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Thinking About a Community News Start-Up? Tune Into Today’s Boot Camp Live Blog

Knight Digital Media Center is hosting a boot camp in Chicago for the latest winners of the Knight Community Information Challenge. We’ll be live blogging sessions on social media, working with Web developers, community outreach and partnerships, working with volunteers and Web metrics. Here’s a schedule of live sessions and a link to the live feed:

ALL TIMES CENTRAL

Monday, October 4, 2010 9:00-10:30 a.m. Your Community, Your Team’Involving the right people and partners in your project from the start Susan Mernit

10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Web Development 101:’ Getting Your Site Right From the Beginning Lisa Williams, Placeblogger and Knight Circuit Rider

12:30 -1:45 p.m. Government 2.0 Laurel Ruma, O’Reilly Media

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 9:00 -10:30 a.m. Content 101:’ Training and Working with Volunteer Contributors Kwan Booth, Oakland Local

10:45-12:15 p.m.’ Using Social Media to Promote Your Project and Engage Users Susan Mernit

12:30-1:45 p.m.’ Looking Ahead to Sustainability Rusty Coats, Media Consultant

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

9:00 -10:30 a.m. Web Metrics Dana Chinn, Lecturer, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

We will post videos of these sessions about one week after the boot camp.