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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.

Hearing on the Universal Service Reform Act of 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:56:07 -0800

Start: 11/17/2009 - 09:30

End: 11/17/2009 - 18:00

Hearing On The “Universal Service Reform Act Of 2009." House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is circulating a draft of a bill that would extend the Universal Service Fund to broadband and set a minimum speed of service to qualify for the subsidy.

New Media, Technology & Internet Use in Indian Country

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:08:18 -0800

Start: 11/19/2009 - 09:00

End: 11/19/2009 - 11:00

On November 19, 2009, Native Public Media and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative will release New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, one of the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands. Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around the National Broadband Plan.

FCC National Broadband Plan Workshop: Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:12:56 -0800

Start: 11/19/2009 - 09:30

End: 11/19/2009 - 18:00

The goal of the Broadband Workshop on Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices is to understand post-100-megabit/s fiber and partial-fiber solutions for the middle mile, public institutions, small to medium enterprises and homes.

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.

New York City Council Hearing on Net Neutrality

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:14:33 -0800

Start: 11/20/2009 - 10:00

End: 11/20/2009 - 18:00

The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government will hold a public hearing regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) six principles of Net Neutrality. This hearing seeks to gain insight into these principles, which the FCC seeks to codify.

How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:18 -0800

Start: 12/01/2009 - 08:30

End: 12/02/2009 - 05:00

The Federal Trade Commission will hold two days of workshops free and open to the public, to explore how the Internet has affected journalism. The event is free and open to the public. The workshop will assemble representatives from print, online, broadcast and cable news organizations, academics, consumer advocates, bloggers, and other new media representatives.

FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:25 -0800

Start: 12/03/2009 - 14:00

End: 12/03/2009 - 18:00

The Media Issues working group will present a formal best practices recommendation. This will be the third meeting of the full Diversity Committee under its renewed charter and new membership.

FCC Memphis Field Hearing on Digital Inclusion

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:44 -0800

Start: 12/05/2009 - 11:00

End: 12/05/2009 - 13:00

As part of its effort to gather information for the development of a National Broadband Plan, the FCC will hold a field hearing on December 5th in Memphis, Tenn., focusing on whether broadband services are being deployed in a way that allows all Americans to benefit. The public is encouraged to attend and participate. Additional information on the agenda will be announced shortly.