA&#39;s Lisa Skube at Block by Block, September 2011. Photo by Dave Cohn\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5767 \" title=\"Denise Cheng and Lisa Skube at Block by Block\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bxb11_DeniseLisa-250x236.jpg\" alt=\"Denise Cheng and Lisa Skube at Block by Block\" width=\"250\" height=\"236\" />[/caption]\n\nThere are times when I worry.<strong> Is \"community\" in danger of being one of those buzz words that becomes meaningless (is it already)?</strong> Yet how many times have I proof-read a paragraph spangled with \"community\" and searched for a synonym? Fellowship, camaraderie, rapport… Nothing quite captures the sentiment. One phrase that has caught my fancy lately really seems to describe community to a T:  <strong>Communities are \"everywhere—like God, or salt.\"</strong>\n\nBut communities aren’t only about banding together to create a space in the world. They’re also about enriching experiences among peers. As a journalism practitioner, I absorbed a lot over the last few years, whether by site visits, at conferences or through Internet stalking. <strong>What appeals to me most about the JA: I will be learning directly, with my peers, and connecting news outlets to one another as a full-time pursuit.</strong> By moving forward together, <strong>we’ll learn from one another and discover more effective approaches for our audiences to connect with information</strong>. It will help every one of us move closer to this call: To equip a citizenry with the information it needs to become invested in self-governing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;', 'Meet Denise Cheng, new JA editor for research and outreach', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'meet-denise-cheng-new-ja-editor-for-research-and-outreach', '', '', '2011-11-07 10:40:10', '2011-11-07 18:40:10', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5763', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(5791, 19, '2011-11-04 16:10:37', '2011-11-04 23:10:37', 'Journalists have always covered the tech industry as a section of the newspaper, but now, due to the personal media explosion,<strong> the very existence of the trade is dependent on conversations and decisions that happen at events like this year’s Seattle Interactive Conference</strong>.\n<div class=\"underwrite\">\n<h3>About Jacob</h3>\n<img src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Jacob_100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/futuresoup/\">Jacob Caggiano</a> writes about his “healthy obsession” with communicating online, and more, at <a href=\"http://futuresoup.com/\" target=\"_blank\">futuresoup.com</a>.  He has worked with innovative groups like the <a href=\"https://drumbeat.org/en-US/journalism/\" target=\"_blank\">Knight-Mozilla</a> Partnership, <a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism that Matters</a>, and the <a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington News Council</a>. He helped create the <a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/seattlejournalismcommons/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Journalism Commons</a>, and co-organized the 2011 <a href=\"http://openvideoconference.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Video Conference</a> in New York City.\n\n</div>\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23SIC2011\" target=\"_blank\">#SIC2011</a> had many of the same trimmings as the now messianic #SXSWi (South By Southwest Interactive). The obligatory cute cartoon logos, fancy afterparties, overt corporate sponsorship, installation exhibits, free marketing schwag, and <a href=\"http://www.seattleinteractive.com//index.php/entry/seattle-interactive-selects-unsocial-as-official-mobile-app?/news/entry/seattle-interactive-selects-unsocial-as-official-mobile-app\" target=\"_blank\">custom smartphone app</a> were all part of the $300+ ticket, a tad steep for your average journalist trying to get a bite on how to stay alive.\n\n<strong>So how does this deliver in terms of fulfilling the “<a href=\"http://knightfoundation.org/funding-initiatives/knight-community-information-challenge/\" target=\"_blank\">information needs of a community</a>?”</strong>\n\n<strong>First let’s talk mobile</strong>. “Social/Local/Mobile” <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23solomo\" target=\"_blank\">#SoLoMo</a> was the expression I picked up from Jason Karas of Seattle startup <a href=\"http://www.trover.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Trover</a>, who put up some interesting stats on rapid mobile adoption:\n<ul>\n	<li>350 million people are using Facebook through their phones</li>\n	<li>4 billionTwitter posts come from phones each month (maybe not all through smartphones)</li>\n	<li>1 billion photos are shared through phones each month (not clear if this is the entire web, or just social media)</li>\n	<li>1 billion Foursquare checkins have been logged to date</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>What’s more interesting is the motivation behind the SoLoMo phenomenon</strong>. The Location Based Marketing Association has <a href=\"http://thelbma.com/research/14/check-in-data-the-reality-behind-the-hype/\" target=\"_blank\">research</a> that breaks down the motivations of early adopters:<!--more-->\n<ul>\n	<li>54% want Discounts/Coupons</li>\n	<li>33% want to meet friends</li>\n	<li>32% want to learn about the location</li>\n	<li>30% want to promote the location</li>\n	<li>38% want to participate in games/contests/receive badges, e.g. become a “Mayor”</li>\n</ul>\nThe premise behind Trover is to tap into the human desire to discover and share discoveries, not by means of text reviews and pins on a map (Yelp and Foursquare), but through a rich photographic experience.\n\n<strong>My question to Jason was, how can Trover enable journalists and citizens alike to break stories and receive critical information in their communities?</strong>\n\nHe agreed on the importance of this notion, and noted that they are working on an algorithm behind the scenes that can push noteworthy photos and content based on number of views, shares, and “thanks.”\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5801\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"256\" caption=\"Draw-vatars from Filter Digital sketch out first digital memories, as suggested by those passing by.Photo by Jacob Caggiano. \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5801  \" title=\"Draw-vatars from Filter Digital at Seattle Interactive Conference\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/digital_memory.jpg\" alt=\"Draw-vatars from Filter Digital at Seattle Interactive Conference\" width=\"256\" height=\"431\" />[/caption]\n\n<strong>Part two of my question was how to break critical content out of the walled garden and make sure people across the rest of the web can see it. </strong>Right now the strategy is to allow sharing on Facebook and Twitter, which is helpful, though a truly open standard data protocol like RSS, JSON, Odata, etc. would yield more amazing potential as far as rich mashups and robust archives that are accessible by researchers and the general public. It’s touchy however, as privacy, data portability, and intellectual property add complexity to the mix. Plus the financial incentives of keeping people locked into your company’s platform need to be balanced with the public need of having accessible data in a variety of formats and devices.