Jtm-mn-skype
At least six to participate in New Pamphleteers by 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 John Stewart, 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
Cynthia Closkey, ButlerToday.com, Butler, Pa. (near Pittsburgh)
Cynthia Closkey owns ButlerToday.com.
Topics:
Community sites/ hyperlocal news sites
Business models
Content management options
Examples and links: http://www.pghbloggers.org http://www.butlertoday.com http://www.butlertoday.com
Geoff Dougherty, founder, ChiTownDailyNews.org
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
