Filling the News Gap in Cambridge and Beyond: Citizen Journalism

Register at http://citizenjournalismforum.eventbrite.com/ to attend this free half-day forum organized by Cambridge Community Television, Center for Civic Media/Comparative Media Studies at MIT, and the Digital Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The Forum will explore the quickly expanding world of citizen journalism: how technology is fueling its growth, and how that growth is changing the way we see our world, enact change, and disseminate the news.

This forum is a must for both consumers and creators of local news content; journalists and media professionals;
independent and collaborative website owners; legal
professionals; and everyone who values local information, civic participation, and social justice.

Schedule:

9 am - 9:45 am: Coffee, Refreshments, & Registration

9:45 am- 10:45 am: Oases in the News Desert

11 am -12 pm: Newsgathering and the Law: Hot Topics for Citizen Journalists in Massachusetts

12:30 pm- 1:30 pm: The Most Experimental Storytellers: Citizen Journalists
Presenters to date:

Christopher Bavitz, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Joe Bergantino, New England Center for Investigative Reporting
Denise Cheng, MIT Center for Civic Media
Jeff Hermes, Digital Media Law Project, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Joanna Kao, The Tech
Marc Levy,Cambridge Day
Andy Sellars, Digital Media Law Project,
Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society

David Schalliol, Gapers Block
CB Smith-Dahl, Oakland Local
Josh Stearns, Free Press
Saul Tannenbaum, NeighborMedia and Cambridge Happenings
Robert Winters, Cambridge Civic Journal

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Covering Chaos: When shots rang out at MIT late on April 18, events in Cambridge were covered in ways that have few precedents. Dan Kennedy, assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University, will moderate a discussion among some of the nontraditional journalists who jumped to cover unfolding events.

Josh Stearns, journalism and public campaign director, Free Press
Catherine Cloutier, producer, Boston.com
Taylor Dobbs, student, Northeastern University