\n\nAnother cool mobile tool that was demoed is called <a href=\"http://echoer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Echoer</a>, which has a really neat lava lamp style interface of thought bubbles that are easy to sort through. I only caught a quick impression, but it seemed like a more malleable version of Twitter. Slick interfaces are one thing, but journalists need ways to get data in and out quickly and easily, and more scenario testing needs to be done to see how feasible it is to push things out to the masses in a smooth meaningful way.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/the-seattle-interactive-conference-jacob-caggianos-big-questions/\">I’ll provide more insights in the second part of my report</a>, but let me sign off now by mentioning two other tools which got shout outs at the conference.\n\n<a href=\"http://summify.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Summify</a> — based in Canada, <strong>Summify got mentioned by <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/mikeindustries\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Davidson</a> of <a href=\"http://www.newsvine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Newsvine</a> as a way to surface nuggets within the muck of your information feeds.</strong> It sorts your Google, Facebook, and Twitter feeds, analyzes which links are most popular among your friends,  and provides a top 10 summary. Interestingly, Mike also mentioned an idea that was pitched at Ben Huh’s Moby Dick <a href=\"http://jayrosen.posterous.com/three-different-kinds-of-context-were-missing\" target=\"_blank\">gathering</a> at Stanford, which is a sort of “Anti-Summify.” It can fight filter bubble syndrome by summarizing which important stories you or your friends didn’t pick up on.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.evri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Evri</a> — A monster aggregator of ~15,000 feeds for the iPad (only) and soon available on the Chrome browser (only). <strong>Evri has a beautiful way of letting you thumb through the news and keep track of your favorites through <a href=\"http://www.instapaper.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Instapaper</a> or <a href=\"http://readitlaterlist.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Read it Later</a></strong>.\n\n<strong>Were you at #SIC2011</strong>? What are your thoughts on the path we’re headed? 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(5857, 19, '2011-11-08 14:33:51', '2011-11-08 22:33:51', 'In my <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/the-seattle-interactive-conference-jacob-caggiano-reports/\">first post on the Seattle Interactive Conference</a>, I went over some locally developed tools designed<strong> </strong>to make information more relevant and insightful. Mobile apps like <a href=\"http://www.trover.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Trover</a>, which allows geo-discovery through photos, and <a href=\"http://evri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Evri</a>, which organizes ~15,000 news feeds into a friendly iPad interface, are useful on an individual level. But my concern is:\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>How can they scale to community heights when it comes to breaking, spreading, and contextualizing important public information?</strong></h4>\n</blockquote>\n[caption id=\"attachment_5862\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"230\" caption=\"Technology scales best when community needs come first. Photo by Lisa Skube.\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5862   \" title=\"Scale to community heights\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ScaleToCommunityHeights.jpg\" alt=\"Scale to community heights\" width=\"230\" height=\"322\" />[/caption]\n\nThis is not an easy question. To help answer it, I needed to figure out how the mobile sausage is made. <strong>So at SIC, I tracked down </strong><a href=\"http://www.johnsangiovanni.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John SanGiovanni</a><strong>, co-founder of and product design VP for the </strong><a href=\"http://www.zumobi.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zumobi</strong></a><strong> mobile network.</strong> It would be wrong to call Zumobi an “ad network,” because while they do serve ads to mobile devices, they also design and build the apps on which the ads run. Right now its “co-publishing network” is being used by some of the biggest heavy hitters in the content world, with clients that range from MSNBC and The Week magazine, to Popular Science, Good Housekeeping, Parenting Magazine, and Motor Trend.\n\n<strong>The good news is that SanGiovanni happily reported financial success on the journalism side of their business.</strong> He said their MSNBC app is “a whale” (very profitable) and both the advertisers and the publisher (MSNBC) are happy with the model they’ve set up. It’d be hard not to be, because Zumobi designs and builds the app absolutely free of charge to publishers whom they choose to work with. The company also helps with some of the ad sales, but as a co-publishing network, they expect the publisher to already have a drawer full of dedicated advertisers.\n\n<strong>The not-so-good news is that Zumobi only works with top tier clients and doesn’t have plans to scale down their model to independent and hyperlocal publishers.</strong> SanGiovanni assured me he’s a big fan of <a href=\"http://www.mapleleaflife.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Maple Leaf Life</a> and cares about supporting grassroots journalism, but it’s just not in the cards for Zumobi right now. The company prefers to swim with bigger fish.<!--more-->\n\n<strong>The reason why this is not-so-good news, rather than bad news completely, is that it means there are still entrepreneurial possibilities for co-publishing networks within the mobile hyperlocal space.</strong> SanGiovanni said that while Zumobi can boast a working paradigm, they’re not sure they’ve completely “cracked the code” and are still settling “the Wild Wild West” when it comes to this type of content model. Right now their biggest competitor is the Google acquired <a href=\"http://www.admob.com/\" target=\"_blank\">AdMob</a>. Zumobi believes it has a leg up on AdMob, claiming to be the only ad network that lets an advertiser choose exactly in which app its ad appears, rather than limiting the advertiser to a single bundle and little control.\n\nHearing the “Wild Wild West” metaphor reminded me of similar analogy I heard during a panel from Geekwire’s <a href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/author/moniguzman\" target=\"_blank\">Monica Guzman</a>. She described the freshly chartered <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23SoLoMo\" target=\"_blank\">#SoLoMo</a> (Social, Local, Mobile) space as a “land grab” to be first to own the territory. Guzman said that even big players like FourSquare have yet to demonstrate solid roots such as a profitable horizon and control of the market.