Free Press: conference

New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:44:47 -0800

Start: 11/09/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

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.

Netroots Minnesota Convention

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:56:49 -0800

Start: 11/20/2009 - 00:00

End: 11/21/2009 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

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.

The Philadelphia Initiative for Journalistic Innovation

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:34:29 -0700

Start: 11/06/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

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.

National College Media Convention

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:11:53 -0700

Start: 10/27/2009 - 23:00

End: 10/31/2009 - 23:00

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Enthusiasm, energy and electricity will greet you when you come to Austin this October for the 88th Annual National College Media Convention — the largest gathering of student journalists and advisers in the world. And if you venture a few blocks from the convention to take a peek under the Congress Avenue Bridge, you'll see another large gathering: the world's largest population of urban bats — 1.5 million of ’em.

2009 Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:51:17 -0700

Start: 10/22/2009 - 23:00

End: 10/24/2009 - 23:00

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The Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking is a three-day conference bringing together modern visionaries on nonviolence and social change with community leaders, activists, academics and organizers to train, learn, plan and organize to create a culture of liberation and justice for all. The Conference will feature a series of workshops teaching participants how to tell their stories to the media, tip sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and learn to create better relationships between the media.

National Writers Union Digital Media Conference: "Shall We Write for Free or Shall We Write for Pay?"

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:01:26 -0700

Start: 10/16/2009 - 17:00

End: 10/17/2009 - 16:30

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Open Media Boston hosts the National Writers Union Digital Media Conference: "Shall We Write for Free or Shall We Write for Pay? Writers Face the Digital Age." Friday, October 16, 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. and all-day Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the Egan Research Center, Northeastern University, 120 Forsyth St., Boston, two blocks from the Museum of Fine Arts and the MBTA.

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

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:41:33 -0700

Start: 11/13/2009 - 09:00

End: 11/14/2009 - 16:30

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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.

The Tenth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:16 -0700

Start: 11/07/2010 - 23:00

End: 11/12/2010 - 23:00

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The International Board of Directors of AMARC is pleased to announce that the tenth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters will be held from 8 to 13 November 2010 in Ciudad de la Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Community Radios have come together in AMARC Argentina to host the first Global conference of community broadcasters to be held in South America, where community radios were born 60 years ago. Furthermore, Argentina and the Latin America & Caribbean region is going through dynamic social changes and has a rich in experiences to share with the world movement of community radios.

True Spin Conference

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:14:34 -0700

Start: 01/20/2010 - 23:00

End: 01/21/2010 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

A National Conference on Communications for Progressives True Spin Conference, Jan. 21 and 22, 2010, Denver, CO. Join some of America’s best progressive PR practitioners for two days of panels, workshops, networking, and fun. This conference brings together flacks from progressive advocacy groups around the country to exchange ideas and learn new and creative PR tactics. It’s the only national conference of its kind.

Grassroots Use of Technology Conference X

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:52:24 -0700

Start: 10/15/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Have you ever wanted to get your organization online right away with a website or blog? Did you ever wonder how Facebook or Twitter can be made useful for your outreach? How about using free and easy tech tools to schedule meetings, conference online or over the telephone? What about those “webinars” and other tools to train your members? How about using online surveys to collect feedback or make decisions? And what about working with members across several different languages?