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We have JJIE.org and Rep J; NPR now has Argo

September 8, 2010 – 12:42 pm

Anyone who has been following my PJNet.org site knows about my Representative Journalism concept, which caught the attention of Ruth Ann Harnisch. In time, the Harnisch Foundation provided a substantial gift to start the Center for Sustainable Journalism to test the Rep J idea, which is all about community-supported niche journalism. Our first topic-centered project [...]

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Patch.com to hire dozens of Atlanta metro journalists

August 19, 2010 – 6:25 pm

Patch.com, the hyperlocal journalism start-up on which AOL is betting $50 million dollars, is searching for several dozen journalists to edit and run local community sites throughout the Atlanta metro area. The pay is between $35,000 — $45,000 a year plus benefits. It comes with a freelance budget too. Here are excerpts from an email [...]

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Untapped consumer resource: 61% want to help improve products

August 13, 2010 – 5:49 pm

If you have $499, you can get a the full Forrester Research report: US Consumers Are Willing Co-Creators or you can just chew on this little teaser from Forrester: Sixty-one percent of all US online adults are willing co-creators, and they are open to co-creating across a large range of industries. With such wide-ranging interest [...]

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Yahoo Media VP Says Niche, We Say JJIE

July 6, 2010 – 3:13 pm

James A. Pitaro, vice president of Yahoo Media, told a New York Times reporter: “If you’re a news start-up, focusing on breadth would be the wrong way to go. What we’re seeing is the market getting increasingly fragmented. And because of that you can survive by owning a niche category.” Of course, we at the [...]

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Fancher: It Takes a Community to Reinvent Journalism

June 23, 2010 – 12:02 am

Mike Fancher, former 20-year executive editor of the Seattle Times, is writing a Knight Commission white paper on local journalism and he tells Leonard Witt in this Future of Journalism video interview: Have the community at the center of everything you do…Bring people into your thought process. Get the benefit of finding out more precisely [...]

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Witt panel to address informing communities, sustaining democracy

June 8, 2010 – 4:13 pm

On this Friday, June 11 I will be on a panel that reacts to the The Knight Commission report: Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. The executive summary of the report can be found here. The panel is part of the League of Women Voters National Convention which is being be held in [...]

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Center for Sustainable Journalism Launches Juvenile Justice Pro-Am Initiative

June 7, 2010 – 12:05 am

Today the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University launched its Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, a niche pro-am journalism initiative covering juvenile justice issues in Georgia. It combines professional journalism with community-based financial and content support. The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) provides continuing news and information focused on juvenile justice issues and shines [...]

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20-year-old Discusses Winning Business Plan to Reinvent Journalism

May 4, 2010 – 12:30 am

Want to feel better about the future of journalism? Then read this IM Interview Leonard Witt conducts with Jesse Villanueva, the 20-year-old advertising director of San Diego State University’s The Daily Aztec. He won the first First National Sustainable Journalism Concept-2-Reality Competition sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. Catherine Shen, [...]

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San Diego State Students Win Concept2Reality $1,000 Award

May 3, 2010 – 4:36 pm

Fourth Estate Mobile, a team of MBAs and undergraduates from San Diego State University, won the First National Sustainable Journalism Concept-2-Reality Competition held this past week at Kennesaw State University. The Competition was sponsored by Kennesaw’s Center for Sustainable Journalism, whose mission is “to ensure that high quality, ethically sound journalism remains a part of [...]

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Cellphone Payments, Perfect for Journalism Entrepreneurs

April 29, 2010 – 10:39 am

The New York Times has an informative article and a video on how individuals can make small transactions via smart phones, including bumping two phones together or swiping a credit card via a little attachment. It’s great for spontaneous purchases, which I think will be perfect for small journalism start-ups that depend on small donations [...]

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