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AN URGENT DISCUSSION:
"From Gatekeeper to Information Valet:
A Workplan for Sustaining Journalism"
Wed., May 27, 2009 / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. / The George Washington University / Jack Morton Auditorium / 805 21st Street NW / Washington D.C.
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"We need many news organizations to keep our country strong. We need to help each other. We need to partner, we need to experiment and we need to accept and agree that we will continue, we will not accept failure and we need to keep trying and trying different models until we get it right."
In a March 16 Time Magazine story about the Project on Excellence in Journalism's 2009 "State of the News Media," report, M.J. Stephey wrote: " . . . (I)f solutions aren't obvious, the report's overall message is: Will the future leaders of journalism please stand up?"
Annnouncing the Journalism Innovation Engine at RJI
On Wednesday, May 27, help launch the Journalism Innovation Engine at RJI -- a place, and ideas, around which journalism's supporters can stand up, partner, experiment, leave the gates behind, and begin sharing in a new information commons. "From Gatekeeper to Information Valet: A Workplan for Sustaining Journalism," is convened by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, at the Missouri School of Journalism, in collaboration with The George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs. It's the next step in a process which began Dec. 3-5, 2008, at "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," in Columbia, Mo.
We'll convene in the state-of-the-art Jack Morton Auditorium at 805 21st Street NW, in downtown Washington, D.C., two blocks from the Foggy Bottom Metro stop. ALTERNATE VIEW
This participatory event will include a morning briefing on the JTI . . . a strategic overview of news-industry opportunities and challenges . . . and discussion of the origin, vision and promise of the Information Valet Project.
After lunch, Dr. Lee Wilkins, professor, Missouri School of Journalism, will unveil and comment on findings from a new national survey of public attitudes toward the sharing of private information via the web; Missouri graduate student Emily Sussman will document and discuss a 14-year history of efforts to "monetize" news and other web content . . . participants will host briefings on key initiatives and technologies . . . and we'll manage one round of breakout sessions to assess what we've learned and consider next steps. Time permitting, we may assemble a discussion panel including experts on Internet privacy, advertising and commerce.
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For more information email Bill Densmore, 2008-2009 Reynolds Fellow, or call 573-882-9812.
