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CitMedia@ONA
One-day Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007
Sheraton Centre • Toronto, Ontario
 

Citizen Journalism Workshop
Produced by J-Lab with ONA

To register, go the the ONA Conference registration page and click
Register now under "CitMedia: Getting Jobs Done in Communities."
$100 for those who are registered for the conference. $150 for all others.

Agenda:

    9:00 - 9:45 a.m.   Bottom Up: Starting from Scratch
              • CreatingCommunityConnections.org, Barb Iverson, Suzanne McBride,
                 Editors, Columbia College of Chicago.
              • TCDailyPlanet.org, Jeremy Iggers, Founder.

    9:45 - 10:30 a.m.   Filling the Gaps in Local Coverage
              • UrbanVancouver.com, Richard Eriksson.
              • H2oTown and Placeblogger.com, Lisa Williams, Founder.

    10:30 - 10:45 a.m.   Break

    10:45 - 11:15 a.m.   Web2.0: 20 in 30
              • 20 ideas for gathering tips, stories, photos, reviews, videos, sources,
                 mash-ups and investigations from your community – Jennifer Carroll,
                 VP of New Media, Gannett Co. Inc.

    11:30 - 11:55 a.m.   Pro/Am I: AP's Now Public/My World
              • A look inside both initiatives. Lou Ferrara/Jim Kennedy.

    Noon - 1:00 p.m.   Lunch
              • Inside LoudounExtra.com. Rob Curley, Vice President, Product Development,
                 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.

    1:15 - 1:40 p.m.   Pro/Am II: NewAssignment.net
              • What worked, what didn't. Jay Rosen, New York University.

    1:45 - 3:00 p.m.   Managing Content/Making Money
              • NewWest.net, Jonathan Weber, Founder, or Courtney Lowery, Managing
                 Editor.
              • Boston.com Community Publishing, Teresa Hanafin, Director of
                 Community Publishing.
              • Bluffton Today, Steve Yelvington, VP of Strategy and Content,
                 Morris Communications.

Sponsored by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Supported by the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation

To register, go the the ONA Convention registration page and click
Register now under "CitMedia: Getting Jobs Done in Communities."
$100 for those who are registered for the conference. $150 for all others.

 

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