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The Public Square Posterous
In order to provide the latest and greatest in blogging technology, The Public Square Project is now going to be blogging at our new Posterous blog - The Public Square Posterous, which you can check out that this link, or at publicsquare.posterous.com. Come on over and join the conversation about government transparency, Government 2.0 technology, and citizen journalism.
Public=Online
On Thursday of this week, I was in Washington, D.C. to participate in a panel discussion on the importance of transparency at all levels of government. The panel was hosted by the Sunlight Foundation and Google and held at Google's D.C. office. I'll share my thoughts on the panel in the next post, but I wanted to first explain why I was there.
Year One of The Public Square Project: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed.
It's hard to believe that it has been one year since we kicked off the work of The Public Square Project with a series of citizen journalism training workshops held at The Union Project in East Liberty. Since that time, we have registered some key successes, dealt with many challenges, and made our share of mistakes.
Report the News. Make Money!
The Public Square Project is now offering a one-time $75.00 stipend to the first 10 citizen journalists who publish a news story in the upcoming edition of The Pittsburgh Citizen, formerly PittPoint, the new citizen-driven news site and publishing platform developed by The Public Square Project (read more below). It's that simple: Report the News. Make Money.*
Citizen Journalism Workshop Recap
I've been a little absent from the blog lately (OK, more than a little), but I hope that you'll forgive me, as I've been spending a lot of my time working hard with the fantastic designers at Bearded Studio to finish up development of PittPoint, our new online community news site and citizen journalism publishing platform, which will be ready for launch next month.
Defining Transparency Priorities - Part 1
Yesterday, the Sunlight Foundation blog reported on a panel discussion at the recent Government 2.0 Camp about the meaning of transparency in the Obama administration. During the discussion, the participants came up with a list of the "Top 10 Measurements for Transparency".
Agenda Set for Citizen Journalism Training Workshops
Our first citizen journalism training workshop is just three days away, and so we thought it was a good time to share the agenda for each of the four workshops.
Our First Project: PittPoint
A key part of The Public Square Project's mission is to shine a light on what's happening in local government and to provide the necessary context to make the actions of local government more comprehensible to more people. Since this is the very thing that good journalism does, we decided early on that the Project should include a journalism component.
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The Public Square Posterous
In order to provide the latest and greatest in blogging technology, The Public Square Project is now going to be blogging at our new Posterous blog - The Public Square Posterous, which you can check out that this link, or at publicsquare.posterous.com. Come on over and join the conversation about government transparency, Government 2.0 technology, and citizen journalism.
Public=Online
On Thursday of this week, I was in Washington, D.C. to participate in a panel discussion on the importance of transparency at all levels of government. The panel was hosted by the Sunlight Foundation and Google and held at Google's D.C. office. I'll share my thoughts on the panel in the next post, but I wanted to first explain why I was there.
Year One of The Public Square Project: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed.
It's hard to believe that it has been one year since we kicked off the work of The Public Square Project with a series of citizen journalism training workshops held at The Union Project in East Liberty. Since that time, we have registered some key successes, dealt with many challenges, and made our share of mistakes.
Report the News. Make Money!
The Public Square Project is now offering a one-time $75.00 stipend to the first 10 citizen journalists who publish a news story in the upcoming edition of The Pittsburgh Citizen, formerly PittPoint, the new citizen-driven news site and publishing platform developed by The Public Square Project (read more below). It's that simple: Report the News. Make Money.*
News
Public Square Project is quietly tapping the power of local citizen journalists
A grassroots project is quietly emerging as a profound voice for citizen activists in the region.
PMweekend Features Citizen Journalism Workshops
Belated thank you to Pittsburgh Magazine for featuring The Public Square Project's Citizen Journalism Workshops in PMweekend.
Blog Role
BY CHRIS YOUNG, Pittsburgh City Paper
Old-media journalists are losing jobs everywhere, while new-media journalists often lack the resources and expertise to fill in the gaps. But Ryan Hopkins hopes his effort to combine old and new media will improve local news reporting and create greater government transparency.