[esocialaction] FW: Democracy & Independence: Sharing News &
Politics in a Connected World - Conference - June 29 - July 1 2006
Dearden, Andrew M
A.M.Dearden at shu.ac.uk
Wed Apr 19 09:49:06 BST 2006
OF INTEREST?
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From: Community and Civic Network discussion list
[mailto:COMMUNET at LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven Clift
Sent: 13 April 2006 19:28
To: COMMUNET at LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Democracy & Independence: Sharing News & Politics in a
Connected World - Conference - June 29 - July 1 2006
Democracy & Independence:
Sharing News & Politics in a Connected World
Summit aims to unite media, political, education, technology
sectors in charting the future of journalism
June 29 - July 1, 2006
University of Massachusetts Amherst
For the full details on the conference, see:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/invite-dowire
If you register for "Tracks 1-5" I've worked out a $50 dollar discount.
For "Tracks 2-5" the discount is $25. Simply put "DOWIRE"
in the bottom "Optional Information" comment box.
This conference is uniquely positioned to convene those engaged in
politics and citizen engagement online with a larger gathering of new
media and journalism leaders.
Register from here:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/invite-dowire
Quick Details
Hundreds of traditional and citizen journalists, political strategists,
educators, bloggers, developers, technology and media researchers will
convene June 29-July 1, 2006 at University of Massachusetts Amherst for
the first Media Giraffe Project conference.
The Media Giraffe Project, a non-partisan, interdisciplinary research
effort of the UMass journalism program, is hosting the roundtable summit
and how-to sessions designed to:
* Consider and recommend answers to changes to the financing and
practice of journalism
* Bridge the gap between new and traditional media
* Show and consider the impact of new media technologies on
journalism and the "public sphere"
* Spotlight emerging business models
* Create new networks of media innovators which bridge traditional
carriers among journalism, education, politics and technology
* Watch and share innovations in media-literacy education.
Who Should Attend
The conference is designed for:
* traditional media strategists, editors and practitioners
* elected officials, political and public-policy strategists
info-tech pioneers and entrepreneurs
* operators of local-news websites and blogs
podcasters and vloggers dealing with news, political and public-
policy issues.
* academic researchers and students
* citizens who want "how-to" knowledge about participatory media
anyone interested in new innovations in web, print, film and audio
news creation, delivery and financing.
Read the full announcement here:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/invite-dowire
Sincerely,
Steven Clift
Democracies Online
http://www.dowire.org <- Visit the new blog/wiki/groups site.
P.S. With my new DoWire Groups site, I am considering a new "Citizen
Media"
online group (e-mail list/web forum combo). Let me know if you are
interested: clift at publicus.net
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Steven Clift - clift at publicus.net
Web: http://publicus.net
Blog: http://dowire.org/notes
NGO: http://e-democracy.org
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