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RJI Collaboratory members who are attending the Online News Association convention this week in San Francisco are welcome to join us for dinner (Dutch treat) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. You can start the evening next door for drinks at 6:30 p.m. courtesy of PBS/MediaShift. All the details and signup are at http://www.rjidinner.org

I've been asked by new list subscriber Gail Robinson, editor of the Gotham Gazette, a local online news site in New York City, to forward this query. Gail is at grobinson@gothamgazette.com . . .
-- bill densmore

Gail writes:

Gotham Gazette is grappling with how to manage the technical side of the site -- adding new features (such as games, say, or more interactive material); posting and illustrating the regular material; keeping things from breaking; fixing things when they do break, etc. Over… Continue

Multimedia web and mobile platforms are advancing new approaches to news, journalism and social engagement at a near-incomprehensible pace. But how does all this innovation link to and affect civic engagement in tangible, face-to-face venues -- like schools, libraries, coffee shops, museums and
public spaces?

Help us find out. The Norman Rockwell Museum, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, and other co-covenors invite you to:

"Rebooting Rockwell's… Continue

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I've joined about 20 people gathered informally today at Baruch College in New York City in response to an invitation from its year-old journalism program. The challenge: Help Baruch identify the most effective way to put a significant grant from The Harnish Family Foundation to work "facilitating large-scale collaborations on the future of high-quality journalism." I'll be… Continue