On Jan 7-10 2010, Journalists, editors, broadcasters, bloggers and community members are coming together in Seattle to plot creative ways forward for news and community in the Pacific Northwest. Join the conversation!
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Matt Rosenberg there's a story here, peeps......slice it this way, or that way - it needs some ventilation.
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OVERVIEW: With spending continuing to far outpace income, U.S. government debt owed to the public – as a proportion of total domestic economic output (Gross Domestic Product or GDP) – is now higher than ever except for in the years following World War II. This “public debt” of the U.S. government, w...
Matt Rosenberg A telling tale, from Vashon Island, WA...
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Via the SeattlePI.com, Leslie Brown of Vashon-Maury Beachcomber reports that eight of nine members of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council – the Unincorporated Area Council representing the island community to King County government – have resigned. The body is one of six countywide.
Kiara Ismar Morales Vasquez
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Matt Rosenberg Andrew Hart of JTM-PNW's "Building On Transparency" initiative has this tour for users of Seattle Police Dept's new crime mapping tool. Good to see SPD really begin to step into the Govt. 2.0 space
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BACKGROUND, AND KEY LINK: Hoping to make crime information more accessible and timely, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) began publishing police reports for robberies, burglaries, aggravated assaults and homicides online here earlier in 2010. In June, SPD supplemented this effort with a customizab...
Matt Rosenberg Excellent gathering last night of JTM-NW, at Filipino Community Center in SE Seattle. Leaders of the 10 initiatives which emerged from the January 2010 conference planned next steps. Building grassroots capacity is common theme.
Matt Rosenberg Another scoop from the Public Data Ferret project, which is an independent initiative of Countywide Community Forums
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SUMMARY: According to a report released this month, the Seattle City Employees Retirement System (SCERS) pension plan has $1 billion more in actuarial liabilities than current market value. The plan is only 62 percent funded, as of January 1, 2010. Liabilities have doubled since 1999. Assets have al...
Matt Rosenberg The latest Public Data Ferret weekly feature, on proposed city legislation regarding....
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(Published 7/11/10) SUMMARY: The Seattle City Council begins consideration this week of a bill requiring written consent from the deceased or his or her legal representative for use of human remains in educational or commercial exhibits. The proposed legislation is directed in large part toward exhi...
Matt Rosenberg JTM-NW helped inspire this open govt. project, which has given rise to a broader but related JTM-NW initiative called Building On Transparency. The blog post below explains Public Data Ferret. Included: links to the site, and to our weekly radio segments on KOMO 1000 News Radio, Seattle.
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Public Data Ferret is an independent initiative of Countywide Community Forums. It’s a database searchable by topic and/or jurisdiction, composed of neutral, blogged synopses of important public documents, and tutorials on user-friendly government databases. Shortly after Public Data Ferret’s launch...
Mike Fancher Another example of "creating abundant journalism" in new and unusual ways.
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Here's some cool news for a hot day, Freehold. Starting this week, Freehold InJersey will have a newsroom right in the center of town, where you can come in,
Mike Fancher Need some inspiration? Watch this video about Journalism That Matters Pacific Northwest.
Journalism That Matters convenes conversations with a purpose: reinventing and revivifying journalism in the 21st Century. From the despair of mainstream media to the excitement of new economic and storytelling ...
Mark Granfar
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Canadian First Nations Artist Aboriginal contemporary artist Darlene Gait is a member of the Esquimalt Nation on southern Vancouver Island. Darlene's paintings and poetry celebrate a deep love for ...
Mike Fancher
If you are interested in media/digital/news literacy, check out Sarah Stutteville's posting on the JTM/PNW LinkedIn site. You can get there from JTMPNW.org.
Sarah writes, "Just for starters I imagine creating web platforms that help students
interact with their peers in other countries on contemporary topics,
running ye...ar long in-classroom media literacy programs with at-risk
students, offering public summer courses and workshops and generally
encouraging Seattle to become a leader in this under-developed (but
absolutely crucial) field"
JTM Northwest can work to help find funding, but for now we need your ideas added to the discussion.
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