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Rebooting Rockwell's America: News, Art and Community

A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM / September 11-13, 2009 / Stockbridge, Massachusetts

New roles for journalism -- and the net -- in fostering participatory democracy and community

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Victor Pickard and Joe Torres of the media-reform group FreePress argue for new ownership forms and the equivalent of a Report for America initiative in this op/ed piece which appeared first in The Seattle Times.

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 [[Image:Jtm-logo.jpg|140px|thumb|right|[http://www.journalismthatmatters.org Journalism That Matters]]]
 [[Image:Rji-logo.jpg|140px|thumb|right|[http://www.rjionline.org D.W. Reynolds Journalism Institute]]]
-[[Image:Newshare.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Eighteenth-century English and Colonial America coffee houses served as headquarters for shipping news and havens for gatherings of patriots. They were crucibles for democracy, a shared space for uninhibited debate and discussion of issues and events. Could 21st-century coffee shops -- well connected and served by a circuit-riding journalists -- help bring journalism back to community? [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/New-news-venues READ MORE]]]
 [[Image:Mgp-logo-square-SMALL.jpg|140px|thumb|right|[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/about Media Giraffe Project]]]
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