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Links to Thursday, June 5th session reports

Use the links below to click to reports of Thursday breakout sessions at NewPamphleteers.

10:30 a.m. sessions

• GIMBY – Government in my Backyard: How can we get people to cover the federal government where they live? -- Ned Hodgman

• What are placeblogs? -- Tish Grier

• How can journalism, citizen journalism and blogging enhance democracy’s collective intelligence & community wisdom in the face of challenge? – Tom Atlee

• Best tech platforms for news / community sites – Clint Baller

(Combined with Continuing the conversation – what online tools – existing and completely new – do you want to see to keep us working and planning together? -- Benjamin Melancon)

• Will citizens/communities support high quality journalism? Models/ideas wanted -- Len Witt

• Help us design a media liability insurance product for citizen journalism and hyper local sites – Bob Kox, Karen Baldwin

Skype sessions:

• Richard Anderson & Village Soup
• David Cohn & spot.us initiative
• Russell Okamoto “Celly” Citi – Platform – Portland, OR

11:30 a.m. sessions

• How to connect online forums w/ citizen journalism -– Tim Erickson

• Finding a sustainable business model -– Jeremy Iggers

• Wisconsin place blogs unite & partner with Cap Times – get details of a proposal down -– Lynn Chakoian & Steve Hanson

• High Touch: what does it mean online and in the physical world? -– Michelle Ferrier

• How do you measure success for local blogs – Scott

• Ethics in blogging – what are they ? Are they necessary? -- Melissa Cornick

Skype:

• Cynthia Closkey, Pittsburgh blogger net
• Jon Hart Internet Law (with Jane Kirtley)

1:30 pm sessions

• How can we use the Sufi’s 3 Gates of Speech (is it kind, is it true, is it beneficial?) to tell stories as a service to citizens that offer windows into new possibilities for their lives, their communities and the world? -- Chris Neff

• How do you find and serve the people who don’t know about your site? -– Tracy Record

• Blogs, Twitter, podcasts, forums, social networking apps, video, text … are you using them effectively? -- Jeff Achen and Joshua Mack

• Democracy 2.0 – using web and news technologies to move from a republic toward a real democracy -– Josh Wolf

Skype:

• Engaging citizen journalists -- Geoff Dougherty, ChiTown Daily News
• Building state news network -- Christine Stuart, CTnewsjunkie
• Non-profit business success -- Andrew Donahue, Voice of San Diego

3:30 "Next Step" sessions

• Stickiness/sustainability models -– Patrick Phillips and Tish Grier

• High Touch, losing humanity in the chase for Technology -– Michelle Ferrier

• Community Moderation – Ruby Sinreich

• Continuing the conversation & news platforms -– Benjamin Melançon