On Thursday 30 October, five Seattle-area organizations are hosting a forum on youth civic journalism. The event is being held 6.30-8.00pm in Kane Hall 120 on the University of Washington Campus. Featured speakers: Continue reading
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Photography Tips From KK
Our “pre-Gnomedex” session was led (entertainingly) by photographer Kris Krug, who provided practical tips for budding (or not so budding) photographers. Why listen to Kris? He’s a creative photographer and just came back from Beijing … and had photos from that assignment in the LA Times. Slideshare tip.
Podcasting 101
Notes for Podcamp Seattle, Saturday 20 June.
Rethinking The Mercury News
On 19 April, the San Jose Mercury News is inviting the South Bay community to its first CopyCamp, an “unconference” that “brings community members into the newsroom to meet and discuss important issues with local journalists.” Via Twitter.
Examples of “unconferences” include Seattle’s MindCamp as well as BarCamp, PodCamp and RootsCamp. These “unconferences” are self-organizing, that is, the participants determine conference sessions. It’s the first task after registration! Learn more about CopyCamps.
InfoCamp Conference Notes
I attended parts of InfoCamp this weekend as a volunteer. I was initially drawn to the conference because of its MindCamp “unconference” format; the topics (information architecture, usability, information science) are of interest as well.
One of the more interesting projects I encountered was KnowledgeAsPower, a Seattle-based 501(c) devoted to improving access to and involvement in state government by making the legislative process more transparent. (See Monica Guzman’s summer profile.)
