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September 30, 2015

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'Experience Engagement:' A pop-up think tank

Sitting people together to brainstorm and troubleshoot each others’ media-based community engagement projects was the heart of Journalism That Matters’ Experience Engagement unconference this past weekend . It was at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications’ Agora Journalism Center, here in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. At Experience Engagement, journalists, community organizers, educators, government officials and financial wizards from halfway across the globe came together for the weekend to build a pop-up think tank for groups as well as individuals working to create new media projects and community partnerships (including yours truly and “How to Be a Citizen Journalist”). (You can follow the whole thing at the hashtag #pdxengage15 on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr .) A community's contribution and global relevance isn't relegated to its ability to produce titles/content #PDXengage15 #ONA15 — Imperator Amazonia (@Blackamazon) Octob

'A Code of Ethics for Journalism Nonprofits'

This is worth a look. A Code of Ethics for Journalism Nonprofits Within a few days earlier this month, Gerry Lenfest, the eighty-five-year-old owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer , announced that he would transfer ownership to a new nonprofit organization, and Chris Hughes, the thirty-two-year-old owner of The New Republic , announced that he would sell the magazine , and mentioned a change to nonprofit status as one of several plausible futures for it. Do two instances qualify as a trend? At the very least, they make public what the people who work at these publications have known for a long time: that parts of the news business might not really be a business. photo: "Inquirerbldg sign," by Medvedenko.

Building a New Journalism Program from the Ground Up

This is a great article . I never get tired of hearing about people who spend their hearts and minds in building learning opportunities. Carry on. photo: from http://diverseeducation.com/

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