Voices

ENGAGEMENT AND THE 21ST CENTURY NEWSROOM:
THE FOUR PHASES OF EDITORIAL VOICE
(AND FOUR “CRAZY” IDEAS FOR FINDING THEM)

This is a jump page to an edited and expanded version of remarks by Bill Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, delivered on Sunday, March 2, 2008. He spoke to approximately 30 U.S. newspaper editorial writers at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, in Los Angeles as part of the four-day seminar, “Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace.” The seminar was presented by the Knight Digital Media Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers.

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AUDIO: Dave Mastio of BlogNetNews.com at Knight L.A. seminar

Dave Mastio's BlogNetNews.com helps aggregate local news blog feeds for regions throughout the United States for presentation on news and other websites. In this excerpt, Mastio talks about his motivation for starting BlogNetNews.

Mastio was among panelists at a four-day seminar: "Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace," presented by the Knight Digital Media Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers. Approximately 30 editorial writers attended. Click on the carat on the bar below to launch streaming video, or DOWNLOAD AN MP3 PODCAST. Duration:3 minutes, 46 seconds / File Size:904.49 KB

AUDIO: NewWest.net's Courtney Lowery at Knight event in L.A.

Courtney Lowery, editor-in-chief of NewWest.net, a Missoula, Mont.-based regional and local online news resource for the American Rockies, describes how she and co-founder Jonathan Weber have reached profitability doing quality jouranalism.

Lowery was among panelists at a four-day seminar: "Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary in Cyberspace," presented by the Knight Digital Media Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in partnership with the National Conference of Editorial Writers. Approximately 30 editorial writers attended.