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[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/jtm-mn-participants WHO'S COMING] . . . 
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-program PROGRAM/AGENDA] . . .
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[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-hosts DISCUSSION HOSTS] . . .
[https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb REGISTER NOW] . . .
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-lodging LODGING/TRAVEL] . . .
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-stipends STIPENDS] . . .
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn HOME PAGE]. . .
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-links STUDY LINKS] . . .
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-sponsors SPONSORS] . . .
[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=200+Oak+St+SE,+Minneapolis,+M.N.+55455,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title VIEW MAP] . . .  [http://jtm2008.ning.com COLLABORATION SITE]
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[[Image:Jtm-logo-wide.jpg|300px|[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org Principal convenor]]]
[[Image:Jtm-logo-wide.jpg|300px|[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org Principal convenor]]]
[http://www.mnc.org [[Image:Mjc-logo.gif|100px|Minnesota Journalism Center]]]
[http://www.mnc.org [[Image:Mjc-logo.gif|100px|Minnesota Journalism Center]]]
[[Image:Mnc-logo.jpg|90px|Minnesota News Council]]
[[Image:Mnc-logo.jpg|90px|Minnesota News Council]]
<br>''[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/about The Media Giraffe Project,] [http://www.journalismthatmatters.org The Journalism That Matters collaborative,] the [http://www.mjc.umn.edu/about.html Minnesota Journalism Center] and the [http://www.news-council.org/about_us.html Minnesota News Council], with support of the Blandin Foundation and the Park Foundation, present . . .  
 
''[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/about The Media Giraffe Project,] [http://www.journalismthatmatters.org The Journalism That Matters collaborative,] the [http://www.mjc.umn.edu/about.html Minnesota Journalism Center] and the [http://www.news-council.org/about_us.html Minnesota News Council], with support of the Blandin Foundation the Mott Foundation and the Park Foundation, present . . .  
=<u>A PASSION FOR PLACE</u>=
=<u>A PASSION FOR PLACE</u>=


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===The Journalism That Matters Minnesota gathering<br>June 4-6, 2008 / Minnesota Journalism Center at the Univ. of Minnesota===
===The Journalism That Matters Minnesota gathering<br>June 4-6, 2008 / Minnesota Journalism Center at the Univ. of Minnesota===


<H2>[https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb REGISTER NOW]</h2>
Fellow Placebloggers:<br>
<b>One of the first national gatherings for local, online citizen journalists and entrepreneurs, sometimes called "placebloggers." Designed for existing and prospective journalists and entrepreneurs. Including workshops on the legal, business, journalistic, marketing, advertising and social aspects of starting and running a local online news and commerce community.</b><br>
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[[Image:Blandin.gif|500 px |thumb | [http://www.blandinfoundation.org/html/about.cfm Principal sponsor]]]
You share a passion for place and you're taking that passion online. Please
join with your colleagues around the United States as we gather on June 4-6
for one of the first convenings intended for operators of local onine news
and community websites.
<h4>Special rate for the owner of any website listed on Placeblogger.com --
Register for only $89.00 for two days, including meals -- a 60% discount off the public registration price. Rate good until Tuesday, May 20.
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<h2>TO REGISTER:    https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb
Select the "Placeblogger" radio-button option for $89 rate </h2>
 
===OTHER RESOURCES===
*JOIN THE NETWORK: http://jtm2008.ning.com/?xgi=6YNLL4g
*DOWNLOADABLE FLYER: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/minnesota/flyer.pdf
*NEWS RELEASE: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080428006064/en
*NEWS STORY: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/18463194.html
 