\n<h4><strong>The race to settle the Next Frontier</strong></h4>\nGuzman followed up her “land grab” metaphor with a very excellent point:  <strong>there’s a lot of talk about collaboration within the ecosystem, but secretly, everyone wants to build their own private roads and charge a toll.</strong> James Grimmelman, associate professor at New York Law School and part of its <a href=\"http://www.nyls.edu/centers/harlan_scholar_centers/institute_for_information_law_and_policy\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for Information Law and Policy</a> lays out the legal catfight in great detail with his indispensable piece, “<a href=\"http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/owning-the-stack-the-legal-war-for-control-of-the-smartphone-platform.ars\" target=\"_blank\">Owning the stack</a>.”\n\nAs the industry continues the battle and enacts agreements on borders and territory, it’s important that you and I understand the collateral damage that’s at stake for individuals and the community at large. There are a wide variety of intersecting issues to explore (privacy, security, affordability, accessibility, interoperability, obsolescence). One that needs better elaboration is:\n<h4><strong>Data Portability</strong></h4>\n[caption id=\"attachment_5866\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"240\" caption=\"Test driving Evri at the SIC. Photo by Jacob Caggiano. \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5866  \" title=\"Test driving Evri at the Seattle Interactive Conference\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/iPad-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"Test driving Evri at the Seattle Interactive Conference\" width=\"240\" height=\"335\" />[/caption]\n\nI popped the big question on <a href=\"http://dataportability.org/\" target=\"_blank\">data portability</a> throughout the event and sincerely hope others bring it up when I’m not around to do so.\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>What are my options for getting data in and out of App X, and why are certain options unavailable when there are clear use cases to support them?</strong></h4>\n</blockquote>\n<em> </em>\n\n<strong>All developers think about data portability when they build software, and all consumers should think about it when evaluating and adding to their tool set. </strong>The silent ills caused by <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_%28technology%29\" target=\"_blank\">walled gardens</a> are becoming more widely recognized – witness Google’s <a href=\"http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-ramps-up-its-data-portability-as-a-weapon-push/57359\" target=\"_blank\">flaunting</a> more flexible data options as they continue to develop their Google+ network. While representatives of Google and Facebook <a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/goog-fb-data.php\" target=\"_blank\">joined</a> the Data Portability Project in 2008, the advocacy group’s chairman Steve Repetti has clearly not been satisfied. He recently <a href=\"http://dataportability.org/2011/07/05/data-portability-wars-google-and-facebook-vs-you/\" target=\"_blank\">threw down the gauntlet</a> and demanded they settle things once and for all at a yet to be announced Data Portability Summit.\n\n<strong>Let’s take a step back and show you why this issue is so important.</strong> How many of you have lost your phone but didn’t want to pay for Sprint’s backup system, causing <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/16/lost-my-phone-give-me-your-number-groups-on-facebook-are-a-spammers-paradise/\" target=\"_blank\">all your contacts to instantly vanish</a>? Technologically, it’s a piece of cake for device makers to build a function that exports a basic comma separated text file (.csv) of your contacts directly onto your hard drive without an internet connection. Feature-wise, it’s great for consumers because any computer in the world can read that .csv file, guaranteeing no choke points when you need to connect with your special someone.\n\nThis basic functionality is slowly coming along, but <a href=\"http://allthingsd.com/20090224/lost-cellphone-your-carrier-has-your-backup/\" target=\"_blank\">there are still many sticky points</a>. Verizon customers get free cloud backup, but <strong>how easy is it for you to recover your contacts if you lose your Verizon phone and want to switch providers when you get a new one? You’re definitely out of luck if you want to load your contacts into a friend’s phone during the interim.</strong> Lost your phone the day before your trip to Europe? Too bad.\n\nThe point is, regardless whether a free cloud exists, it’s still a very opaque cloud (not to mention less private, secure, and accessible than a local backup file via USB). Regardless of company promises, nothing matches the peace of mind of having a human readable file on your very own hard drive that you can transfer to any device without an internet connection.\n\nThis is just one example.<strong> Lack of data portability comes in many forms, and the barriers are put in place by a cross section of industry players. </strong>On Facebook there’s been a long, drawn out battle to have one click exporting, with the company issuing a series of legal <a href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20078435-264/facebook-blocks-a-second-contact-export-tool/\" target=\"_blank\">threats against developers</a> who make third party applications that do things like make it easy to download photos. (Google and Facebook also have <a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_vs_facebook_the_battle_over_your_data.php\" target=\"_blank\">their own personal battles</a> on this issue.)\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5872\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"360\" caption=\" Buttons and picks: The Tableau table offerings at SIC. Photo by Jacob Caggiano. \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-5872 \" title=\"Tableau buttons and picks at Seattle Interactive Conference\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/buttons-n-piks_JacobCaggiano.jpg\" alt=\"Tableau buttons and picks at Seattle Interactive Conference\" width=\"360\" height=\"259\" />[/caption]\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/buttons-n-piks_JacobCaggiano.jpg\"></a>As it turns out, the purported 5th of November attack rumored from Anonymous <a href=\"http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/anonymous-is-not-attacking-facebook-today/5032\" target=\"_blank\">didn’t happen</a>, but those who tried to safeguard their personal data had to waste a good deal of time to discover a partial workaround that requires all your data to go through a Google account. What’s going to happen when a better system comes along that is more respectful of privacy and ownership (i.e. <a href=\"http://blog.diasporafoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Diaspora*</a>)? Will social networking innovations be able to succeed if people can’t easily migrate their delicate relationships over to a new home?