Newsdesk.org Receives Major Grant
posted Aug 18, 2009
[Download a PDF of this press release] Newsdesk.org, a program of Independent Arts & Media, has been selected by the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation to receive a $25,000 grant in support of the nonprofit, public-interest news service News...
posted Aug 18, 2009
[Download a PDF of this press release] Newsdesk.org, a program of Independent Arts & Media, has been selected by the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation to receive a $25,000 grant in support of the nonprofit, public-interest news service News...
Persephone Miel: What Should PBS Do?
posted Apr 13, 2009
Talking Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Internews Network's PERSEPHONE MIEL, a recent fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center, brings some Internet-era vision for the idea of public media. Rather than look to new nonprofits and new structures, she says...
posted Apr 13, 2009
Talking Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Internews Network's PERSEPHONE MIEL, a recent fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center, brings some Internet-era vision for the idea of public media. Rather than look to new nonprofits and new structures, she says...
Hyphen magazine's SIX in the City birthday party (Friday, 3/27 @ Club Six, SF)
posted Mar 25, 2009
Hyphen is turning 6. That's like 30 in independent magazine years! With so many independent publications struggling these days, we are darn proud they're still here - alive and kicking. (Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts &...
posted Mar 25, 2009
Hyphen is turning 6. That's like 30 in independent magazine years! With so many independent publications struggling these days, we are darn proud they're still here - alive and kicking. (Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts &...
Talking Public Media: Conversations About Media & Democracy
posted Mar 17, 2009
What, exactly, is "public media" in an era of vanishing newspapers, expanding Internet and wireless networks, empowered publics and an increasingly lively (if chaotic) nonprofit-news sector? Talking Public Media pursues this fluid notion in conversation with diverse journalism practitioners, advocates,...
posted Mar 17, 2009
What, exactly, is "public media" in an era of vanishing newspapers, expanding Internet and wireless networks, empowered publics and an increasingly lively (if chaotic) nonprofit-news sector? Talking Public Media pursues this fluid notion in conversation with diverse journalism practitioners, advocates,...
Ted Glasser: Imagining a National Endowment for Journalism
posted Mar 17, 2009
Talking Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Go big or go home! For its debut edition, Talking Public Media chats with Stanford communication professor TED GLASSER, who brings a fifty-state strategy with his modest proposal for the creation of...
posted Mar 17, 2009
Talking Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Go big or go home! For its debut edition, Talking Public Media chats with Stanford communication professor TED GLASSER, who brings a fifty-state strategy with his modest proposal for the creation of...
3/17: "A Conversation About the San Francisco Chronicle"
posted Mar 16, 2009
[Forwarded from the Society of Professional Journalists-Northern California.] SAN FRANCISCO - Fifteen of Northern California's most distinguished editors, publishers, innovators and academics will meet with the public Tuesday, March 17, for "A Conversation About the Chronicle," a forum presented as...
posted Mar 16, 2009
[Forwarded from the Society of Professional Journalists-Northern California.] SAN FRANCISCO - Fifteen of Northern California's most distinguished editors, publishers, innovators and academics will meet with the public Tuesday, March 17, for "A Conversation About the Chronicle," a forum presented as...
Be a Journalism Innovations Sponsor!
posted Mar 12, 2009
The Society of Professional Journalists-Northern California and Independent Arts & Media invite you to sponsor JOURNALISM INNOVATIONS II, and enjoy significant promotional and display benefits. Call 415-677-9877 to get started, and see below for sponsorship levels and in-kind donor information....
posted Mar 12, 2009
The Society of Professional Journalists-Northern California and Independent Arts & Media invite you to sponsor JOURNALISM INNOVATIONS II, and enjoy significant promotional and display benefits. Call 415-677-9877 to get started, and see below for sponsorship levels and in-kind donor information....
Journalism Innovations II: New Work & Ideas for Making the News
posted Mar 12, 2009
Co-produced by: Updated Apr. 30: Panels | Speaker Bios | Exhibitors | Register May 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. * April 30 (evening reception & panels) McLaren Hall, University of San Francisco * Directions Sliding-Scale...
posted Mar 12, 2009
Co-produced by: Updated Apr. 30: Panels | Speaker Bios | Exhibitors | Register May 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. * April 30 (evening reception & panels) McLaren Hall, University of San Francisco * Directions Sliding-Scale...
