Fri., July 25 at UNITY in Chicago

"Citizen Media: Entrepreneurial Ventures Plug Gaps in Local News"

"Citizen Media: Entrepreneurial Ventures Plug Gaps in Local News" at UNITY '08 Friday, July 25, 2008 McCormick Place West • Chicago

Sponsored by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Supported by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

Around the world, ordinary readers and viewers are contributing photos, video and their own forms of citizen journalism to the news and information landscape. From placeblogs to hyperlocal Web sites, these ventures are gaining momentum, supplementing breaking-news stories, filling voids in local news, and delivering a new competition to mainstream media.

Speakers:

	• Abdirahman Aynte      Correspondent, BBC World Service
	• Barbara Iverson      Professor, Columbia College Chicago Journalism Department      Co-founder, ChicagoTalks.org
	• Bruce Koon      News Director, KQED-FM Public Radio, San Francisco

Moderator

• Jan Schaffer      J-Lab Executive Director

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