Yesterday morning, I went and made a PB Wiki for local site operators who were at Block by Block 2010 and might want a place to privately share files and best practices with one another. The URL is http://blockbyblock2010next.pbworks.com/ and I will be adding people today–if you want to be included email me at mernit@gmail.com.… Continue Reading
Here’s the fresh, hot list of ONA Award finalists for 2010. Except for West Seattle Blog appearing as a community collaboration finalist, and Gotham Gazette making the list (Yeah!) the list is focused on news organizations that have a budget of over $1MM per year. In the small sites category, the finalists are Pro Publica… Continue Reading
It was an honor and a privilege to be one of the 125-odd local place-based sites to attend the first ever Block by Block ( #hashtag bxb2010). What could be better than sharing a room with other excited, passionate people running local web sites around the country and a handful of foundations interested in finding… Continue Reading
I am heading back out of Oakland next week to attend the Block by Block conference, sponsored by the RJI in Chicago, IL and organized by Jay Rosen and Michele McLellan, The focus of the conference is to understand and support the “hundreds of local news sites–many of them non-profits–that have been springing up around… Continue Reading
Vadmim Lavrusik has a nice, meaty story on community journalism, the future of news, and how social media plays into the mix running on Mashable today. Some of the highlights of his piece: “The future journalist will be more embedded with the community than ever, and news outlets will build their newsrooms to focus on… Continue Reading
Recent Comments