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| [[Image:Rji-ideas.jpg|thumb|150px|left|[http://rji.missouri.edu/image-library/stories/new-building/index.php RJI PICTURED]]] | | [[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]]] | | [[Image:Rji-working.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[http://rji.missouri.edu/vision-and-mission/index.php THE RJI VISION]]] |
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| A one-day Talkfest -- "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- to develop plans for a news organization incubator, ws held Jan. 21, 2009 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo.
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| 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.
| | *[http://www.rjionline.org DONALD W. REYNOLDS JOURNALISM INSTITUTE HOME PAGE] |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Here's a link to the program: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-program]]
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| Here's a link to the list of participants: [[http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Collaboratory-participants]]
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| 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:
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| *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
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| *What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science
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| students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust
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| *What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?
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| *What does a news organization incubator need to get started?
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| *Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of
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| *How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?
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| *How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?
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| 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
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| 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.
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| ==HOW TO ATTEND==
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| 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.<br>
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| 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.<br><br>
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| Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009<br>
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| [http://rji.missouri.edu/ Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute]<br>
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| jstevens@mmjourno.com<br>
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| MOBILE: 707-495-1112
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