Hi All, for those of you who are writers/journalists, work with newspapers and publishers, or are interested in issues of media literacy, the following event being presented on 5/24 at the Springfield Public LIbrary by the New England News Forum (and other info on the project) may be of interest: LIBRARY LISTENING SERIES IN SPRINGFIELD ON THURSDAY For those of you within an easy drive of Springfield, Mass., our second "Civic News Library Listening Series" event is tomorrow (Thurs.) from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Springfield (Mass.) City Library, 220 State Street. Details: http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=library-springfield STREAMING VIDEO OF BOSTON EVENT NOW ONLINE QuickTime streaming video of last week's Boston Public library listening-series event is now available on the website. Our panelists heard thoughtful testimony from five audience members during the feedback period. For details, click to: http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=library VIDEO OF SESSIONS FROM LOWELL KICKOFF EVENT For those of you unable to attend the kickoff event of the NENF in Lowell on April 7, "The New(s) England Revolution," we have now linked on the website streaming video of most of the key sessions. Sample the offerings and follow links to several blog reports from: http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=video WATCH FOR FALL EVENTS The NENF Civic News Library Listening Series will continue in the fall, with events anticipated in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hamsphire. HOW YOU CAN HELP Help start a conversation about the relationship between the media and the public in your state or region. Consider these ways to be involved: -- Volunteer to blog about your state, region or topic. The NENF website is a ready resource for convening conversation and ideas about important civic issues that involve media coverage. We seek contributors: http://dbs.hosting.crocker.com/wiki/index.php/State-coordinator -- Email us with suggestions for analysis or review of coverage issues, or to simply provide a link to an important resource we should include on the NENF website. Send to mail at newenglandnews.org -- Invite us to speak to your group. Would your news organization like help organizing a "listening session" with your community? Are you part of a civic organization that would like to learn about how to for a more collaborative relationship with the idea? Call or email us to discuss. -- Register at the NENF so that you can post on forums and blogs, and comment on stories: http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=user/register -- Raise an issue in one of our topical forums: http://test.newenglandnews.org/?q=forum http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=Media http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=Issues -- Add an event to our calendar, either by email or web: http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=node/add/event -- Submit a news story for review http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=node/add/content-submission -- Forward this email to a friend, and invite them to bookmark the NENF website, register and consider a donation. ABOUT US The New England News Forum is a project of the journalism program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We are a collaboration among news professionals, citizen journalists, educators and the public. We aim to increase public trust and deepen public understanding of the news media by promoting the practice of trusted, thorough, and accountable journalism -- and accountable government. http://www.newenglandnews.org/?q=about ------------------------------------ Bill Densmore, Executive Director The New England News Forum 108 Bartlett Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 413-577-4370 / CELL: 413-458-8001 bdensmore at newenglandnews.org --------------------------------- Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070523/979242ae/attachment-0005.html