\n\nThis is clearly a longer conversation for another time, so in the context of the Seattle Interactive Conference, I asked <a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/shannoncarter\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Carter</a>, design director for <a href=\"http://www.zumobi.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Zumobi</a>, about data portability during the Q&amp;A of her presentation on mobile UX design. She outlined a general strategy of<strong> </strong>keeping as much data within apps as possible, but allowing sharing via Facebook and Twitter.\n\nI’m not writing to pick on Shannon or Zumobi for following the big player trends away from data portability. That said, <strong>here\'s the bottom line: The ability to mash up public information and protect private information will be directly affected by the business decisions made in the coming years.</strong> These business decisions will come from a general industry consensus, which is leaning in the direction Shannon\'s heading – building apps that share with popular proprietary social networks, but keeping the data sealed shut within the app.\n\nAchieving true data portability is a challenging fight when we have to rely on our imaginations to see how much better the world could be in a future with universal open standards. So let’s look at the past. <strong>Imagine what the world would be like today </strong><a href=\"http://www.metafilter.com/108211/What-if-Tim-BernersLee-Had-patented-HTML\" target=\"_blank\">if Tim Berners Lee chose to patent HTML</a><strong>, and thus the World Wide Web.</strong> We’d probably be living in a twilight universe of kitschy AOL style portals where the highest bidding sponsor gets to load their mediocre content on your home screen. Instead, <a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/resources/what-is-the-potential-impact-of-the-proposed-senate-resolution-to-repeal-net-neutrality-regulations-on-the-publics-ability-to-access-news-and-information/\" target=\"_blank\">for now at least</a>, we can watch social revolutions unfold through real-time, firsthand experiences, shared directly from the person witnessing them.\n\n<em>What are your thoughts on data portability and the vision of an </em><a href=\"http://www.phillipadsmith.com/2011/05/defining-journalism-on-the-open-web-six-ideas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Open Web</em></a><em>? How can we build financial rewards to innovative companies who make products that play nice with user controlled data?</em>\n<div class=\"underwrite_span\">\n\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/futuresoup/\"><img style=\"padding: 10px;\" title=\"Jacob Caggiano\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Jacob_100.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob Caggiano\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /></a>\n<h3>About Jacob</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/members/futuresoup/\">Jacob Caggiano</a> writes about his “healthy obsession” with communicating online, and more, at <a href=\"http://futuresoup.com/\" target=\"_blank\">futuresoup.com</a>.  He has worked with innovative groups like the <a href=\"https://drumbeat.org/en-US/journalism/\" target=\"_blank\">Knight-Mozilla</a> Partnership, <a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Journalism that Matters</a>, and the <a href=\"http://wanewscouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington News Council</a>. He helped create the <a href=\"http://journalismthatmatters.org/seattlejournalismcommons/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Journalism Commons</a>, and co-organized the 2011 <a href=\"http://openvideoconference.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Video Conference</a> in New York City.\n\n</div>\n&nbsp;', 'The Seattle Interactive Conference: Jacob Caggiano&#039;s big questions', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-seattle-interactive-conference-jacob-caggianos-big-questions', '', '', '2011-11-08 14:33:51', '2011-11-08 22:33:51', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5857', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5900, 3, '2011-11-11 10:13:07', '2011-11-11 18:13:07', '<blockquote>The Nonprofit Journalism Hub is intended to bring together a myriad of resources to help communities create their own successful nonprofit news organizations. We are most interested in helping local investigative and public service journalism thrive in the new media landscape.\n\nThe Hub’s concept and design were created by voiceofsandiego.org in 2010. The Hub’s original creation was made possible by a generous grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and a collaboration of multiple partners.\n\nIn June 2011, The Hub website was acquired by the Investigative News Network. Under this new acquisition, INN will be expanding the content of the Hub website with more resources, tools and information for both established and start-up nonprofit newsrooms alike.\n\nWebsite manager and contributor Professor Amy Schmitz Weiss will continue her work with The Hub as the lead contributor and coordinator under INN’s new management.\n\nThe Hub was not meant to be stagnant. It is intended to be a lively forum for discussion and information. We depend on the entire virtual community to add to its content. Please share your stories, your challenges, and what’s working for you. We all learn from each other.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.npjhub.org/aboutus\" target=\"_blank\">The Hub</a></blockquote>', 'The Nonprofit Journalism Hub', 'Eager to start your own news nonprofit? The Investigative News Network’s online hub supports “local investigative and public service journalism.”', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-nonprofit-journalism-hub', '', '', '2011-11-11 10:13:07', '2011-11-11 18:13:07', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5900', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5902, 3, '2011-11-11 09:49:33', '2011-11-11 17:49:33', '<blockquote>The Community Media Workshop, founded by a journalist, Hank De Zutter, and a community activist, Thom Clark, is a small institution trying to link the two Chicagos by encouraging the media to tell the stories of the other Chicago, the oft-neglected neighborhoods and back streets of Chicago, where the problems are felt most deeply and where solutions are most likely to be born.\n\nThe Workshop trains people working on these problems to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities which make up Chicago.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://communitymediaworkshop.org/about/who-we-are-and-our-mission/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Media Workshop</a>\n\n\"We:\n<ul>\n	<li>hold workshops throughout the year to train nonprofit communicators on how to effectively reach the media, (via pitching, messaging, social media and spokesperson training)</li>\n	<li>publish an annual media guide (a yellow pages of media contacts) of all of the media outlets (including journalists\' &amp; reporters\' full contact info) in the Chicago land area and beyond. (Now online, as well as in print, at www.chicagomediaguide.org)</li>\n	<li>organize an annual conference in June - Making Media Connections - which brings hundreds of nonprofit leaders in the same room with reporters and journalists...