[MGP-Forum Announce] Idea Lab: "Building a Public Press" -- Feb. 9 -- meetup and call-in

[Bill Densmore]

To MGP alumni:

Michael Stoll (mstoll at public-press.org) sends along this advisory. You can call in to participate or just listen.

Dear Friends,

A handful of journalists, fundraisers, nonprofit organizers, technologists and designers are gathering in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 9, to brainstorm ideas relating to a push for a new public-media venture in or around San Francisco, tentatively called The Public Press. It would be a daily multimedia collaboration among noncommercial journalism and research institutions that produces a Web site, a print newspaper and multimedia content. It would rely on reader and philanthropic support instead of advertising. We're looking to complete a business plan and market study that would allow us to start a fund-raising campaign to produce a pilot edition later this year.

DATE: Saturday, Feb. 9

TIME: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pacific

IN PERSON: Come to our North Beach headquarters, 300 Broadway (at Sansome), Suite 25, San Francisco. Please RSVP because we have limited space.

BY PHONE: Dial into the conference call at 11:15 a.m. Pacific (2:15 p.m. Eastern). Call 641-715-3200, access code: 132888#. The call will not last as long as the meeting (probably half an hour), but this will give you a good introduction to what we're trying to accomplish and give you an idea about how you can get involved from afar.

For more info contact Michael Stoll, Project Director, The Public Press, mstoll [AT symbol] public-press.org

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Bill Densmore, director/editor
The Media Giraffe Project A conceptual mashup for journalists and 
technologists:
http://www.NewsTools2008.org / April 30-May 3 / Silicon Valley