[IMC-Boston-Discuss] Fwd: (MBM) An invitation to shape journalism and democracy's future - June 28-July 1 - UMass Amherst

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--- Bill Densmore <mediagiraffe at journ.umass.edu>
wrote:

> To: Mission-Based-Massachusetts at yahoogroups.com
> From: Bill Densmore <mediagiraffe at journ.umass.edu>
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 23:51:13 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: (MBM) An invitation to shape journalism and
> democracy's future - June
>  28-July 1 - UMass Amherst
> 
>
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> Media Giraffe Project Roundtable Summit / Workshop
> /Conference:  "Democracy & Independence: Sharing
> News and Politics in a Connected World"
> JUNE 28-JULY 1, 2006 /  University of Massachusetts
> at Amherst
>
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>
http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/newsreleases/articles/33465.php
>       Helen Thomas Keynotes Summit Conference on
> Internet-Driven Changes in
>       Politics, Communities, and News
> 
> An invitation to shape journalism and democracy's
> future
> 
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> 
> Journalism and democracy are facing exciting
> crossroads.  This summer, we'd like you to help
> figure out which directions make sense. Please join
> us as a co-convener of the first Media Giraffe
> Project summit June 28-July 1, 2006: "Democracy &
> Independence: Sharing News and Politics in a
> Connected World" at the University of Massachusetts
> Amherst.
> 
> We're bringing together other visionaries in
> technology, politics, education, and media -- all
> focused on the future of journalism and
> participatory democracy. They'll meet at a
> combination roundtable summit, media cafe, think
> tank, workshop and conference. Summit sponsors
> besides the University of Massachusetts, include
> Omidyar Network, The Boston Globe, MassLive/Advance
> Internet and the New England Press Association.
> 
> The Media Giraffe Project is a non-profit,
> non-partisan research effort housed with the
> journalism program at UMass Amherst. We are finding
> and spotlighting "media giraffes" -- above-the-crowd
> individuals making innovative, sustainable use of
> media (old and new) to foster participatory
> democracy and community. We're bring some of these
> giraffe prospects to Amherst, to meet with people
> like you.
> 
> -------------------------------------
> Bill Densmore, director/editor
> The Media Giraffe Project 
> Journalism Program / Communication Studies 
> 108 Bartlett Hall / Univ. of Mass. 
> Amherst MA 01003 
> OFF: 413-577-4370 / CELL: 413-458-8001
> densmore at journ.umass.edu
> ATTEND: "Democracy and Independence:
>           Sharing News and Politics in a Connected
> World" 
> Conference: June 29-July 1, 2006 /
> www.mediagiraffe.org/conference.html
> WHO'S COMING:       
> http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/
> LATEST NEWS:        
> http://www.mediagiraffe.org/news/
> WHAT'S THE PROGRAM: 
> http://www.mediagiraffe.org/program.pdf
> TELL ME MORE:       
> http://www.mediagiraffe.org/invite/
> REGISTER:
>
https://www.aux.umass.edu/forms/conferenceservices/mgp/index.htm
> 
> INVITATION: Help shape journalism and democracy's
> future -- June 28-July 1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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