</li>\n	<li>host the Studs Terkel Media Awards Benefit each year to honor journalists and reporters who cover stories in their communities, much like Studs Terkel did...</li>\n	<li> Blog! Our blogs include: NP Communicator: Tips and tools for nonprofit communicators. http://communitymediaworkshop.org/npcommunicator</li>\n	<li>Newstips: Our long-time grassroots news service providing journalists with stories and sources from Chicago-area nonprofits. http://communitymediaworkshop.org/newstips</li>\n	<li>Chicago is the World: A resource for Chicago\'s ethnic media. http://communitymediaworkshop.org/chicagoistheworld\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaWorkshop?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">Community Media Workshop</a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Community Media Workshop', 'Since 1989 coaching and connecting grassroots communities with workshops and training to diversify and enrich the mix of voices in the news and public debate.  ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'community-media-workshop', '', '', '2011-11-11 09:49:33', '2011-11-11 17:49:33', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5902', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5904, 3, '2011-11-11 10:22:56', '2011-11-11 18:22:56', '<blockquote>Street Fight is a media, events, and research company focused on the business of hyperlocal: location-centric services, locally-targeted daily deals efforts, and more traditional “hyperlocal” news and information sites and networks...We aim to be a central resource for ideas about sustainable business models for the hyperlocal news, information and advertising efforts. We will celebrate those who are making it happen — whether at a sexy startup, an old-school media or advertising company or a blog with a passionate scope no bigger than a few-block radius — and we will provide case studies and wisdom from those on the front lines.\n\nIn fact, it’s a question that has already been put to us. As we were working behind the scenes to build the site, we began participating in the Twitterverse, connecting with and learning about the range of individuals and companies who live and breathe hyperlocal. Not long before launch, this tweet came through from <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/westseattleblog/status/54203460815564800\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@westseattleblog</strong></a>: “hmm will @streetfightmag actually be relevant to our business or just another focus on big corp (or tech-heavy) efforts to be #hyperlocal.”\n\nNo doubt others will ask as well as they review our site and our Twitter feed, which are in fact more heavily weighted toward the companies grabbing the headlines across the tech and media landscape right now. And here’s our answer: We intend to cover the breadth of the industry as best we can, and we’d love to hear from all corners of the market to help us do so. If you’ve got questions, comments, or ideas about the site, please email co-founders <a href=\"mailto:laura@streetfightmag.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Laura Rich</strong></a> and <a href=\"mailto:david@streetfightmag.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>David Hirschman</strong></a>...\n\nTake a look around, poke at the site, and <a href=\"mailto:info@streetfightmag.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>let us know</strong></a> what you think. Here’s a little guide:\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://streetfightmag.com/category/headlines/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Street Fight Daily</strong></a> – Essential news of the day published on the site and directly to your inbox (sign up for the newsletter here)</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://streetfightmag.com/category/interviews/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Interviews</strong></a> – Hear directly from the leaders in hyperlocal in our up-close Q&amp;As, as well as local business owners</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://streetfightmag.com/tag/commentary/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Commentary</strong></a> – Views and guest posts from staff and industry voices to give shape to news developments and ideas</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://streetfightmag.com/category/street-smart-moves/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Street Smart Moves</strong></a> – The single-best deal, assertion, investment or other strategy, each week\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://streetfightmag.com/2011/04/13/street-fight-launches/\" target=\"_blank\">Streetfight</a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Street Fight: Inside the Business of Hyperlocal', 'Reporting on trends and emerging practices, Street Fight publishes “ideas about sustainable business models for the hyperlocal news, information and advertising.”', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'streetfight-inside-the-business-of-hyperlocal', '', '', '2011-11-11 10:22:56', '2011-11-11 18:22:56', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5904', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(5906, 3, '2011-11-11 10:40:15', '2011-11-11 18:40:15', '<blockquote>Newsbeat gives your newsroom’s front-line team detailed information on every single page on your site in a way they intuitively understand. You can dive as deep as you want and find the diamonds in the rough.\n\nBut Newsbeat doesn’t overwhelm you in a flood of data, it sorts the signal from the noise. Newsbeat’s finely tuned algorithms analyze every page in real time and predicts their expected traffic paths.\n\nWhen something unusual happens, like a spike in traffic, you’ll be immediately alerted by SMS or email and be in the best position to respond.\n\nChevrons denoting acceleration of new visitors to your pages also appear on the dashboard, giving you an early warning signal that a story is about to blow up, or is losing its heat.\n\nOne of the key features of newsbeat is the ability to create personalized dashboards for every person on your team. The sports editor no longer has to wade through data on politics and world news to find the data that’s important to her. She can log in and immediately see her traffic, her stories and her referrers\n\nA flexible user management system with granular permission settings means you only have to share the data you want, giving you the confidence that your data is secure.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://blog.chartbeat.com/2011/07/28/thenewnewsroom/\" target=\"_blank\">chartbeat</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Newsbeat', 'Tracking real-time reader response, newsbeat gives publishers the tools to understand and engage their audiences at the granular and broad-brush level.