<H2>[https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb REGISTER NOW] . . . . . . [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-participants WHO'S COMING?] . . . . . [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-ncmr1 WHY NOW?]</h2>
<b>One of the first national gatherings for local, online citizen journalists and entrepreneurs, sometimes called "placebloggers." Designed for existing and prospective journalists and entrepreneurs. Including workshops on the legal, business, journalistic, marketing, advertising and social aspects of starting and running a local online news and commerce community. Timed and located to coincide with the [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-ncmr1 National Conference on Media Reform.]</b><br>
[[Image:Blandin.gif|450 px |thumb | [http://www.blandinfoundation.org/html/about.cfm Principal sponsor]]]
[[Image:Mott-logo.gif|300 px |thumb | [http://www.mottfoundation.org/html/about.cfm Principal sponsor]]]
[[Image:Park-foundation.gif|180 px | thumb | [http://www.parkfoundation.org Contributing sponsor]]]
[[Image:Park-foundation.gif|180 px | thumb | [http://www.parkfoundation.org Contributing sponsor]]]
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We invite you to join the Journalism That Matters collaborative, the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota, the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts, the Minnesota News Council, MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Minnesota Public/American Public Radio, the Citizen Media Law Project at the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School and the Center for Citizen Media at Arizona State University at this national "placebloggers" convention.  
We invite you to join the Journalism That Matters collaborative, the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota, the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts, the Minnesota News Council, MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Minnesota Public/American Public Radio, Placeblogger.com, the Citizen Media Law Project at the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School and the Center for Citizen Media at Arizona State University at this national "placebloggers" convention. Funding sponsors include The Blandin Foundation, the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Park Foundation.
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<hr>[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-links LINK TO NEWS/RESOURCE UPDATES]<HR>
We're inviting some of the best examples of local online news operations run/owned by citizen/journalists for a sharing of best practices. This is less an event to show these folks to the outside world and more an internal, sleeves-rolled-up working session for them to learn practical things from each other -- almost continuing education. These citizen journalism and new media entrepreneurs from Minnesota and around the country will share successes and failures, and collaborate to take the next steps to ensure quality storytelling in service to democracy.
We're inviting some of the best examples of local online news operations run/owned by citizen/journalists for a sharing of best practices. This is less an event to show these folks to the outside world and more an internal, sleeves-rolled-up working session for them to learn practical things from each other -- almost continuing education. These citizen journalism and new media entrepreneurs from Minnesota and around the country will share successes and failures, and collaborate to take the next steps to ensure quality storytelling in service to democracy.
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<h3>Who should attend</h3>
<h3>Who should attend</h3>
 
<hr>[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Jtm-mn-participants Link to mini-bios of  participants]<hr>
<li>Active citizen journalists and placebloggers sharing best practices.  
<li>Active citizen journalists and placebloggers sharing best practices.  
<li>Potential local website operators looking for advice and launch support  
<li>Potential local website operators looking for advice and launch support  
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The early-bird registration fee of $139.00 for the event, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, June 4, all day Thurs., June 5 and the morning of Friday, June 6, includes dinners both evenings, continental breakfasts and lunch. Our event ends just before opening of the [http://www.freepress.net/conference Fourth National Conference for Media Reform,](Fri.-Sun., June 6-8) at the Minnesota Convention Center. Through a special arrangement with Free Press, convenor of the NCMR, Journalism That Matters can offer combined registration in both events for $270 -- a savings of $70 off registering separately. To register once and attend both events, go to:
The early-bird registration fee of $139.00 for the event, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, June 4, all day Thurs., June 5 and the morning of Friday, June 6, includes dinners both evenings, continental breakfasts and lunch. Our event ends just before opening of the [http://www.freepress.net/conference Fourth National Conference for Media Reform,](Fri.-Sun., June 6-8) at the Minnesota Convention Center. Through a special arrangement with Free Press, convenor of the NCMR, Journalism That Matters can offer combined registration in both events for $270 -- a savings of $70 off registering separately. To register once and attend both events, go to:


===Discussion hosts===
Among Discussion hosts* and co-convenors will be (alphabetical order):
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[[Image:Villagesoup-thumbnail1.jpg|100 px|thumb|left|VillageSoup.com]]
[[Image:Placeblogger.jpg|125 px|thumb|left|Placeblogger.com]]
<li>Richard Anderson, founder, VillageSoup.com
<li>David Ardia, director, Berkman Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard
<li>Stephen Clift, of e-Democracy.org  local issues forums
<li>Bill Densmore, Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst
<li>Dan Gillmor, Center for Citizen Media at Arizona State Univ. (tentative)
<li>Jeremy Iggers, director, Twin Cities Media Alliance / TC Daily Planet
<li>Kathleen Hansen, director, Minnesota Journalism Center
<li>Peggy Holman, author, ''The Change Handbook''
<li>Michael Orren, founder, PegasusNews.com, Dallas-Ft. Worth
<li>Joel Kramer, CEO and editor, MinnPost.com
<li>Chris Peck, editor, Memphis Commercial Appeal
<li>Jan Schaffer, J-Lab, Univ. of Maryland-College Park
<li>Stephen Silha, Washington News Council / Media That Matters
<li>Lisa Williams, owner, H2oTown and Placeblogger.com
<li>Leonard Witt/Griff Wigley, Kennesaw State University / Representative Journalism
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* -- ''We prefer the term "conversation host" to "speaker." Bookmark the [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-discussions discussions page]
for evolving information.''
===Agenda===
The agenda will be a mix of practical workshops on specific best practices and open, circle-round discussions. There will be ample opportunity for networking, and for planning collaboration. A detailed schedule, with tentative breakouts, will be posted by May 9.
===Tentative schedule===


