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"J-School
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp"
An
ONA pre-convention workshop
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 • 3:30
to 7 p.m.
Capital Hilton • Washington, D.C.
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Sponsored
by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Supported by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
What should we teach aspiring journalists these days: Writing
and copyediting? Multimedia productions? They need the right mindsets
as well as skill sets. Learn how journalism programs around the country
are seeding innovative ideas, launching hyperlocal news sites and breeding
new media entrepreneurs.
Registration
Fee:
$40 for non-ONA members
$30 for members
(includes dinner)
To register,
go to the ONA pre-conference workshop page.
Register early! Limit 50 people.
SPECIAL:
Save by signing up for both of J-Lab's Sept. 11 workshops
Register
for "J-School Entrepreneurship Bootcamp" and J-Lab's
evening
panel, "Playing the News," for
a total of just $70 for ONA members
and $80 for non-members. ONA members save $10, non-members save $20! Register
at the ONA Web site.
Agenda:
(click speaker names
for full bios)
| 3:30
p.m. |
Welcome
• Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive
Journalism, American University School of Communication
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| 3:40
to 4:45 p.m. |
Building
innovation into the curriculum
Moderator: Amy
Eisman, Director of Writing Programs, AU
SOC
• Rich
Gordon,
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, LoJoConnect.com.
• Retha Hill,
New Media Innovation Lab at the Cronkite School of Journalism
at Arizona State University. • Jody
Brannon, national director of the Carnegie-Knight
News21 journalism initiative, Cronkite School of Journalism,
ASU.
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| 4:45
to 5:45 p.m. |
The
community as a laboratory for learning and innovation
Moderator: Jan
Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab
• Barb
Iverson,
Columbia College Chicago, ChicagoTalks.net.
• Dave
Poulson,
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University,
Great Lakes Wiki.
• Cheryl
Gibbs,
Miami University, Ohio, Miami-Whitewater Valley Public
Media Project.
• Jan
Schaffer,
Executive Director, J-Lab.
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| 6
to 7 p.m. |
Dinner
and Keynote Speaker: Jeff Jarvis
Blogger, Buzzmachine.com. Director,
Interactive Journalism Program, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
With
a $50,000 grant from McCormick Foundation, Jarvis sponsored a
student pitch competition for sustainable journalistic enterprises.
Jarvis leads the New Business Models for News initiative, supported
by the MacArthur Foundation. CUNY recently received a $3 million
grant to create the Tow Center for Journalistic Innovation.
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| 7
p.m. |
Adjourn |
Check
out the panelist bios.
To
register, go to the ONA
pre-conference workshop page.
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