BE THE MEDIA to co-sponsor NewsTools 2008 at Yahoo!

Journalism's ideals meet Silicon Valley's tools in a three-day, conceptual mashup for journalists, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

The organizing question is "What can we create at the intersection of journalism and technology to support the well-being of democracy?"

BE THE MEDIA is a co-sponsor of the conference, providing stipends to a handful of journalism and communications students in a "BE THE MEDIA Fellows" program.

The NewsTools unconference is facilitated by Kaliya Hamlin. Participants create their own agenda - inventing, sharing, and pursuing ideas, projects, systems, or solutions for sustaining journalism that matters in a connected world.

JOURNALISM THAT MATTERS is a think tank for the future of journalism that hosts conversations with a purpose. According to their site, "The point is to recommit journalism to what is fundamental for connecting news with its audience so that it serves and sustains us."

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