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Fund My Media 2.0

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010  |  ONA Pre-Conference Workshop, Washington, D.C.

Building on the success of last year's "Fund My Media," J-lab's 2010 ONA Pre-Conference Workshop covers how to fund entrepreneurial journalism, including a legal heads-up, how to build a news site from scratch and how to generate revenue for upkeep.

Schedule:

9:00 a.m.        Welcome

                       Jan Schaffer - Executive Director, J-Lab

9:10 a.m.        Legal Heads Up

                       What you need to know to start a nonprofit news site.

                       David Ardia - Director, Citizen Media Law Project, Harvard 

9:45 a.m.        Launching With Little: Building A News Site from Scratch  

                       Susan Mernit - Founder, Oakland (Calif.) Local

                       Tom Ferrick - Founder, Metropolis, Phila., PA

                       David Boraks - Founder and Editor, DavidsonNews.net

                       Lyndsay Kibiloski - Website Manager/Designer, DavidsonNews.net

10:30 a.m.      Break

10:45 a.m.      Breaking into the World of Foundation Grants

                       Jim Cutie - Chief Operating Officer, CT Mirror

                       John Mooney - Founding Editor, NJ Spotlight

11:30 a.m.      Building your Site Through Other Revenue

                       Ben Ilfeld - Owner and COO, Sacramento Press

                       David Cohn - Founder and Director, Spot.Us 

12:00 p.m.      Solve My Problem

                       An interactive, open mic forum to field your questions.

12:25 p.m.      Special Announcement

                       Lisa Williams - Founder and CEO, Placeblogger

12:30 p.m.      Lunch (provided)

                       Keynote Speaker: Evan Smith - CEO and Editor, Texas Tribune

1:30 p.m.        Conclusion

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