\n', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'newsbeat', '', '', '2011-11-11 10:40:15', '2011-11-11 18:40:15', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5906', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5977, 3, '2011-11-11 11:05:07', '2011-11-11 19:05:07', '<blockquote>Corruption occurs in areas of state laws, rules and processes, where checks and balances and public reporting are rare or not required. When states buy goods and services, invest their employees’ pensions, hire and fire civil servants, appoint people to regulatory positions, and enforce laws, a system of policies and practices with high integrity is key to serving the interests of people. The State Integrity Investigation aims to shine light into these areas, and to inspire policy changes to promote good government practices. It will rank every state on its risk of corruption by gathering data on a checklist of over 300 risk indicators, across fourteen categories of state government as they apply in each state. In early 2012, the Investigation issue detailed report cards on every state with stories about what practices and processes are performing well in government, and what areas require improvements. We\'re confident that many states governments will score well, while others will benefit greatly from knowing what areas of their policies and practices to improve. The report cards will be a map to guide reporters, citizens and eventually officials to inspire reform where reform is needed, and celebrate where policies and practices are working for people.\n\nThe project is a collaboration between journalists, civic groups, state governments and the public. It is investigative reporting, done in an open and collaborative way by freelance journalists and newsrooms in partnership with people invested in government. We hope you’ll join us as we engage people from all walks of life and inspire reform and encourage working government.\n\n<strong>We invite the public to:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li> <a title=\"Conversation in Your State\" href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/your_state\" target=\"_blank\">Join the corruption</a> conversation</li>\n	<li><a title=\"Investigation Categories\" href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/investigation_categories\" target=\"_blank\">Make suggestions</a> for strengthening state government policies</li>\n	<li> Share news and information for <a title=\"Your State\" href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/your_state\" target=\"_blank\">your state</a></li>\n	<li> <a title=\"Corruption Blog\" href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Share stories</a> of your most recent experience with state government</li>\n	<li> <a title=\"Sign Up to Join The Investigation\" href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/join\" target=\"_blank\">Email report cards</a> to state officials when they become available in early 2012</li>\n</ul>\n<strong><strong>We invite civic groups to</strong>:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li> Share state corruption investigation news and information with their community of organizers</li>\n	<li> Connect the investigation results with state officials by providing hard-to-find direct contact information</li>\n	<li> Help the engaged public celebrate the efforts of states whose policies are performing for their people, and press for state government policy reform in states where policy reform is needed</li>\n</ul>\n<strong><strong>We invite local</strong></strong><strong> media in each state to:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li> Conduct deeper investigations and reporting on potential and actual state corruption</li>\n	<li> Help share the story of the State Integrity Investigation as it unfolds</li>\n	<li> Inspire followup on corruption reform stories in each state\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">State Integrity Investigation</a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'State Integrity Investigation', '“Keeping government honest” - CPI, PRI and Global Integrity unite forces to investigate the integrity of all 50 state governments and lay groundwork for deeper local digging. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'state-integrity-investigation', '', '', '2011-11-11 11:05:07', '2011-11-11 19:05:07', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=5977', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6100, 3, '2011-11-16 14:56:06', '2011-11-16 22:56:06', '<blockquote>The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan \"fact tank\" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does so by conducting public opinion polling and social science research; by analyzing news coverage; and by holding forums and briefings. It does not take positions on policy issues.\n\nThe Center\'s work is carried out by seven projects:\n<ul>\n	<li>Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press</li>\n	<li>Pew Research Center\'s Project for Excellence in Journalism</li>\n	<li>Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project</li>\n	<li>Pew Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life</li>\n	<li>Pew Hispanic Center</li>\n	<li>Pew Global Attitudes Project</li>\n	<li>Pew Social &amp; Demographic Trends Project\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://pewresearch.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Research Center</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press</h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6104\" title=\"Pew_People_Press\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Pew_People_Press.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" />\"The Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press is an independent, non-partisan public opinion research organization that studies attitudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. In this role it serves as a valuable information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars and citizens.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Center conducts regular <a href=\"http://www.people-press.org/category/publications/reports/\" target=\"_blank\">monthly polls</a> on politics and major policy issues as well as the <a href=\"http://www.people-press.org/category/publications/news-interest-index/\" target=\"_blank\">News Interest Index</a>, a weekly survey aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. Shorter <a href=\"http://www.people-press.org/category/commentary/\" target=\"_blank\">commentaries</a> are produced on a regular basis addressing the issues of the day from a public opinion perspective. In addition, the Center periodically fields major surveys on the news media, social issues and international affairs.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.people-press.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press</a></p>\n\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Pew Research Center\'s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)</h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6103\" title=\"PEW_Journalism\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PEW_Journalism.