Resource: Community News Sites Knight Citizen News Network has a “things we like” feature that highlights specific tools and best practices for community and hyper-local Web sites. Lots of very specific ideas and examples here rather than a broad formula for a site. Village Soup operates multiple Web sites that are highly local and feature […]

Featured MLS2009 Speakers Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week,” the longest-running news and public affairs program on public television, and senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” She is also frequently asked to moderate debates in national elections, including the vice presidential debates for the 2004 and 2008 […]

Featured Speaker Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News Bob Schieffer is broadcast journalism’s most experienced Washington reporter. He is the network’s chief Washington correspondent and also serves as anchor and moderator of Face The Nation, CBS News’ Sunday public affairs broadcast. Schieffer served as interim anchor of The CBS Evening News from […]

2008 MEDIA LEARNING SEMINAR Featured Speaker Judy Woodruff, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS Speakers and Panelists Steve Gunderson Alberto Ibargüen Gary Kebbel Mike Maidenberg Eric Newton Jan Schaffer Jose C. Zamora Breakout Session Moderators & Scribes Bob Calo Friedland Rich Gordon Nancy Jones Gary Kebbel Christelle Langer VIkki Porter Mitch Resnick Fred Silverman Nancy […]

Blogs CoverItLive blog by Amy Gahran Posterous blog by Dale Peskin Twitter ‘tweets’ documenting the conference tagged ‘#infoneeds’ 2010 Plenary Sessions Welcome Remarks by Alberto Ibargüen The Changing Media Ecosystem (Eric Newton, Terry Mazany, Alberto Ibargüen) Keynote: Bob Schieffer Staying Current and on Top of the Future (Gary Kebbel, Warren Webster, Amy Webb) Gaming for […]

2012 Media Learning Seminar Featured Speakers Eli Pariser Eli Pariser is the Chairman of the Board of MoveOn.org and the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Filter Bubble. Before that, he served as MoveOn’s Executive Director, tripling MoveOn’s member base in the process, demonstrating for the first time that large numbers of […]

2012 MEDIA LEARNING SEMINAR Bookbrewer (formerly Printcasting) BookBrewer is a web-based publishing tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish a book, both as an eBook and Print on Demand. Setup fees per title range from $20-$60, depending on various features and distribution options chosen by the author, and the author keeps […]

Featured Speakers Arianna Huffington Co-Founder and Editor in Chief, The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. Her latest book, Third World America, will be published in September 2010. She is also co-host of “Left, Right & Center,” public radio’s […]