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Sep 09

NowPublic Acquired by Examiner.com

NowPublic Acquired by Examiner.com

Most importantly…

Among the technologies Examiner.com will adopt from NowPublic are its Emmy nominated real-time mechanism for scanning online conversations, world-class open source technology Drupal, and an enhanced publishing platform for Examiner.com contributors, who are projected to grow to over 30,000 by the end of the year.

And also…

In addition to the integration of NowPublic’s technology, Examiner.com will also actively recruit new Examiners from NowPublic, focusing specifically on NowPublic’s “professional amateur” contributors as well as its bevy of international writers, including its strong Canadian presence. NowPublic will also serve as a testing ground for new Examiner.com programs and ideas.

FYI…

About Examiner.com

Launched in April 2008, Examiner.com serves 109 markets across the country and is the insider source for everything local. Examiner.com’s content is contributed by Examiners; passionate, informed, and knowledgeable local influencers. Examiner.com is a division of the Clarity Digital Group, LLC, wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, a Denver-based investment company with a broad array of assets in print and digital media; live sports and entertainment; hospitality; film production and exhibition; wind energy development and transmission; as well as ranching and oil/gas exploration. For more information, visit Examiner.com.

About NowPublic

NowPublic is a crowd-sourced, participatory news network that mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In its short history, the company has become the largest news organization of its kind with contributing reporters in more than 6000 cities and 160 countries. The Guardian has named NowPublic.com one of the top five most useful news sites on the Web and TIME Magazine named it one of the Top 50 Websites for 2007. NowPublic Technologies Inc. is a Vancouver-based company. The company owns and operates NowPublic, which showcases its platform for citizen journalism.

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Aug 09

Discussion of Twin Cities News(papers) Hosted by KFAI

Yesterday, I participated in KFAI’s Speaker Series presentation of long-time, award-winning Twin Cities journalist Nick Coleman. I sat on the panel of public affairs programmers in my capacity as an independent self-publisher on the topic of the Twin Cities (aka a cityblogger) for going on five years, first at the Minneapolis Metblog and now at my own site, fresh.mn. My fellow panelists were:

  • Jeremy Iggers, executive director of the Twin Cities Media Alliance which, among other things, publishes the Twin Cities Daily Planet, a premier online resource for access to community and ethnic media
  • Lynnell Mickelsen, cohost of KFAI’s Truth to Tell
  • Laura Waterman-Wittstock, a former journalist, author, advocate for the American Indian community, and host of KFAI’s First Nations Radio
  • Mike McIntee, executive producer for The Uptake

Nick Coleman opened the program with his remarks and took some questions, and then we each had the opportunity to respond to his comments and take more audience questions.

I have several points that I try to make whenever I participate in this discussion.

  • Young people and old people consume their news in fundamentally different ways. This is often overlooked and misunderstood by older journalists, even though they are making valiant efforts to adapt.
  • I know the words “blog” and “blogger” have a particular connotation and those terms are often used condescendingly and with disdain. It’s very important to make the distinction between the message and the medium. Blogs are a legitimate platform for self-publication.

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