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" />\"The Project for Excellence in Journalism is a research organization dedicated to trying to understand the performance of the news media and the revolution transforming information. It specializes in using empirical methods, particularly content analysis. It is non partisan, non ideological and non political and does not engage in advocacy…</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Project conducts research about journalism in the hope that a better understanding of what the news media is providing to citizens will help journalists do a better job and help citizens better understand what to expect and how to demand what they need. Since its inception in 1997 the Project has produced scores of reports on press performance. These include the largest study of local TV news ever produced, major studies of topics in the news, and in 2004, the Project began producing its annual reports on the <a href=\"http://stateofthemedia.org/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>State of the American News Media</strong></a>...</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">At a time of transformational change in the news media, our aim is to have the facts illuminate the way.\" <strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.journalism.org/about_pej/faqs\" target=\"_blank\">The Project for Excellence in Journalism</a></p>\n\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project</strong></h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6102\" title=\"Pew_Internet\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Pew_Internet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" />\"The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the internet through surveys that examine how Americans use the internet and how their activities affect their lives.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Pew Internet Project takes no positions on policy issues related to the internet. It does not endorse technologies, industry sectors, companies, nonprofit organizations, or individuals.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Project’s reports are based on nationwide random phone surveys, online surveys, and qualitative research. This data collection is supplemented with research from government agencies, technology firms, academia, and other expert venues. The Project releases 15-20 pieces of research a year, varying in size, scope, and ambition.\"  <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/About-Us/Our-Mission.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Pew Internet Project</a></p>\n</blockquote>', 'Pew Research Center', 'Spotting, tracking and explaining trends and practices, Pew research offers rich insights into media, people, and the changing ways they interact.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pew-research-center', '', '', '2011-11-16 14:56:06', '2011-11-16 22:56:06', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=6100', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(6106, 3, '2011-11-16 15:09:36', '2011-11-16 23:09:36', '<blockquote>NewsTrust helps people find and share good journalism online, so they can make more informed decisions as citizens.\n\nOur nonprofit news service provides a wide range of tools that empower citizens to access quality news and information -- and learn to separate fact from fiction about important public issues. We promote good journalism, news literacy and civic engagement -- and we welcome donations to support our service.\n\n<strong>Programs</strong>\n\nNewsTrust.net, our social news network, features a daily feed of quality news and opinions from mainstream and independent sources, based on ratings from our reviewers. Our web review tools enable people to rate stories for accuracy, fairness, sourcing, context and other core journalistic principles — and become more discriminating news consumers in the process. We also rate our reviewers based on performance, to increase the reliability of our reviews and help them grow their own news literacy. Besides our social news site, we offer a range of practical online tools, such as <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/truthsquad\" target=\"_blank\">Truthsquad</a>, a community fact-checking service -- and <a href=\"http://blog.newstrust.net/2010/03/mynews.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyNews</a>, a personal filter that lets you find news that matters to you, by following favorite topics, trusted sources, as well as recommendations from your friends on Facebook and Twitter. We also host regular <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/newshunts\" target=\"_blank\">News Hunts</a> to get citizens better informed about important public issues -- and help teach news literacy through a variety of <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/guides\" target=\"_blank\">online guides</a>, <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/guides/teachers\" target=\"_blank\">teacher guides</a> and <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/guides/students\" target=\"_blank\">student guides</a>.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/about\" target=\"_blank\">NewsTrust</a>\n<strong> </strong>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Truthsquad</strong></h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6109\" title=\"Truthsquad\" src=\"http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Truthsquad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" />\"How can you tell fact from fiction on the Internet? Join Truthsquad, a community fact-checking experiment led by NewsTrust, in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Together, we are developing a pro-am network to fact-check political claims during the 2012 elections — and aim to extend this small pilot site into a daily service by early 2012. By combining the Center’s newsroom of investigative journalists with our moderated crowd-sourcing service and contributions from our partners, we hope to provide daily fact-checks, as well as engage visitors as active participants to verify controversial claims. Read more about our plans on the NewsTrust blog and in these recent articles from <a href=\"http://bit.ly/otSB61\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic</a> and Nieman Journalism Lab…</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">To hear more about the Truthsquad experiment, check our report on <a href=\"http://to.pbs.org/9Hi0tj\" target=\"_blank\">PBS MediaShift</a> about what we learned from our first pilots — as well as posts from <a href=\"http://bit.ly/ayLO4r\" target=\"_blank\">GigaOM</a> and <a href=\"http://bit.ly/fUqy3X\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Newmark</a>.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://newstrust.net/truthsquad\" target=\"_blank\">NewsTrust</a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">&nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>', 'NewsTrust', '“Your guide to good journalism.” Special for elections: investigative reporting plus community/crowd fact-checks hoping to help keep politicos honest.