IVP Wiki - User contributions [en]

RJI-Collaboratory-participants

2009-01-05T16:30:58Z

161.130.222.139: /* Participating in the Forum */

=== RJI Talkfest: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" - The RJI Collaboratory ===
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 
Wed., Jan. 21, 2009 
Fred W. Smith Forum 
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute 
University of Missouri 
Columbia, MO 65211 

==Participating in the Forum==
*Best, Brad
*Bonner, Al
*Carner, Dorothy
*Christie, Carol
*Collins, Kent
*[http://newshare.typepad.com/about.html Densmore, Bill,] director, [http://www.informationvalet.org Information Valet Project,] Reynolds Journalism Institute, Columbia, Mo.
*Denton, Frank (tentative)
*Farre, David
*Fennell, John
*Francis, Harriet (Hattie)
*Gafke, Roger
*Gage, Ralph
*Garretson, Kim
*Bob Gough
*Grinfeld, Michael
*Groves, Jonathan
*Johnson, Pam
*Lambeth, Ed
*Lunzer, Bernie
*McKean, Mike
*Messbarger, Quinten
*Mills, Dean
*Newton, Julianne
*Pace-Hinton, Lanita
*Poepsel, Mark
*Politte, Keith
*Reed, Katherine
*Reeves, Jen
*Stern, Reuben
*Stevens, Jane
*Sussman, Emily
*Stonerock, Paige
*Tasso, Kaarli
*Thompson, Matt
*Warhover, Tom
*Wimmenauer, Lisa

==Virtual participants through Adobe Connect==
*David Beard
*Jennifer Browdy
*Dennis Dunleavy
*Denise Ford
*Dan Gillmor
*Mark Glaser
*Sunny McLean
*Alan Michel
*Alan Mutter
*Dave Poulson
*Maurreen Skowran
*Edward Vielmetti

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009 
http://www.rejurno.com 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
Associate faculty 
[http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/ Knight Digital Media Center, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism] 
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-2922

RJI-Collaboratory-travel

2008-12-30T19:54:03Z

161.130.222.139: /* Traveling to The RJI-Collaboratory plannning "TalkFest" */

=Traveling to The RJI Collaboratory planning "TalkFest" =
===Wed., Jan. 21, 2008 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Columbia, Missouri===

==Major airports convenient to I-70==
We're gathering at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Columbia, Mo., is on Interstate 70 approximate 1.75 hours from Lambert St. Louis International Airport (STL) and about 2.25 hours from Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Both are on I-70. Driving by rental car is convenient and simple. Major airlines, including Southwest, serve both STL and MCI.

[[Image:Cou-travel.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[http://densmore.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Cou-travel.jpg Missouri travel note]]]

==New Northwest Airlink service to Columbia Regional Airport (COU)==

In September, Northwest Airlink commenced three flights per day between the Columbia Regional Airport, about 15 minutes from campus, and Memphis, a hub for Northwest Airlines. With fares subsidized, if you can board a non-stop flight to Memphis, connecting to Columbia directly may be the most convenient travel option. [http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/PublicWorks/Airport/ FLIGHT/AIRPORT DETAILS]

===Shuttle transportation from airports===

[http://www.moexpress.com MoEX] runs shuttles that pickup from the hotel with a 24-hour advanced notice. For information about pricing call MoEX at 877-669-4826. MoEX also runs shceduled service from 203 Parkade Center,, 601 Business Loop I-70 in Columbia, including 12 roundtrips daily to Lambert St. Louis International Airport (STL) and five roundtrips daily to Kansas City (MCI). EMAIL: [mailto:info@moexpress.com info@moexpress.com]

Pricing roundtrip door-to-door booked in advance for an individual is $86 (total roundtrip) if booked online at the [http://www.moexpress.com MoEX website.]
on College Avenue(Rock Quarry Road) and Stadium Boulevard.

===Directions to/from airports and hotel===
The [http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/maps_directions.jhtml;jsessionid=LUAVJOKHOIHHECSGBJF2VCQ?ctyhocn=COUUMHX designated hotel website] provides directions to/from all three airports.

