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==These links accompany a December 15, 2009 presentation by Bill Densmore of the [http://www.rjionline.org Reynolds Journalism Institute],  and [http://www.circlabs.com CircLabs Inc.] to a class at Mount Holyoke College.==


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*[http://rji.missouri.edu/fellows-program/densmore-b/stories/intro/index.php QUICK VIDEO OVERVIEW]
*VIDEO: [http://www.vimeo.com/4557201 Eight minutes wrapping up the Information Valet Project]
*[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Infovalet What is the InfoValet Project?]
*[http://www.journalismtrust.org FTC TESTIMONY / Dec. 2, 2009]
*ALL VIDEO: http://ustream.tv/channel/infovalet
*[http://rji.missouri.edu/fellows-program/densmore-b/index.php Densmore/Circulate homepage at RJI]
*[http://newshare.typepad.com/about.html Densmore mini-bio home page]
*[http://www.circlabs.com/test/demobar2 Circulate demo (demo gocircul8)]
*[http://www.informationvalet.org/ Information Valet Project BLOG]


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===For-profit hyperlocal===
*[http://www.northamptonmedia.com/ Northampton Media (Mary Serreze)]
*[http://mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=98  Village Soup Commons MGP profile]
*[http://new.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=79  BaristaNet MGP profile]
*[http://westseattleblog.com/blog/ West Seattle Blog Home Page]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/node/675  Paulding.Com MGP background]

===Nonprofit hyperlocal===
*[http://www.amherstwire.com/ AmherstWire.com (students at UMass)]
*[http://www.valleypost.org/ Valley Post (Eesha Williams)]  [http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=318 MGP PROFILE]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=453 MinnPost MGP Profile]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=465 Voice San Diego MGP profile]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=454 St. Louis Beacon MGP profile]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=313 New Haven Independent MGP profile]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=380 The Tyee MGP profile]
*[http://www.texastribune.org The Texas Tribune Home Page]

===Watchdog journalism -- non-profit===

*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=380 Center for Public Integrity MGP profile]
*[http://www.propublica.org/ Pro Publica home page]
*[http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/ Center for Investigative Reporting home page]
*[http://www.pulitzercenter.org/ Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting homepage]
*[http://www.truthout.org/ TruthOut.org home page] 


===Watchdog journalism -- for-profit===
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/mgprofiles/index.php?action=profile&id=10 Huffington Post MGP profile]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Huffington Post home page]

===Recent studies/research===

*[http://www.cjr.org/reconstruction/the_reconstruction_of_american.php?page=all Downie report CJR]
*[http://www.knightcomm.org/ Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities]

===Case study of new news ecosystem: Williamstown, Mass. (USA, population 8,000)===
*[http://www.williamstown.net  The Williamstown Mass. (USA) official town website]
*[http://www.greylocknews.com Independent aggregation site/Williamstown] 
*[http://www.iberkshires.com Quasi-professional news site for Williamstown region]
*[http://www.thetranscript.com Legacy daily site / Williamstown/North Adams]

===Addressing the "demand" problem -- news literacy===
[http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Mit-media-literacy-journalism MIT news literacy conference home page]
[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/node/671 The Stony Brook news-literacy curriculum]

===VIDEO: Online entrepreneurs talk about "the passion of place"===
*[http://www.archive.org/details/JournalismThatMattersMPR VIDEO: Passion for Place] 

===Research projects===
*[http://www.circlabs.com/ CircLabs Inc.]
*[http://www.infovalet.org The Information Valet Project]
*[http://www.rjionline.org The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute / Missouri School of Journalism]


===The demand side -- this generation cares===
*FOUR-MINUTE VIDEO: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSNYH5FZH4A Ventura Technology High School]
*[http://www.rebootingthenews.org  Rebooting the News conference]
*[http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Reboot-statement Consensus statement]