Jtm-pnw-fri-sessions

JTM-PNW: The breakout sessions called by the participants

By 9:30 a.m. on Friday, JTM-PNW participants are reading to "call" breakout sessions for the rest of the day and on Saturday. they do this by filling out 8.5x11 sheets and postng them on a convening wall; then participants can decide which sessions they want to attend -- or convene. More than 230 participants are participating over three days and there are about 80 people already "in the circle" at 9 a.m. PACIFIC this morning. First, JTM convenor Peggy Holman explains the principles of the gathering.

Holman: Four principles of open-space sessions

JTM collaborator Peggy Holman explains four principles of open-space sessions:

• Whoever comes, is the right group -- If no one shows up, you may be so far ahead, nobody knows how important it is. YOu can use the time for yourself, or talk to one other person, and you bring that idea with you into another sessions.

• Whatever happens is the only thing that could have -- go with an idea and see what it has to offer.

• When it starts is the right time. An invitation to have a different relationship with time>

• When it's over, it is over.

The guiding principle: The law of two feet

• The law of two feet: The essense of the Open Space process. There is a foot of passion and a foot of responsibility and when you put those two feet together, they carry you when and were you need to be -- to take responsible for "what you love." It's an invitation to pay attention to what you care about and where you want to be and go for it. Ask yourself: "Do I find myself contributing, am I learning, am I having a good time?" If not, take the rest of you with you and go some place else.

• If the link for your session isn't working, email gstahre /at/ gmail or feel free to fix it yourself.

SESSIONS CALLED: (click on the headline to go to the session notes)

10:30 sessions

• How do we bridge the generation gap in journalism and information acquisition? - Paul Lowenberg (G)

• Do we respect the audience? And if so, how do we show that respect? - Kristin (A Olympic)

• What is "possibility" (solution) journalism and how do I do it? - Sarah van Gelder (B Olympic)

• How can we make it easier to publish and find proven solutions to common challenges (such as environment, education, energy) that integrates global, national and local levels with biz, government, education and other sectors? - Pam (O)

• What place does mass media have in hyperlocal journalism? - Dale Steinke (L)

• How can I continue to grow my local blog and sustain it as a business? - Scott Schaefer (K)

• How can we create sustainable freelance communities in an increasingly decentralized newsroom? - Daysha Eaton, Superstringer (D)

• Truth and accountability in the news - Rob Moitoza (M)

• Can "issue advertising" be leveraged to support new forms of "issue" journalism? - Bart Preecs (H)

• What aspects of traditional media journalism need to be preserved and what should we jettison? - Sanjay (E)

• How can we re-imagine the WNC to bring more citizens into the new news ecosystem? - John Hamer (J)

• Are you curious about science? and How can scientists restore trust? - Lion Kimbo/Sally James (F)

• Emergent participatory curation systems - Brad deGrat (I)

• How can we take back our water quality? - Mutsue Cook (C Olympic)

• Can open government online help sustain the new news ecology? - Daniel Lathrop (N)

1:30 sessions

• How can journalists support community and remain fact-based truth tellers? Bllu Densmore/RJI (O)

• How can we pay for "city hall beat reporters" & Olympic gavel-to-gavel coverage? Sarajane Seigfriedt/Community Policy Network (E)

• What can academia do for "the new news"? Jessica Durkin (N)

• How to strengthen transparency and trust in medical research - Susan Adler/News Association for Biomedical Research (F)

• How do you make investigative journalism collaborative & sustainable? Rita Hubbard/Invetigate West (H)

• How can media do a better job of pointing out what news (in all of the din) is the most important? (help people weed through the info overload) Ilona Meagher (J)

• How can technology better serve journalism? Chuck Taylor (C Olympic)

• How could relationships change between govt/business to support the ermerging news ecology? Ken LeBlond (L)

• Can you survive the new "free economy"? Tom Bangasser/Vashon College (A Olympic)

• Is News the wrong holy grail for "journalism"? Schuler (G)

• Disturbance, disruption, and the artist: enivisioning out brilliant future. Cameron Hall (K)

• What communication is possible outside the internet? Zines?Murals?street art? Shala McDonnel (M)

3:00 sessions

• After the crash, how can we re-connect local audiences with quality journalism that's not hyperlocal? Alex Stonehill/CLP (D)

• How is journalism different when the tool is a wiki? Michael Anderson (H))

• Information Security 101. How do we protect data privacy in the age of information omnipotence? Jacob Caggiano/Independent Media Practitioner (N)

• How software made free and open sustainable: an open culture-based business model for journalism. Brian Glanz (I A/V Room)

• What do you want? For those that don't know what role does reflection, intention, discussion play in this process? Bee and Hive Metaphor (J)

• What is the potential for news as performance? Maurreen (A Olympic)

• If you could have an application build to support your journalism what would it do? Casey (F)

• what should journalism be in the 21st century? (and what should community be?) Mike Kitross (K)

• Report for America - creating a service corp for volunteer reporting hosted by communities. Bill Densmore (C Olympic)

• How do we get back to our feelings? - Mitsue Cook (G)

• How do we ensure the new news ecology is infused with diverse voices that are heard? Michelle Ferrier (B)