Writing the News: From the mailbag

Bumped. Originally posted 2008-06-21 08:46:03 -0500.

From the mailbag:

To English/History/journalism educators:
To traditional media and citizen bloggers/reporters:

Are you interested in "news literacy" and teaching news-writing skills to students and citizens? Want to hear from the author of "Be the Media," a guide to making your own news and message? Are you concerned about legal rules governing linking or copying?

Attend a unique, one-day workshop for teachers, advisors, professors, editors and citizen journalists on Sat., June 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Univ. of Mass. Lowell campus. A featured participant: Howard Schneider, former editor of Long Island Newsday and head of the national news-literacy curriculum development project at Stony Brook University -- funded by the Ford, Knight and MacArthur fundations. Also former New York Times correspondent Doug McGill, who runs the Largemouth Citizen Journalism Workshops in Minnesota. And David Mathison, author of the just-published "Be The Media."

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SHARING THE NEWS: Reaching students, training citizens
A one-day workshop for teachers, advisors, professors, editors and citizen journalists.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 / UNiv. of Mass. -- Lowell -- off I-495
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

PROGRAM DETAILS:
http://dbs.hosting.crocker.com/wiki/index.php/Sharing

REGISTER NOW:
https://www.123signup.com/event?id=tbsgb

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I followed the link to the program. More information below. For those interested, it's a $40.00, one-day workshop with several male cit-J notables.

• David Mathison author of Be The Media a "384-How to guide for citizens who waht to use the Internet and multimedia tools to create their own news and messages."
• Doug McGill a "foregin correspondent and business writer for The New York Times and bureau chief for Bloomberg News.
• Wayne Sutton a "community content manager for MyNC.com, a hyper-local news website produced by WNCN, Channel 17, the NBC television affiliate serving Raleigh-Durham."
• Leonard Witt "will explain and seek guidance" for pointing the way to "a new foundation for sustaining local journalism."
• Howard Schneider, founding dean of School of Journalism at Stony Brook University and former editor of Newsday. Scneider is "coming to Lowell seeking advice on how th construct and support curriculum and looking for research collaborators in New England."
• The Associated Press case -- What is happening to fair use?
• Robert Bertsche Plenary session for the New England News Forum Campus Network