Comments on: Host your own un-conference session at ONA09

By: Tammi Marcoullier

Tammi Marcoullier — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:16:01 +0000

I am interested in a session discussing which businesses are out there that help independent and small journalism ventures with business-side and advertising solutions.
There seem to be a number of these popping up, touting tools to help journalists be journalists and give them tools to run sites.

To consider:
Network content distribution (beyond your site, of course)
Advertising best-practices
Advertising sales tools (tracking, creating ads, placing on site)
Business 101 - LLC or other?
Finance/Payroll
Legal - libel insurance?
and any others...

This would require that people come with their insight, opinions, and knowledge of businesses they work with, have used, or have heard about. We could then share the info. with others and create a primer on where to start and where to see examples of implementation.

By: dougmitchell

dougmitchell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:09:13 +0000

Doug Mitchell - Audio Expert for Knoweldgewebb.net

20+ years at NPR and founder of the "next generation radio" project.
Willing to organize and host an "Intro to Audio" session. Learn how I became a multimedia journalist with an audio emphasis for $500. Serious. Where's the free stuff? What are best practices for recording? What should you buy? What kind of work-flow should I establish? We'll talk light or get real geek. Majority rule.

By: Tammi Marcoullier

Tammi Marcoullier — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:16:01 +0000

By: dougmitchell

dougmitchell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:09:13 +0000

By: Tammi Marcoullier

Tammi Marcoullier — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:16:01 +0000

By: dougmitchell

dougmitchell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:09:13 +0000

By: Matt Cohen

Matt Cohen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:01 +0000

Aggregation, anyone? I've been working with large and small media companies to define and implement their aggregation strategies, and would love to have a discussion about what people are doing out there….

By: Joe Allen-Black

Joe Allen-Black — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:01:57 +0000

We're using Drupal at jacksonville.com, where I work. If you do this, lemme know if there's anything I can do to help.

By: darthcheeta

darthcheeta — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:49:53 +0000

I would encourage not merging these two ideas. The topics are quite large and while they can certainly be applied, they would be underserved if combined into one session. I would be interested in engaging in either or both. I also think the drupal session is a very good idea and could offer to help there as well.

By: ldailey

ldailey — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:32:53 +0000

Folks, what would you think about merging with the Serious Games idea with Alfred Hermida's idea below. We could call our un-session “creative pedagogies and what's needed in journalism schools” (and in the profession). Or something like that.