Last Saturday I had the pleasure of taking part in the second annual Digital Journalism Camp in Downtown Portland Oregon. Webtrends graciously agreed to donate the space and Justin Kistner his time, to support this conference founded in 2009 by someone I’d describe as a journalist iconoclast Abraham Hyatt. In the last two years the landscape has changed among newspapers and blogs- quite frankly from an early distain and mistrust- now finding ourselves in 2011 with examples of collaborative efforts underway between traditional news organizations supporting smaller and more nimble web and mobile media. As an example “Blogging” and “Traditional Print Media” aren’t dirty words anymore and the two groups can get into a room together and share insight into producing good journalism using their platforms of choice. Everyone is learning.
It’s that spirit that was alive on Saturday, described best by the conference itself:
Digital Journalism Camp is about spending the day with the people who are actively changing journalism. You’re going to learn from — and share with — the people who have found solutions to the challenges you face, whether you’re a beat reporter, a blogger or a publisher.
As a self-described journalism groupie I wanted to lend support to this event, so I brought a couple cameras. Special thanks to Jeff Bunch and Eitan Tsur who handled recording in each room. Because of them, we were able to capture all the conference presentations.
Business for Bloggers: Revenue and management strategies for niche sites
Web Today, Print Next Week: Best online practices from non-daily journalists
Goodbye day job: Lessons from three startup founders
Unheard Voices: Can digital tools give marginalized communities a voice?
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Mark S. Luckie Keynote: How to out-innovate the innovators
Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities
Audio Editing and Recording for Journalists
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Mike,
A sincere tip of the hat to you and your crew. Your efforts make it so that those of us who are interested can actually see the whole thing vs. just the sessions we were able to. I ended up getting there late and missed the session I was looking forward to the most. I’m glad I get to see it anyway.
Much appreciated sir.
Great work, Mike and crew. Thanks a lot — I’m eager to dig into the ones I missed, too.
Thanks Robert, good to see you on a panel sharing your insights.
Mike
Thanks Michael, very happy to do it.
Mike