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Comment by David Wilcox on January 25, 2010 at 5:35pm

I've just posted Making social reporting an OpenBusiness , explaining how I'm using reporting in one of the projects on this site. It may give some clues on how social reporters can make a living beyond event reporting.

Comment by David Wilcox on January 14, 2010 at 11:49am

Roundup of themes from the Journalism That Matters unconference in Seattle.

Comment by David Wilcox on January 7, 2010 at 10:42pm

Rather wish I could be in Seattle for this:
http://journalismthatmatters.org/
Join Journalism That Matters' national series of extraordinary action-oriented discussions in Seattle this January as we explore the changing relationship between journalism and communities.
If journalism’s old story was to provide people with the necessary information to be free and self-governing citizens, in the emerging news ecology, journalism not only informs, but engages, inspires, and activates people within their role as free and self-governing citizens.
As journalists struggle to understand their changing role in an environment where anyone can publish and report on world events, citizens struggle to shift from mere consumers of information to co-creators engaging in conversation about what is meaningful as citizens in a free democracy.

Comment by David Wilcox on January 5, 2010 at 12:38pm

New Year greetings to community and social reporters. By way of a conversation starter about who and what we are (or hope to be) I've added a forum post on our possible resolutions: Make Sense, Be Positive, Help Out ... and added the question: should we be investigators too? Clay Shirky says we are facing a shortage of Accountability Journalists. Is that us?

Comment by Gary Copitch on September 22, 2009 at 3:17pm

We do Digital Inclusion work. We have over 150 community reporters, run 6 Social Media Centres, train up over 1000 a people a year, run 14 community web sites , a TV Internet channel and a Internet radio station we work across the North West and in Yorkshire, we partner with 4 universities 2 FE Collages and run accredited training and an employment agency. We are developing a national community reporters with SKIP, Cosmic, Itrust and Knowle Media Centre. People's Voice Media works in digital inclusion and has done so since 1995

Comment by David Wilcox on September 20, 2009 at 11:02am

Hi William - look forward to seeing you. We have no problems with space now the venue has changed - BIS 1 Victoria St Details here.

Comment by William Wardlaw Rogers on September 19, 2009 at 10:49pm

I've registered to turn up at the Sept 21st Workshop (Monday) - I'm going to roll up at 14:00 - It took a while to track down the registration page so I'm hoping I'm not busting the fire regulations wide open. E-mail follows if I have to divert.

If being at the venue isn't appropriate I'm at the RSA for a meet beforehand (with Sam Maclean on similar subject) and be good to catch up with attendees who have availability before and after.

Can be contacted at story.true@gmail.com

Comment by David Wilcox on September 16, 2009 at 3:57pm

There's a page of links on the wiki about social and community reporting. Please add any more via discussion tab, or I can give you editing permission

Comment by David Wilcox on September 16, 2009 at 3:51pm

I've blogged a piece about social and community reporters that I hope will help start a discussion for us on Monday. Really appreciate some comments there.

Comment by David Wilcox on September 11, 2009 at 7:47am

Thanks Gary - delighted to do anything to help. It looks as if we might have the makings of a collaborative support and knowledge-sharing programme.

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