==Designated conference lodging==

Participants may choose to stay at the new [http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=COUUMHX Hampton Inn & Suites Columbia (at the University of Missouri)] 
1225 Fellow's Place, Columbia, Missouri, USA 65201 
Tel: +1-573-214-2222 Fax: +1-573-441-2242

RJI-Collaboratory-travel

2008-12-30T19:51:32Z

161.130.222.139: /* Major airports convenient to I-70 */

=Traveling to The RJI-Collaboratory plannning "TalkFest" =
===Wed., Jan. 21, 2008 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Columbia, Missouri===

==Major airports convenient to I-70==
We're gathering at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Columbia, Mo., is on Interstate 70 approximate 1.75 hours from Lambert St. Louis International Airport (STL) and about 2.25 hours from Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Both are on I-70. Driving by rental car is convenient and simple. Major airlines, including Southwest, serve both STL and MCI.

[[Image:Cou-travel.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[http://densmore.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Cou-travel.jpg Missouri travel note]]]

==New Northwest Airlink service to Columbia Regional Airport (COU)==

In September, Northwest Airlink commenced three flights per day between the Columbia Regional Airport, about 15 minutes from campus, and Memphis, a hub for Northwest Airlines. With fares subsidized, if you can board a non-stop flight to Memphis, connecting to Columbia directly may be the most convenient travel option. [http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/PublicWorks/Airport/ FLIGHT/AIRPORT DETAILS]

===Shuttle transportation from airports===

[http://www.moexpress.com MoEX] runs shuttles that pickup from the hotel with a 24-hour advanced notice. For information about pricing call MoEX at 877-669-4826. MoEX also runs shceduled service from 203 Parkade Center,, 601 Business Loop I-70 in Columbia, including 12 roundtrips daily to Lambert St. Louis International Airport (STL) and five roundtrips daily to Kansas City (MCI). EMAIL: [mailto:info@moexpress.com info@moexpress.com]

Pricing roundtrip door-to-door booked in advance for an individual is $86 (total roundtrip) if booked online at the [http://www.moexpress.com MoEX website.]
on College Avenue(Rock Quarry Road) and Stadium Boulevard.

===Directions to/from airports and hotel===
The [http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/maps_directions.jhtml;jsessionid=LUAVJOKHOIHHECSGBJF2VCQ?ctyhocn=COUUMHX designated hotel website] provides directions to/from all three airports.

==Designated conference lodging==

Participants may choose to stay at the new [http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=COUUMHX Hampton Inn & Suites Columbia (at the University of Missouri)] 
1225 Fellow's Place, Columbia, Missouri, USA 65201 
Tel: +1-573-214-2222 Fax: +1-573-441-2242

RJI-Collaboratory

2008-12-30T19:50:20Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]

=You're invited to help plan a news-organization "incubator"=
You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news-organization incubator. The free Talkfest will be held on Wed., Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the '''RJI Collaboratory.''' Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news-organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.
<H4>
<hr>
Learn more:
*[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/RJI-Collaboratory-program READ THE PROGRAM]
*[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/RJI-Collaboratory-participants WHO'S PARTICIPATING]
*[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/RJI-Collaboratory#HOW_TO_ATTEND HOW TO ATTEND -- FREE]
*[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/RJI-Collaboratory-travel GETTING TO AND STAYING IN COLUMBIA]
</H4>
==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:
<UL>

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?
</ul>
During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

There is no charge for attending the RJI Collaboratory Talkfest. The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has underwritten the cost of planning, facilities and box lunches for participants because we want to make sure that entrepreneurial journalists, educators, and experts from the world of technology and business can add their voice to the planning process without cost beyond traveling to Columbia, MO. We'd like the Collaboratory to recognize, highlight and support related efforts nationwide.

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to RJI Fellow Jane Stevens ([mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com]), or call 707-495-1112. 

===TRAVEL/LODGING OPTIONS===

Getting to Columbia is easy. You can fly into either the St. Louis or Kansas City airports (St. Louis is about 20 minutes closer). Both are served by all major carriers. In addition, Northwest Airlines operates three daily flights from Memphis to the Columbia Regional Airport, about 15 minutes from campus and the Reynolds Institute. For more, see: [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/RJI-Collaboratory-travel GETTING TO AND STAYING IN COLUMBIA].