SF Chronicle to Close? SPJ-NorCal Responds
posted Feb 27, 2009
[Indy Arts is posting this for informational purposes; please contact the SPJ liaisons below for more details.] Society of Professional Journalists Chapter Calls for Public Discussion of Hearst Corp.'s Threat to Shutter the San Francisco Chronicle Contact: Ricardo Sandoval, 415-786-1258;...
posted Feb 27, 2009
[Indy Arts is posting this for informational purposes; please contact the SPJ liaisons below for more details.] Society of Professional Journalists Chapter Calls for Public Discussion of Hearst Corp.'s Threat to Shutter the San Francisco Chronicle Contact: Ricardo Sandoval, 415-786-1258;...
Newsdesk.org Places in WeMedia Pitch-It Finals
posted Feb 10, 2009
A proposal to develop a network of local Newsdesk.org journalism bureaus in underserved communities has been selected as one of nine finalists out of 330+ entries in WeMedia's Pitch-It '09 competition. The contest was developed in partnership with Ashoka's Changemakers...
posted Feb 10, 2009
A proposal to develop a network of local Newsdesk.org journalism bureaus in underserved communities has been selected as one of nine finalists out of 330+ entries in WeMedia's Pitch-It '09 competition. The contest was developed in partnership with Ashoka's Changemakers...
KALW-FM 'Documents the Downturn' with Your Help
posted Feb 10, 2009
By Holly Kernan, KALW News Director [Note: KALW-FM was a producing partner with Indy Arts-affiliate Newsdesk.org on 2008's Election Truthiness Report.] * Help KALW document the downturn! * The Economic Edge home page At KALW news, I'm pleased to announce...
posted Feb 10, 2009
By Holly Kernan, KALW News Director [Note: KALW-FM was a producing partner with Indy Arts-affiliate Newsdesk.org on 2008's Election Truthiness Report.] * Help KALW document the downturn! * The Economic Edge home page At KALW news, I'm pleased to announce...
SPJ Seeks Freedom of Information Leaders
posted Jan 9, 2009
[Here's a great opportunity with SPJ-NorCal, which partnered with Indy Arts to produce the Innovations in Journalism Expo last year. ] CALLING ALL FOI ENTHUSIASTS The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter is...
posted Jan 9, 2009
[Here's a great opportunity with SPJ-NorCal, which partnered with Indy Arts to produce the Innovations in Journalism Expo last year. ] CALLING ALL FOI ENTHUSIASTS The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter is...
Newsdesk Editor Joins First Amendment Discussion in Oakland
posted Jan 8, 2009
Newsdesk.org editor and Indy Arts co-founder Josh Wilson will be joining First Amendment expert and attorney Josh Koltun for a discussion of free-speech law and liability in the Internet era this coming Sunday at Diesel Books in Oakland. Check out...
posted Jan 8, 2009
Newsdesk.org editor and Indy Arts co-founder Josh Wilson will be joining First Amendment expert and attorney Josh Koltun for a discussion of free-speech law and liability in the Internet era this coming Sunday at Diesel Books in Oakland. Check out...
The Case for New Public Media
posted Dec 24, 2008
It is a curious thing, in an era of revolutionary change in the media landscape, that journalists and editors have gained so little. The Internet has been a boon for citizen media. It's like Neal Postman's pre-telegraph America, the original...
posted Dec 24, 2008
It is a curious thing, in an era of revolutionary change in the media landscape, that journalists and editors have gained so little. The Internet has been a boon for citizen media. It's like Neal Postman's pre-telegraph America, the original...
Creating a Culture of Democracy
posted Dec 24, 2008
The most profound challenges to building a more just, equitable and healthy society lie in our means and methods of civic dialogue and public participation. Our concern therefore must be the culture of democracy -- which necessarily includes not just...
posted Dec 24, 2008
The most profound challenges to building a more just, equitable and healthy society lie in our means and methods of civic dialogue and public participation. Our concern therefore must be the culture of democracy -- which necessarily includes not just...
