This week Ruby and I went to two conferences in Minneapolis. The first one done in Open Space / Unconference style was New Pamphleteers/New Reporters:Convening Entrepreneurs Who Combine Journalism, Democracy, Place and Blogs at the University of Minnesota. (What a long name huh?)
One of the best ideas I heard this week was Spot.us.
“Spot Us” is [...]
Before BarCamp RDU gets here there is another event with a serious Bay Area guest. Its called myncCamp and its sponsored by NBC17. (Get more info on the myncCamp wiki.) They have a new portal website called mync.com. The station is soliciting input and is going about it in a very cool way. By holding [...]
Ever notice how your comments on the Chapel Hill News blog Orange Chat end up in the paper? First time I noticed my comments there I though, “Wow. That’s cool. My words in print for people to see.” Its kind of like a letter to the editor. But now I am concerned that all this [...]
Times to End Charges on Web Site This is major like Google buying YouTube. It will open minds to so much. Especially old skool newspaper owners. I hope. Will think more about this and maybe comment more later. wow. I found out via: Justinsomnia
Jock Lauterer has a straight to the point bit of witting in this weeks Carrboro Citizen called Why we should support our hometown newspaper. My fav part:
So why is this new paper special? How is it different from the others? And why should you care about whether The Citizen fails or flourishes?
To answer those [...]
Bill Moyers has a great new piece called Buying the War. All the video is online here. I’ve only gotten through chapter one but I can already tell how very important this documentary is. History will be kind to the view that the main stream media was hoodwinked by the Bush administration. What an awful [...]
A good friend sent me a link to a blog post called Scenes from the media revolution.
Thomas Lifson
A small terrestrial (i.e., the kind that uses normal tower-based transmission) broadcast television station, KFTY, Channel 50 in Santa Rosa, California, has fired its entire news staff and is going to rely on viewer-submitted material for news. [...]
I wrote the following on my AudioActivism blog on May 24th, 2006.
Techorati has announced a new business relationship with the Associated Press. Read more about it at Technorati Teams With The Associated Press to Connect Bloggers To More Than 440 Newspapers Nationwide.
I was once told that the real definition of a professional is someone who [...]
Orange Chat
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Welcome to Orange Chat
Did you ever read a story and say, “I wish the reporter had asked …”
Well, the truth is sometimes we did but there wasn’t space to put it in the paper.
Welcome to Orange Chat, where we hope to expand on the Orange and Chatham County coverage we [...]
Kirk Ross has set up The Mill a Carrboro news blog. He has tons of journalistic experience and really understands the vibe of the Town of Carrboro. I’m really looking forward to it as a trusted source of LOCAL news. Yah! Carrboro, North Cackalacky! Good luck with this Kirk!
From The Mill:
The Carrboro Citizen is a [...]
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