====<u>Wed., June 4</u><br>====
*Noon -- Registration opens, McNamara Alumni Center, Univ. of Minnesota <br>
*1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -- Optional workshop TBA
*3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -- Opening plenary session
*4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. -- Talk: "A Passion for Place," Concepts for the American Society of News and Community Forums (ASNCF).
*5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. -- Reception
*6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. -- Dinner and program TBA
====<u>Thurs., June 5</u>====
*8 a.m.-9 a.m. -- Continental breakfast and networking
*9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. -- Morning check-in/agenda setting
*10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. -- First breakouts and roundtable discussions
*11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- Second breakouts and roundtable discussions
*12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. -- Luncheon / speaker TBA
*1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. -- Third breakouts and roundtable discussions.
*3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. -- Break
*3:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. -- Closing circle
*4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. -- Facilicated planning/launch session for ASNCF
*5:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. -- Break
*5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. -- Hor d'oeuvres reception
*6:30 p.m. - ???? -- Meetup with NCMR principals; entertainment
====<u>Fri., June 6 (optional)</u>====
*8:30 a.m. -- Bus departs to St. Paul studio
*9:30 a.m. -- 11:30 a.m. -- "The Passion of Place," a two-hour discussion about the motivation, passions, fears and successes of local online news/community entrepreneurs, facilitated and videotaped for public distribution.  (Up to 30 attending local placebloggers/entrepreneurs invited to participate).
*11:00 a.m. -- Conference ends
===LOGISTICS===
*A block of rooms will be set aside at a nearby hotel. If you register, you will be advised when this is set up. The rate should be around $109/night.
* The Minnesota Journalism Center can arrange dormitory lodging for budget-conscious participants at the rate of $68/room single; $46/room double. Details are available if you register.
* Registration covers Wed. dinner; Thurs. continental breakfast, lunch and dinner / plus Friday continental breakfast.


===SUMMARY===
===SUMMARY===
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*Location: Minnesota Journalism Center / Univ. of Minnesota / [http://www.alumnicenter.umn.edu/events/parking.html McNamara Alumni Center]<br>
*Location: Minnesota Journalism Center / Univ. of Minnesota / [http://www.alumnicenter.umn.edu/events/parking.html McNamara Alumni Center]<br>
<ul><ul>Address: 200 Oak St., S.E.<br>
<ul><ul>Address: 200 Oak St., S.E.<br>
City, State, Zip: Minneapolis, MN, 55455 </ul></ul> <h2>[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=200+Oak+St+SE,+Minneapolis,+M.N.+55455,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title VIEW MAP] . . . . . [https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb REGISTER NOW] . . .  [http://jtm2008.ning.com COLLABORATION SITE (under construction)]</H2>
City, State, Zip: Minneapolis, MN, 55455 </ul></ul>
 
===CONTACTS===
 
Bill Densmore<br>
Journalism That Matters / The Media Giraffe Project<br>
108 Bartlett Hall / Univ. of Massachusetts <br>
Amherst MA 01003 <br>
jtm@mediagiraffe.org / 413-458-8001 <br>
 
Jen Keavy, Communications Manager<br>
Minnesota Journalism Center<br>
School of Journalism and Mass Communication<br>
University of Minnesota<br>
111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church St. SE<br>
Minneapolis, MN 55455<br>
PH. 612-625-8095; FAX 612-626-7543<br>
[mailto:jkeavy@umn.edu jkeavy@umn.edu]<br>
mnjrnctr@umn.edu<br>
http://www.mjc.umn.edu<br>


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WHO'S COMING . . . PROGRAM/AGENDA . . . BEST-PRACTICE TOPICS . . . DISCUSSION HOSTS . . . REGISTER NOW . . . LODGING/TRAVEL . . . STIPENDS . . . HOME PAGE. . . STUDY LINKS . . . SPONSORS . . . VIEW MAP . . . COLLABORATION SITE

Principal convenor Minnesota Journalism Center Minnesota News Council

The Media Giraffe Project, The Journalism That Matters collaborative, the Minnesota Journalism Center and the Minnesota News Council, with support of the Blandin Foundation the Mott Foundation and the Park Foundation, present . . .

A PASSION FOR PLACE

New Pamphleteers/New Reporters:
Convening Entrepreneurs Who Combine Journalism, Democracy, Place and Blogs

The Journalism That Matters Minnesota gathering
June 4-6, 2008 / Minnesota Journalism Center at the Univ. of Minnesota

Fellow Placebloggers:

You share a passion for place and you're taking that passion online. Please join with your colleagues around the United States as we gather on June 4-6 for one of the first convenings intended for operators of local onine news and community websites.

Special rate for the owner of any website listed on Placeblogger.com -- Register for only $89.00 for two days, including meals -- a 60% discount off the public registration price. Rate good until Tuesday, May 20.

