Media Giraffe: NewsTools2008

To potential participants in NewsTools2008 at Yahoo! April 30-May 3: A conceptual mashup for journalists and technologists: http://www.NewsTools2008.org / April 30-May 3 / Silicon Valley The slots we've allocated for journalists are filling up quickly. If you haven't registered, this might be the time to do so, while there's still room and air fares into the Bay Area haven't tightened. Here's the jump page for registration: jump page And the overall information page PRE-EVENT COLLABORATION Take a look at our pre-convening collaboration website, and add your profile if you're coming (or add to the profile we've created for you): http://newstools2008.ning.com JTM on Twitter: http://twitter.com/newstools2008 Who's collaborating on NewsTools2008? NEWS TOPOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM On Monday and Tuesday a group of NewsTools2008 collaborators are meeting at UC-Berkeley to develop a map of the way we've created news in the past and how it may look in the future. This visual tool will help us get started when we convene on Wed., April 30, at 4 p.m. at Yahoo's cool conference/learning center in Sunnyvale, Calif. WHAT'S YOUR "DO" TOPIC? Meanwhile, all of us participants should be thinking about the topics and "do it" projects we want to discuss and undertake on Thursday and Friday. If you have a project/topic to propose, you can email it now to jtm@mediagiraffe.org or post it on the wiki page: http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Jtm-sv-topics After March 17, we're going to start culling the topics, adding some additional ones, matching them with the technologies transforming journalism. We'll be in touch with many particpants for suggestions for project sessions that connect the various dots. SATURDAY SPJ The Northern Berkshire chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has teamed up with Journalism That Matters to help program the final day of NewsTools2008 on Saturday, May 3 at Yahoo. There will be some SPJ'ers who will "day trip" on Saturday. As a NewsTools2008 participant, however, all of Saturday's program is open to you included in your single registration to NewsTools2008. LEARN MORE: http://artsandmedia.net/expo/journalism/ ** If you're attending NewsTools 2008, and plan on leading or participating in any of the breakout groups, we'd like you to present your findings and results on Saturday morning at the NewsTools-SPJ "Innovations in Journalism Expo." In addition, SPJ is looking for afternoon panel ideas and speakers on the topics of journalism, democracy, innovation and sustainability. These are the topics on deck so far:

• State of the Art: Local leaders setting national trends
• Journalism & Philanthropy: Life after ProPublica
• The Business Model: From business innovations to nonprofit breakthroughs
• Laid Off? What Next? AKA Journalism Jobs: Who is (or will be)hiring?
• YOUR TOPIC HERE

And if you want to talk to the SPJ-Saturday organizers, start with Michael Stoll or Josh Wilson -- 415-677-9877. michael at michaelstoll dotcom edit at artsandmedia.net Thank-you for being a part of this unique West Coast conceptual mashup for journalists and technologists.