INVITATION: Networking for local online news community entrepreneurs / Oct. 28 / DC

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Are you going to be in Washington, D.C., next week during the Online News
Association annual convention?

If so, please join J-Lab, the Reynolds Journalism Institute and
National Public Radio -- for a FREE "Community News Caucus" networking
session for local online news community entrepreneurs. That's Thurs., Oct.
28, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at NPR headquarters, 635 Massachusetts
Ave. NW

LEARN MORE:
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Community-news-caucus-mgp

The two-day ONA conference (Friday/Saturday) is sold out. But if you can get to
DC for the full day on Thursday, there may still be room at J-Lab's day-long
set of two workshops, "Fund My Media 2.0" and "Plugging in to Networked
Journalism." Together only $90:

J-LAB WORKSHOPS:
http://www.j-lab.org/workshops/page/2010_ona_workshops

And the Community News Caucus networking event is a time bridge -- with hors
d'oeuvres and refreshments -- between the end of J-Lab's workshops at 5 p.m.
and the ONA opening-night reception at 8 p.m.

So join us -- but you have to register so we have a head count.

Thanks!

-- bill

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Bill Densmore, director/editor
The Media Giraffe Project
Journalism Program
108 Bartlett Hall
Univ. of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003 CELL: 413-458-8001
densmore@journ.umass.edu
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