For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009 
http://www.rejurno.com 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
Associate faculty 
[http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/ Knight Digital Media Center, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism] 
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-2922

Main Page

2008-12-22T21:50:04Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009 
http://www.rejurno.com 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
Associate faculty 
[http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/ Knight Digital Media Center, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism] 
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-2922

Main Page

2008-12-22T21:48:18Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009 
http://www.rejurno.com 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
Associate faculty, [http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/ Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism] 
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-2922

Main Page

2008-12-22T21:43:07Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009 
http://www.rejurno.com 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism 
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812

Main Page

2008-12-22T21:40:38Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens 
http://www.rejurno.com 
Fellow, 2008-2009 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812

Main Page

2008-12-22T20:05:56Z

161.130.222.139: /* UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory" */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens
Fellow, 2008-2009 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
http://www.rejurno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812

Main Page

2008-12-22T20:04:58Z

161.130.222.139: /* UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory" */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens
Fellow, 2008-2009 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
http://www.rejurno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812

Main Page

2008-12-22T19:58:17Z

161.130.222.139: /* HOW TO ATTEND */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the in-person attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call 707-495-1112. 
For those of you who are out of town and can't make the trek to Columbia, but still want to tune in, send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. 
Jane Ellen Stevens
Fellow, 2008-2009 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
http://www.rejurno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812

Main Page

2008-12-22T19:55:06Z

161.130.222.139: /* WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT */

[[Image:Rji-indicia.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu RJI Home]]]
=Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute wiki=
<big>This is a wiki resource for projects of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. From here you can view a wrapup on [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Blueprint "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy," summit] Dec. 3-5, 2008; and other initiatives.
*For general information about the Information Valet Project, please click to [http://www.informationvalet.org our blog.]
</big>

=UPCOMING: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism -- The RJI Collaboratory"=
[[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]]
[[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]]

You're invited to participate in a one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator. The Talkfest will be held on Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.

The name of the incubator is the RJI Collaboratory. Many of us at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism think it's a critical -- and opportune -- time to establish a news organization incubator.

This is why: In 2008, traditional news organizations continued to shrink or close their doors. They laid off more than 15,000 journalists, resulting in a significant loss of good journalism so vital to U.S. citizens and our democracy. Dozens of communities now have little or no coverage of their local
health issues, their local environment, or their local government. Some no longer have reporters, no journalism at all in their communities.

That trend is likely to accelerate in 2009. Meanwhile, the Web continues to provide fertile ground for new social/news/information organizations, hundreds of which have appeared over the last few years and are thriving, including MaxPreps.com, MinnPost, WestSeattleblog.com, TheKnot.com, Huffington
Post, BlogHer, Politico, the St. Louis Beacon, CSTV.com (which is now part of CBSSportsline.com), and Marketwatch.

We think the RJI Collaboratory could provide resources and knowledge on how to start effective and successful Web-based news organizations. Those who could benefit from the news organization incubator are entrepreneurial mid-career journalists, and existing news organizations that are undertaking the
transformational strategies necessary to adapt to a Webcentric world.

==WHAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT==

These are some of the aspects of a news organization incubator that we need to figure out, and why we're asking you to participate:

*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
business planning, Web shell (information architecture/structure or organization of information) and design services, and ethics guidelines. But what else? And how does it provide its guidance
and services?

*What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
organizations?

*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?

*What does a news organization incubator need to get started?

*Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?

*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?

During the one-day event, we'll meet together in the morning to show you some successful Web-based news organizations. We'll discuss why we think a news organization incubator is necessary, and identify issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as
they make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.

In the afternoon, we'll meet in working groups to address particular issues in starting a news organization incubator, and how it will function. The approaches developed in those groups will serve as the foundation for a plan for the RJI Collaboratory.

==HOW TO ATTEND==

We hope you are able to join us. To have a productive conversation, we're limiting the attendance to 60 people. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can attend. Send an email to [mailto:jstevens@mmjourno.com jstevens@mmjourno.com], or call. 
Jane Ellen Stevens
Fellow, 2008-2009 
[http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
University of Missouri 
http://rji.missouri.edu/index.php 
Associate faculty, Knight Digital Media Center
UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com 
http://www.rejurno.com 
MOBILE: 707-495-1112

<hr>
[http://rji.missouri.edu Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute] 
Missouri School of Journalism 
RJI Building 
Columbia MO 65211 
573-882-9812