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Links to Thursday, June 5th session reports

Use the links below to click to reports of Thursday breakout sessions at NewPamphleteers.

10:30 a.m. sessions

GIMBY – Government in my Backyard: How can we get people to cover the federal government where they live? -- Ned Hodgman

What are placeblogs? -- Tish Grier

How can journalism, citizen journalism and blogging enhance democracy’s collective intelligence & community wisdom in the face of challenge? – Tom Atlee

Best tech platforms for news / community sites – Clint Baller

(Combined with Continuing the conversation – what online tools – existing and completely new – do you want to see to keep us working and planning together? -- Benjamin Melancon)

Will citizens/communities support high quality journalism? Models/ideas wanted -- Len Witt

Help us design a media liability insurance product for citizen journalism and hyper local sites – Bob Kox, Karen Baldwin

Skype sessions:

Richard Anderson & Village Soup
David Cohn & spot.us initiative
Russell Okamoto “Celly” Citi – Platform – Portland, OR

11:30 a.m. sessions

How to connect online forums w/ citizen journalism -– Tim Erickson

Finding a sustainable business model -– Jeremy Iggers

Wisconsin place blogs unite & partner with Cap Times – get details of a proposal down -– Lynn Chakoian & Steve Hanson

High Touch: what does it mean online and in the physical world? -– Michelle Ferrier

How do you measure success for local blogs – Scott

Ethics in blogging – what are they ? Are they necessary? -- Melissa Cornick

Skype:

Cynthia Closkey, Pittsburgh blogger net
Jon Hart Internet Law (with Jane Kirtley)

1:30 pm sessions

How can we use the Sufi’s 3 Gates of Speech (is it kind, is it true, is it beneficial?) to tell stories as a service to citizens that offer windows into new possibilities for their lives, their communities and the world? -- Chris Neff