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| − | 8:30 a.m. -- 11 a.m. | + | ===8:30 a.m. -- 11 a.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Overview of the day's goal: to develop the foundation for a news organization incubator.<ul> | |
| − | + | *Case studies: Successful Web-based news organizations (ad-supported, nonprofit, very large, medium, very small, geographic-based, topic-based, founded and led by journalists, founded and led by non-journalists) | |
| − | + | *Identify basic issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as they create | |
| − | + | *Web-based news organizations or make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations. | |
| − | + | </ul></ul> | |
| − | + | ===11:00 - 11:45 a.m.=== | |
| − | 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | + | <ul>Organize afternoon groups around these questions:<ul> |
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*What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services, | *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 | + | 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 and services? |
| − | and services? | + | *What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust organizations? |
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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 | ||
| − | students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust | ||
| − | organizations? | ||
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*What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year? | *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? | *What does a news organization incubator need to get started? | ||
| − | + | *Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy? | |
| − | *Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of | ||
| − | the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy? | ||
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*How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools? | *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? | *How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups? | ||
| − | + | </ul></ul> | |
| − | 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | + | ===11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Lunch (box lunch provided) | |
| − | + | </ul> | |
| − | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | + | ===1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Working groups meet. | |
| − | + | </ul> | |
| − | 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | + | ===3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Break | |
| − | + | </ul> | |
| − | 3:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | + | ===3:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Working groups report; entire group assembles basic foundation of news organization incubator | |
| − | + | </ul> | |
| − | 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | + | ===5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.=== |
| − | + | <ul>Next steps, wrap-up. | |
| − | + | </ul> | |
==HOW TO ATTEND== | ==HOW TO ATTEND== | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 30 December 2008
Contents
RJI Talkfest: "Putting Feet on the Streets for Journalism" -- The RJI Collaboratory
January 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fred W. Smith Forum
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
[This is a general plan; details to come.]
8:30 a.m. -- 11 a.m.
- Overview of the day's goal: to develop the foundation for a news organization incubator.
- Case studies: Successful Web-based news organizations (ad-supported, nonprofit, very large, medium, very small, geographic-based, topic-based, founded and led by journalists, founded and led by non-journalists)
- Identify basic issues that entrepreneurial journalists and existing news organizations face as they create
- Web-based news organizations or make the transition to becoming Webcentric news organizations.
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
- Organize afternoon groups around these questions:
- What does a news organization incubator do exactly? We think an incubator can provide advertising strategies and techniques, technology services,
- What roles can other colleges and departments of the University of Missouri play in a news organization incubator? Could computer science students develop online services for entrepreneurial journalists? Could business school students work with entrepreneurial journalists to develop robust organizations?
- What could an incubator do in the first year? The second year? The third year?
- What does a news organization incubator need to get started?
- Does a news organization incubator derive funding from the organizations it nurtures? If so, how? If the news organization incubator is part of the university, what is the incubator's intellectual property policy?
- How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with other centers or journalism schools?
- How does the news organization incubator develop partnerships with organizations that might be interested in funding start-ups?
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
- Lunch (box lunch provided)
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Working groups meet.
3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
- Break
3:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Working groups report; entire group assembles basic foundation of news organization incubator
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Next steps, wrap-up.
HOW TO ATTEND
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 jstevens@mmjourno.com, or call 707-495-1112.
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 jstevens@mmjourno.com, and we'll set up a way for you to tap into the conference through Adobe Connect. We're limited to 100 people on Adobe Connect. You don't need any special software to connect; you'll just open a url.
Jane Ellen Stevens, Fellow, 2008-2009
http://www.rejurno.com
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
University of Missouri
Associate faculty
Knight Digital Media Center, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
jstevens@mmjourno.com
MOBILE: 707-495-1112
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia MO 65211
573-882-2922
