Posted Sat, 06/21/2008 - 10:45 by cho
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.
Posted Thu, 03/20/2008 - 08:21 by cho
In the email box was the following:
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:
