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The Philadelphia Initiative for Journalistic Innovation

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:57:21 -0700

Start: 11/06/2009 - 23:00

End: 11/06/2009 - 23:00

It’s time to save journalism in the Greater Philadelphia region! It’s time for PhIJI, the Philadelphia Initiative for Journalistic Innovation! PhIJI is a forum for Philadelphia-area journalists and aspiring journalists to communicate about best practices, discuss issues facing journalism and journalists, and offer feedback on entrepreneurial ideas. PhIJI is open to all Philadelphia-area journalists (paid or unpaid), interested in improving upon how Philadelphia and the region are covered. This forum can be used to address issues of technology and software for journalism, issues of monetization in a changing news business landscape, as well as issues of journalistic values and standards.

New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:40 -0800

Start: 11/09/2009 - 00:00

End: 11/09/2009 - 00:00

A daylong gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites, sustaining operations and the release of a new J-Lab report on what women news consumers and creators want from their news media.

Journalism & The New Media Ecology: Who Will Pay The Messengers?

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:55:10 -0700

Start: 11/13/2009 - 09:00

End: 11/14/2009 - 16:30

A search is underway for new ways to support the work of the Fourth Estate. Yale Law School’s Knight Law and Media Program and Information Society Project are inviting scholars, media leaders, journalists, faculty, students and interested citizens to share their insights and creative ideas during a two-day conference at the Law School, November 13-14, 2009.

Netroots Minnesota Convention

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:11:19 -0800

Start: 11/20/2009 - 00:00

End: 11/21/2009 - 00:00

Progressives from all over Minnesota will gather in St. Paul on November 20-21 for the first ever Netroots Minnesota conference. This conference will be modeled after the Netroots Nation conference (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention). The netroots played a critical role in helping shape a national progressive agenda over the last several years.

Can News Media Survive the Internet Age? Competition, Consumer Protection, and First Amendment Perspectives

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:11:37 -0700

Start: 12/01/2009 - 08:00

End: 12/02/2009 - 06:00

The Federal Trade Commission announced it will hold a series of workshops titled "Can News Media Survive the Internet Age? Competition, Consumer Protection, and First Amendment Perspectives."