TO REGISTER: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tzfmb Select the "Placeblogger" radio-button option for $89 rate

OTHER RESOURCES

REGISTER NOW . . . . . . WHO'S COMING? . . . . . WHY NOW?

One of the first national gatherings for local, online citizen journalists and entrepreneurs, sometimes called "placebloggers." Designed for existing and prospective journalists and entrepreneurs. Including workshops on the legal, business, journalistic, marketing, advertising and social aspects of starting and running a local online news and commerce community. Timed and located to coincide with the National Conference on Media Reform.

Principal sponsor
Principal sponsor
Contributing sponsor

Key objectives:

  • Share best practices for community, business and social success of rural and neighborhood web civic/news initiatives
  • Learn about available tools, networks, software and partnerships
  • Understand and build relationships with legacy media
  • Consider forming national business/professional/advertising collaborative

    WHY NOW?

    Part pamphleteers, part reporters and part entrepreneurs, America's new online citizen journalists are inventing a new business and a new passion -- the business of building local, literate, digital domains on the web where community and commerce flourish. But there been only infrequent efforts -- and little structure -- to share best practices.

    We invite you to join the Journalism That Matters collaborative, the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota, the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts, the Minnesota News Council, MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Minnesota Public/American Public Radio, Placeblogger.com, the Citizen Media Law Project at the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School and the Center for Citizen Media at Arizona State University at this national "placebloggers" convention. Funding sponsors include The Blandin Foundation, the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Park Foundation.

    LINK TO NEWS/RESOURCE UPDATES

    We're inviting some of the best examples of local online news operations run/owned by citizen/journalists for a sharing of best practices. This is less an event to show these folks to the outside world and more an internal, sleeves-rolled-up working session for them to learn practical things from each other -- almost continuing education. These citizen journalism and new media entrepreneurs from Minnesota and around the country will share successes and failures, and collaborate to take the next steps to ensure quality storytelling in service to democracy.

    • We'll serve as an incubator / think-and-do tank for those who are considering starting their own civic engagement / citizen journalism projects in urban/rural Minnesota and nationally.

    • We'll use MinnPost, Public Insight Journalism, TC Daily Planet, [LocallyGrownNorthfield.org, Minnesota E-Democracy.org local issues forums, and other innovative Minnesota online journalism and community experiments and services as case studies, and ask their operators to share their solutions for sustaining growth.

    Who should attend

    Link to mini-bios of participants
  • Active citizen journalists and placebloggers sharing best practices.
  • Potential local website operators looking for advice and launch support
  • News professionals seeking citizen collaborators
  • Technologists with "open source" or low-cost tools to share

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    VENUE PHOTOS: The McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota

    What to expect

  • Intimate, roundtable discussions about best business, reporting, community, people and legal practices and ethics.
  • Latest ideas on how to promote local, participatory democracy online
  • Advice on the future of placeblogging and local online services
  • Briefings on the latest technology tools
  • A workshop on cyberlaw -- including libel and defamation
  • Discussion about forming a co-operative national service organization for independently owned local placeblogs
  • Strategies for advertising and listing sales and network

    Combined registration saves $70

    The early-bird registration fee of $139.00 for the event, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, June 4, all day Thurs., June 5 and the morning of Friday, June 6, includes dinners both evenings, continental breakfasts and lunch. Our event ends just before opening of the Fourth National Conference for Media Reform,(Fri.-Sun., June 6-8) at the Minnesota Convention Center. Through a special arrangement with Free Press, convenor of the NCMR, Journalism That Matters can offer combined registration in both events for $270 -- a savings of $70 off registering separately. To register once and attend both events, go to:


    SUMMARY

    • Event Name: New Pamphleteers/New Reporters: Convening entrepreneurs who combine journalism, democracy, place and blogs
    • Short Name: JTM-Minnesota: New Pamphleteers/New Reporters
    • Location: Minnesota Journalism Center / Univ. of Minnesota / McNamara Alumni Center
        Address: 200 Oak St., S.E.
        City, State, Zip: Minneapolis, MN, 55455

    CONTACTS

    Bill Densmore
    Journalism That Matters / The Media Giraffe Project
    108 Bartlett Hall / Univ. of Massachusetts
    Amherst MA 01003
    jtm@mediagiraffe.org / 413-458-8001

    Jen Keavy, Communications Manager
    Minnesota Journalism Center
    School of Journalism and Mass Communication
    University of Minnesota
    111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church St. SE
    Minneapolis, MN 55455
    PH. 612-625-8095; FAX 612-626-7543
    jkeavy@umn.edu
    mnjrnctr@umn.edu
    http://www.mjc.umn.edu

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