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JTM-Silicon Valley: Innovation, democracy and a new ecology of news
Creating the program -- posting ideas
Our purpose at JTM-Silicon Valley is to create a framework for journalists and technologists to form groups -- we're calling them "design circles" -- which will produce ideas, projects, systems and businesses for sustaining elements of journalism critical to participatory democracy.
There will be plenty of time to do so from Wednesday afternoon through Friday, and the option to continue on Saturday morning. Here are some of the sessions we know will be included. Add your ideas to this wiki with your name and contact information and we'll contact you in the next few weeks to help you flesh out and post your session.
-- Bill Densmore, 413-458-8001
Mapping the newsroom
- We'll create two conceptual maps which chart the manufacturing of news has it has been done historically, and how it might be done in the future. This will encourage specific discussion about points where technology and business models need change, and make sure non-journalists understand the current system. Breakout leaders: Chris Peck, editor, The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal.
What's the core worth saving?
- Some legacy processes in the newsroom are artifacts of old technology. Others protect and enhance core ethical values or standards. Which are worth saving and which can be jettisoned to make way for more collaborative, inclusive approaches? We'll make some lists and match those worth saving to possible enabling technologies that are better, faster, cheaper than today.
What's the matter with journalists?
- Technologists and media reformers discuss why mainstream media "doesn't get it." The idea is to put "it" on the table and ask MSM journalists to explain why they don't get it. The point is to find common ground: Is it possible that some of the ideas resisted by "MSM" -- such as greater reliance on fix-it-on-the-fly fact gathering -- are historically flawed? Or not?
At least five technologies disrupting the news
- We'll describe at least five technologies disrupting -- and reinventing the news. Examples include search, social networks, mobile computing, crowdsourcing, audience fragmentaion database mashups and identity management. How should the news -- and journalism -- adapt? Design circles may breakout to work on the ideas. Breakout convenor: Paul Gillen, author, "The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to Social Media," and former editor, ComputerWorld magazine.
The Next Newsroom -- project updates
- Hear (and contribute) to an update and next steps for three projects to create "next newsrooms." The Journalism That Matters Next Newsroom project, the Next Newsroom/college initiative at Duke University and the redesign of the San Jose Mercury News newsroom. How is your own project coming along? Host/convenor: Chris Peck of JTM/The Commercial Appeal.
The recommendation ecosystem -- can it work for news?
- Mary Lou Fulton at the Bakersfield Californian has written that "the first time people learn about something is often through word of mouth or recommendations made by others, rather than traditional news organizations. This would include social networks like Facebook, reviews and recommendations of business/products, blogs, Digg and Reddit, most popular/most-mailed story lists, etc. How can traditional journalism organizations take better advantage of this trend and use it to make its reporting more relevant and interesting?"
Does ownership matter?
- An update on experiments in alternative forms of media ownership, and how they may change the origins, flow, and impact of news. Examples might include Center for Public Integrity, ProPublica, ePluribus Media, the California Media Project, Village Soup Commons, the New Haven Independent, the employee-owned Tribune Co., and a variety of open-source projects. Breakout convenor: Bill Densmore, Media Giraffe Project.
Charting new business models
- Since December, a group convened by Josh Wilson, and including Rose Aguilar, Carl Hall, Barry Parr and Michael Stoll, have been meeting in the Bay Area to consider alternative business models for publishing news. In New York, Jeff Jarvis at the CUNY School of Journalism is using a MacArthur Foundation grant to encourage students to come up with revenue-driven web news/information services -- with surprising results. What have these groups learned so far? Who else is testing business models?
What will sustain journalism that matters?
- An update on the state of small-scale citizen journalism efforts. What technologies do they use? Are they getting traction with advertisers? Are volunteership and avocation sustainable? How does that change the journalism which results? What new business models are possible? Breakout convenor: Len Witt, Kennesaw State University.
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