[MGP-Forum Announce] DVD of "The Passion of Place"; hold Oct. 22-25 for Philadelphia

[Bill Densmore]

To the Media Giraffe/Journalism That Matters community:

We've just finished production on a new dvd, "Journalism That Matters: The 
Passion of Place."  It's a studio-produced session, with excellent audio (done 
at Minnesota Public Radio) and a two-camera mix.

You can preview it on Archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/details/JournalismThatMattersMPR

PROGRAM NOTE:
See: http://newshare.typepad.com/mgpaudio/2008/07/audio-finding-t.html

Finding the passion of place -- the new pamphleteers

What motivates people to launch a local online news community -- a 
"placeblog" and what are their challenges, their successes, the 
opportunities, vision and passion which accompany this work? Twelve 
citizen-journalists -- "placebloggers" -- gathered on Friday, June 6, 
2008, for a one-hour conversation at Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to the 
audio stream of their conversation by clicking on the carat of the bar 
below. Or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. Moderated by Bill 
Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of 
Massachusetts Amherst.

ORDER THE DVD:
A DVD may be ordered for $19, from this link (allow two weeks for shipping):

http://www.mediagiraffe.org/video

The video may be shown for non-profit or educational purposes, as long as it is 
not remixed and it is properly attributed to "The Media Giraffe Project's 
Journalism That Matters initiative," with  a link to: 
http://www.journalismthatmatters.org

It was produced with support from The Blandin Foundation, the Charles Stewart 
Mott Foundation and the Media Giraffe Project at the University of 
Massachusetts Amherst.

Be sure also to look at the other resources from our June 4-6 "New 
Pamphleteers/New Reporters" convening in Minnesota:

http://www.newpamphleteers.org
http://newshare.typepad.com/mgpaudio/pamphleteers/index.html

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HOLD THE DATE / NEXT CONVENING
Philadelphia, Oct. 22-25, 2008
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We're pleased to announce that the Media Giraffe Project is teaming up 
with Temple University's Media Education Laboratory and several other 
(still tentative) academic partners for:

"Rebooting the News:
Reconsidering an Agenda for American Civic Education"
Oct. 23-25, 2008 / Philadelphia, Pa.

We're working closely with the American Society of Newspaper Editors and 
the journalism program at Stony Brook University, both of which have made 
major commitments to news-literacy education. The key public convening on 
the topic will be in March at Stony Brook. The smaller Philadelphia 
convening will be designed, among other things, to initiate ideas and 
collaboration for the Stony Brook gathering.

Here's the preview web page for the event: 
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Reboot-home

Part of this convening is by-invitation only. If you would like to be 
considered for an invite, email a proposal to reboot at mediagiraffe.org

A link to registration should be available July 23. If you want a reminder 
when registration opens, also email reboot at mediagiraffe.org

Hope to see some of you in Philadelphia!

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Bill Densmore, director/editor
The Media Giraffe Project
Journalism Program
108 Bartlett Hall
Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003
OFF: 413-577-4370 / 
CELL: 413-458-8001
densmore at journ.umass.edu

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WATCH/LISTEN TO THE WRAPUPS . . .
A PASSION FOR PLACE:
New Pamphleteers/New Reporters -- Convening Entrepreneurs
Who Combine Journalism, Democracy, Place and Blogs
June 4-6, 2008 / Minneapolis, Minn.
http://www.newpamphleteers.org
JOIN THE NETWORK: http://jtm2008.ning.com/?xgi=6YNLL4g
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