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====<b>LOOKING FOR NOTES OF A 2006 MEETING OF GCMC -- go [http://74.200.89.183/wiki/index.php/Citizen_media1 HERE.]</b>====
====<b>LOOKING FOR NOTES OF A 2006 MEETING OF GCMC -- go [http://74.200.89.183/wiki/index.php/Citizen_media1 HERE.]</b>====
=Greylock Citizen/Media Collaborative / 2014=  
==Greylock Citizen/Media Collaborative / 2014=  
<small>This page reached from http://www.greylocknews.org</small>
[[Image:Final-edition.jpg|450px|thumb|right|[http://www.berkshireeagle.com//northadamstranscriptfinaledition VIEW FINAL EDITION]]]
[[Image:Final-edition.jpg|450px|thumb|right|[http://www.berkshireeagle.com//northadamstranscriptfinaledition VIEW FINAL EDITION]]]
====Are you disturbed that our North Berkshire region has abruptly lost its two print news media in mid-January, <i>The Transcript</i> and <i>The Advocate?</i> If so, please come to a public forum to discuss what our Berkshire community might do about it.====
====Are you disturbed that our North Berkshire region has abruptly lost its two print news media in mid-January, <i>The Transcript</i> and <i>The Advocate?</i> If so, please come to a public forum to discuss what our Berkshire community might do about it.====
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<big>A public, circle-round discussion, followed by light refreshments.</big>  
<big>A public, circle-round discussion, followed by light refreshments.</big>  
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<h2>Who's participating so far?</h2>
<h2>Who's participating?</h2>
*Find out who will be attending as the list grows: [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Community-roster <b>HERE.</b>]
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<h2>SOME QUESTIONS WE'LL CONSIDER:</H2>
 
*Does our local Berkshires community need an independent, local news and opinion media source, whether print media, online, or both? Can <i>The Berkshire Eagle</i> or <i>iBerkshires</i> -- or Facebook -- meet that need?
 
*If we do need such a source, what options exist for forming one? Suggestions:
**A non-profit organization
**Co-operative ownership (like a food co-op)?
**A locally owned for-profit initiative or partnership (like <i>iBerkshires</i> or <i>Hill Country Observer?</i>
**Print, online, or both?
 
*How would such an enterprise be funded? Advertising? Subscriptions? Donations?


*Tela Zasloff, Williamstown, Mass.
*Who would the target audiences be?
*Harry Montgomery, Williamstown, Mass.
*David Scribner, Stockbridge, Mass. (The Berkshire Edge)
*Tom Stites, Newburyport, Mass. (The Banyan Project) 
*Jeff Potter, Brattleboro, Vt. (The Brattleboro Commons)
*Bill Densmore, Williamstown, Mass. (GreylockNews.com / Reynolds Journalism Institute)


<big>If you plan to attend, please email [mailto:wpdensmore@gmail.com wpdensmore@gmail.com] or use this wiki to add your name.</big>
<h2>Contacts:</h2>
*Tela Zasloff, jzasloff@adelphia.net
*Harry Montgomery, harr_montgomery@hotmail.com  
*Bill Densore, facilitator, wpdensmore@gmail.com
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=Go back to the [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community MAIN PAGE.]=
==PRE-CONVENING RESOURCES==
[[Image:KnightReport cover2.jpg|100px|thumb|left|[http://www.knightcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Informing_Communities_Sustaining_Democracy_in_the_Digital_Age.pdf DOWNLOAD PDF]]]
*READING: [http://www.knightcomm.org/read-the-report-and-comment/ Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age." The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities,] (2009)  <SMALL>Report copies available for free at the Milne Public Library</small>
*RECOMMENDATIONS: [http://newshare.com/greylocknews/community-knight.pdf Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy]
*QUESTIONS: [Http://newshare.com/greylocknews/community-healthy.pdf Are we living in an 'information healthy' community?] 
*LINKS: [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Community1 Readings, audio, articles and notes from 2006 and 2010 meetings in Williamstown and Bennington]

Revision as of 00:56, 23 January 2014

LOOKING FOR NOTES OF A 2006 MEETING OF GCMC -- go HERE.

=Greylock Citizen/Media Collaborative / 2014

VIEW FINAL EDITION

Are you disturbed that our North Berkshire region has abruptly lost its two print news media in mid-January, The Transcript and The Advocate? If so, please come to a public forum to discuss what our Berkshire community might do about it.

JOIN US FOR A FREE, PUBLIC:

Dialogue on the Information Needs of the North Berkshire Community

Milne Public Library, Williamstown
Wed., Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m.

A public, circle-round discussion, followed by light refreshments.

Who's participating?

  • Find out who will be attending as the list grows: HERE.


SOME QUESTIONS WE'LL CONSIDER:

  • Does our local Berkshires community need an independent, local news and opinion media source, whether print media, online, or both? Can The Berkshire Eagle or iBerkshires -- or Facebook -- meet that need?
  • If we do need such a source, what options exist for forming one? Suggestions:
    • A non-profit organization
    • Co-operative ownership (like a food co-op)?
    • A locally owned for-profit initiative or partnership (like iBerkshires or Hill Country Observer?
    • Print, online, or both?
  • How would such an enterprise be funded? Advertising? Subscriptions? Donations?
  • Who would the target audiences be?

Contacts:

  • Tela Zasloff, jzasloff@adelphia.net
  • Harry Montgomery, harr_montgomery@hotmail.com
  • Bill Densore, facilitator, wpdensmore@gmail.com


PRE-CONVENING RESOURCES

DOWNLOAD PDF
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