More than 130 people have signed up for today's Triangle Bloggers Conference at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I'll be leading one of the sessions with Paul Jones, who runs the ibiblio.org project, a massive digital library.
Last night's dinner included one of the people I admire most in the journalism field, Phil Meyer. A professor here, he recently published an important book, The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age. If you care about the future of a craft that makes a difference -- or should -- in our society, pick up a copy.
Tomorrow I'll pay a call on the News & Record, a newspaper in nearby Greensboro. The N&R, you may recall, is doing some serious citizen journalism, and I'm looking forward to learning more.
And on Monday, I'll visit one of Paul's classes before giving a public lecture on the usual topic.
Dan ... I'm jealous. I've always wanted to meet Meyers. I am, however, going to do a web panel with him and in preparation have been reading the Vanishing Newspaper and blogging it chapter by chapter. Take a look. Here's the latest one.
Cheers,
Tim
Posted by: Tim Porter | February 12, 2005 at 08:04 AM
I was fortunate enough to take the very first class Meyer ever taught on using online information sources. This would have been about 1989, and Meyer taught the class in conjunction with a professor from the school of library science at UNC.
A very odd mixture: the class consisted of future librarians who wanted to build lists of reference materials and future reporters who wanted to try to link Texas politicians to the Savings and Loan scandal. Talk about culture shock.
Enjoy the session with Meyer. He's a visionary.
North Carolina sure is New Media Central this week. Wish I was there too.
Posted by: Daniel Conover | February 12, 2005 at 11:37 AM
Dan - Enjoyed your comments today and the opportunity to meet you. My invitation for you to visit Atlanta is sincere and I hope you will fit us into your schedule. There are many here who would enjoy and benefit from your reinforcement of the changes that are taking place.
Thanks - Mike Adkinson
Posted by: Mike Adkinson | February 12, 2005 at 07:17 PM