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''Memphis has always been a place where cultures come together to have a wreck; black and white, rural and urban, poor and rich. The music in Memphis is more than a soundtrack to these confrontations. It is the document of it.'' <br>
<b>''It Came from Memphis, a book by Robert Gordon, Peter Guralnick about the Memphis music scene''</b>

==From Mainstream to New Media: Finding Common Ground to Grow Participatory Democracy==

''This is the "home" wiki page for the Jan. 11-12, 2007, [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/journalism Journalism That Matters] gathering in Memphis, Tenn. -- a structured dialog, strategies exploration and project-launching collaboration among mainstream-media veterans, innovators and reformers. Convenors included Christopher Peck, editor of The Memphis Commercial Appeal; Geneva Overholser of the Univ. of Missouri; Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst; Mike Fancher, editor-at-large of the Seattle Times and facilitators Peggy Holman and Stephen Silha. [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-roster Some 40 participants] gathered on Thurs., afternoon, Jan. 11 at the Memphis Marriott to share their aspirations for journalism and for the one-night and one-day gathering. They then met all day on Friday, Jan. 12 at the Memphis Cotton Museum. From this page, you can view photos of the gathering, link to written materials we read in advance and read our running informal notes of many sessions.<br><br>
If you would like to participate in the next "Journalism That Matters" event, tentative set for Aug. 8-9 in Washington, D.C., send an email inquiry to mailto:jtm@mediagiraffe.org<br>

<hr><h4>[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-summary SUMMARIZING the Memphis Sessions]</h4><hr>

===Links to session notes===

*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-what-called-us Thursday convening notes: What called us?]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-friday Index page for Friday session notes]

===What others have written about Journalism That Matters: The Memphis Sessions===

*[http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12247 Chris Peck's essay sent to Romenesko]
*[http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/1/12/211751/145 Participant Ilona Meager of ePluribus Media]
* [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/6323222p-5512332c.html David Zeeck of the Tacoma News-Tribune]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003531090_ryan19.html Ryan Blethen's view of the NCMR]
* [http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/01/23/media-liberal-radio-nets-to-battle/ Danny Schecter quotes Chris Peck, Ryan Blethen]
* [http://schreinervideo.blogspot.com/2007/01/journalism-that-matters-summary-future.html Ex-TV news director Ken Schreiner on leaving jouranalism and finding cause]
* [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-bill-siemering Remarks of Bill Siemering to the JTM-Memphis Sessions]

===Other PRE-EVENT links available from this page===

From this page you can navigate to other resources used in Memphis. Here are some links:

*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-program Program schedule]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-email Instruction email]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-roster A list of participants -- HTML] / or . .   [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/jtm/memphis-roster.pdf (PDF VERSION)]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-readings Requested and optional pre-meet readings]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-questions Pre-event interview questions] and [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Memphis-email list of interview pairings]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-interviews POST pre-event interview texts]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-topics Participant-proposed topics for discussion]
* [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php?title=Memphis-posters What the wall posters said]

===Earlier Journalism That Matters convenings===
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm Amherst convening materials]
*[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org/newsecology/April06Report.htm St. Louis convening report]
*[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org/newsecology/Background.htm ABOUT JOURNALISM THAT MATTERS]
*[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org/ JTM HOME PAGE]
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<h5> [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/journalism REVIEW MEMPHIS SESSION INVITATION PAGE]
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[http://attendr.com/journalismthatmattersmemphis LINK TO INTERACTIVE PROFILES] . . . or . . .  [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-roster.pdf PDF DOWNLOAD] . . . also . . . [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/memphis-readings READINGS PAGE.]<br>
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediagiraffe/tags/jtmmemphis VIEW PHOTOS OF JTM-MEMPHIS]<br>
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/jtmmemphis ADDITIONAL PHOTOS]</h5>