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'newstrust', '', '', '2011-11-16 15:09:36', '2011-11-16 23:09:36', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=6106', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6115, 3, '2011-11-16 15:18:51', '2011-11-16 23:18:51', '<blockquote>DiscoverText is a cloud-based service that allows researchers to import data from the web, such as tweets, Facebook posts, RSS feeds, and  Congressional bills, as well as .zip, Excel, and other files from your desktop, in order to conduct a textual analysis. DiscoverText can be used to securely archive data (the company was developed out of work with the federal government), as well as code, report and validate textual analysis.\n\nCoding can be assigned or shared among a team (managed through a credential system—registered users can be assigned different levels of access), with a very quick and easy coding interface. A customizable machine-learning classifier is currently in beta testing as well, which will allow computer-assisted coding of text. On top of its coding features, DiscoverText also functions as a search engine, a de-duplication and near-duplication clustering engine, and as a repository of metadata.\n\nThis feature-rich and quickly evolving tool is worth a look for researchers interested in textual analysis of web-based text and interaction. DiscoverText offers a free 30-day limited trial account (note that you must have and use a Facebook account to create your account in order to scrape Facebook posts).\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://ssrcdepaul.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/retool-discovertext/\" target=\"_blank\">Social Science Research Center at DePaul University</a></blockquote>', 'DiscoverText', '“Unlocking the power of text,” DiscoverText offers new analytic tools to mine text including public comments, FOIA processing, legal eDiscovery, social media, research and more.', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'discovertext', '', '', '2011-11-16 15:18:51', '2011-11-16 23:18:51', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=6115', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6119, 3, '2011-11-16 15:25:57', '2011-11-16 23:25:57', '<blockquote>From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people\'s radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.\n\nBlending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF achieves significant <a href=\"https://www.eff.org/victories/\" target=\"_blank\">victories</a> on behalf of consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the US government or large corporations. By mobilizing more than 61,000 concerned citizens through our <a href=\"http://action.eff.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Action Center</a>, EFF beats back bad legislation. In addition to advising policymakers, EFF educates the press and public.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"https://www.eff.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>', 'Electronic Frontier Foundation', 'A long-established, donor-supported membership organization fighting to protect fundamental freedoms in the electronic, networked world. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'electronic-frontier-foundation', '', '', '2011-11-16 15:25:57', '2011-11-16 23:25:57', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=6119', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6123, 3, '2011-11-16 15:41:18', '2011-11-16 23:41:18', '<blockquote><strong>The </strong><a href=\"http://investigativenewsnetwork.org/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Investigative News Network</strong></a><strong> is a collaborative organization made up of [60] </strong><strong>nonprofit investigative journalism outlets</strong><strong>.</strong>\n\nThe network was <a href=\"http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/07/investigative_news_network_formed_by_non.php\" target=\"_blank\">founded by 25 nonprofit news organizations</a> at a <a href=\"http://cpublici.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">summer 2009 conference</a> organized by <a href=\"http://www.publicintegrity.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Public Integrity</a> and <a href=\"http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Investigative Reporting</a>. Those two organizations, along with the <a href=\"http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Investigative Reporting Workshop</a> and <a href=\"http://www.propublica.org/\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica</a>, had previously initiated a <a href=\"http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-marriage-of-philanthropy-and-media-a-possible-investigative-/\" target=\"_blank\">six-month collaborative pilot project</a>, though ProPublica is <a href=\"http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/nonprofit-news-organizations-form-network-but-bring-different-priorities/\" target=\"_blank\">not a member of the group</a>.\n\nThe group was formed <a href=\"http://cpublici.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/the-pocantico-declaration-creating-a-nonprofit-news-network/\" target=\"_blank\">as a way for nonprofit investigative outlets to collaborate</a> on anything from <a href=\"http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/nonprofits-mull-mobile-strike-force-of-journalists/\" target=\"_blank\">reporting</a> to administration to fundraising. In February 2010, it <a href=\"http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/about/network-members-launch-first-major-collaborative-effort\" target=\"_blank\">released its first collaborative report</a>, on sexual assaults on college campuses.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/investigative-news-network/\" target=\"_blank\">Nieman Journalism Lab</a>\n<ul>\n	<li>\"The Investigative News Network (INN) is dedicated to helping our member non-profit news organizations produce and distribute stories with the highest impact possible, and to become sustainable nonprofit organizations.</li>\n	<li>We are a consortium of high quality, award-winning watchdog journalistic organizations serving the public interest to benefit our free society.</li>\n	<li>We aim to provide premier support for our members, by incubating and fostering new non-profit newsrooms, providing opportunities for editorial collaboration and creating distribution channels to reach the widest audience possible.</li>\n	<li>To qualify for the extensive benefits and services of INN, our members are not-for-profit news organizations that are transparent in their funding and non-partisan in their approach to investigative and public service reporting.\" <strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.investigativenewsnetwork.org/about/about-inn\" target=\"_blank\">Investigative News Network</a></li>\n</ul>\n</blockquote>', 'Investigative News Network', 'Networking nonprofit investigative news outlets to leverage resources and know-how. ', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'investigative-news-network', '', '', '2011-11-16 15:41:18', '2011-11-16 23:41:18', '', 0, 'http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/?p=6123', 0, 'post', '', 0);
