BarCampPortland III
Can the techies save the news?
By Michelle V. Rafter on May 7, 2009 | 4 Responses
If you think reporters, editors, newspaper pundits, Sam Zell and the Sulzberger family are the only ones worried about the fate of the media business, you haven’t spent a Saturday morning with a room full of geeks. At last weekend’s BarCampPortland III meetup, the assembled developers, programmers and Web 2.0 entrepreneurs were just as concerned [...]
Posted in Blogs, Media Business, Newspapers, Online news, Oregon, Technology, Web 2.0 | Tagged Abraham Hyatt, BarCampPortland, BarCampPortland III, digital media, hyperlocal news, John Hill, Neighborhood Notes, OurPDX.com, Steven Walling, The Columbian, the future of news, the media business, The Portland Sentinel | 4 Responses
May Blogathon attracts 34 writers and counting
By Michelle V. Rafter on May 3, 2009 | 7 Responses
Since announcing the 2nd annual WordCount May blogathon last week, no fewer than 34 writers have signed on to take the challenge of posting once a day during the month. I’ve added a few stragglers since the original list went up, so if you’re participating and are running a list of fellow blogathoners on your [...]
Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Online news | Tagged BarCampPortland III, blogathon, John Hill, The Columbian, writers who blog | 7 Responses
Journalists, freelancers, bloggers invited to BarCampPortland III
By Michelle V. Rafter on April 28, 2009 | 3 Responses
Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to [...]
Posted in Blogs, Online news | Tagged Aaron Hockley, BarCampPortland, BarCampPortland III, Blogging, CubeSpace, future of news, future of the news business | 3 Responses




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