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==Geoff Dougherty, founder, ChiTownDailyNews.org==
==Geoff Dougherty, founder, ChiTownDailyNews.org==
 
<hr>[http://newshare.typepad.com/mgpaudio/2008/06/audio-geoff-dou.html LISTEN TO AUDIO OF GEOFF DOUGHERTY]<hr>
What Geoff want's to learn:  
What Geoff want's to learn:  
*How have other organizations found success with ad sales, sponsorships and/or reader donations.  
*How have other organizations found success with ad sales, sponsorships and/or reader donations.  
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geoff@chitowndailynews.org
geoff@chitowndailynews.org
5412 N. Clark, Suite 218, Chicago, IL 60640
5412 N. Clark, Suite 218, Chicago, IL 60640


==David Cohn, founder, Spot.us==
==David Cohn, founder, Spot.us==

Revision as of 18:48, 24 July 2008

Principal convenor Minnesota Journalism Center Minnesota News Council


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


Eight to participate in New Pamphleteers via Skype

For various reasons, some valued JTM alumni and new participants can't join us in Minneapolis, but they hope to take part via a Skype audio-video connection which we'll set up in one breakout room on Thursday. To check out the schedule and participants, follow developments on this page:

http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-mn-skype

Among participants via Skype -- Internet law expert Jonathan Hart, from Washington, D.C.; VillageSoup.com founder Richard Anderson from Camden, Maine; Cynthia Closkey, of ButlerToday.com in Butler, Pa.; Russell Okamoto from PublicPress.org, outside Portland, Ore.; Geoff Dougherty at ChiTownDailyNews.org in Chicago; Christine Stuart of CTNewsJunkie in Hartford, Conn.; David Cohn of spot.us in San Francisco; and Andrew Donohue of VoiceofSanDiego.com.

SESSION SCHEDULE (all times CDT)

  • 8:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. -- Richard Anderson, VillageSoupCommon OS


  • 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. -- David Cohn and spot.us initiative
  • 11:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m. -- Russell Okamoto, "Celly" Citi-J platform (gaussgutenberg)
  • 11:30 a.m.-12:01 p.m. -- Cynthia Closkey -- Pittsburgh blogger net (cynthiacloskey)
  • 12:01 p.m.-12:30 p.m. -- Jon Hart, Internet law (w/Jane Kirtley)

OUR LUNCH BREAK IN MINNEAPOLIS

  • 01:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. -- Geoff Dougherty -- engaging citizen journalists (geoffdougherty)
  • 01:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. -- Christine Stuart -- Building state news network (christine.stuart31)
  • 02:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. -- Andrew Donahue -- Non-profit business success (addonohue)

Cynthia Closkey, ButlerToday.com, Butler, Pa. (near Pittsburgh)

Cynthia Closkey publishes ButlerToday. She is also a founder of Pittsburgh Bloggers and a leader of the social media unconference PodCamp Pittsburgh.

What Cynthia wants to learn:

  • How to market an online news site/community site (especially in a low-tech small town)

What Cynthia wants to share and teach:

  • What makes Pittsburgh the "third bloggiest city in America" (and what that distinction might mean)
  • The evolving plans and strategy we've used at ButlerToday, and the direction we're taking next


Geoff Dougherty, founder, ChiTownDailyNews.org


LISTEN TO AUDIO OF GEOFF DOUGHERTY


What Geoff want's to learn:

  • How have other organizations found success with ad sales, sponsorships and/or reader donations.

What Geoff wants to teach:

  • How to recruiting citizen journalists.

Geoff Dougherty, Editor Chi-Town Daily News 773.362.5002, ext. 10 geoff@chitowndailynews.org 5412 N. Clark, Suite 218, Chicago, IL 60640

David Cohn, founder, Spot.us

What David want's to learn: The issues and concerns of placebloggers - specifically the ambitions.


What David wants to teach:

  • How to raise money online using Spot.us for investigative journalism.

David Cohn, Editor Spot Us www.spot.us Skype: dcohn1 phone: (310) 365-3600