Government 2.0 and Community News in Chicago

Source SeeClickFix on September 27, 2010 0 Comments
Community news sites, Block by block community news summit, Michele McLellan
"Government 2.0 and Community News in Chicago," from SeeClickFix.

I traveled to Chicago on Thursday for Block by Block, community news summit in Chicago. Hosted by Jay Rosen and the Reynolds Journalism Institute, the event was a coming together of many independent local news sites from around the country. 

Along with David Cohn, spot.us, I facilitated a conversation on engagement and participation in local news. The room was packed. We discussed some of our failures and successes in encouraging participation through commenting and posting stories as well as a formula for engagement.

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