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I’m posting this a little belatedly. Ok, really belatedly. Over at the conference site I have a schedule for Aug. 1, as well as list of some of the presenters, panelists and moderators. I just added Carolynn Duncan, founder of the startup incubator Portland 10, to the list. Her presentation is called “Square peg, wrong hole: Why your news product doesn’t meet consumers’ needs.”

Big room:
9:30-10: Introduction
10-11: Hyper-local news: What works and what doesn’t
11-12: SEO for journalists: What, why, and unique challenges
12-1: Lunch
1-2: Digital storytelling
2-3: Licensing your work: a.k.a, What the heck is Creative Commons?
3-4: Real-world successful (and almost-successful) revenue models

Room #2:
10-11: Square peg, wrong hole: Why your news product doesn’t meet consumers’ needs
11-12: Journalism basics: Understand sourcing, fact-checking, corrections
12-1: Lunch
1-2: Video 101: cheap software and editing tips
2-3: Podcasting and audio journalism
3-4: Wikipedia for journalists

Room #3:
10-11: Unconference
11-12: Reserved for caterers
12-1: Reserved for caterers
1-2: Unconference
2-3: Unconference
3-4: Unconference

Here’s a few of the panelists and speakers you’ll find at those sessions:

Cornelius Swart, editor, Portland Sentinel
Ken Aaron, NeighborhoodNotes.com
Justin Carder, Neighborlogs
Ginger Grant, director, Creative Intelligence Laboratory, Simon Fraser University
Paula Holm Jensen, attorney, Holm Jensen Law LLC
Rachel Andersen, Anvil Media
Lisa Williams, Media Forte Marketing
Greg Swanson, former director of interactive media sales for Lee Enterprises; founder of ITZ Publishing
Alex Wilhelm, co-founder, Contenture
Michelle V. Rafter, journalist
Carolynn Duncan, founder, Portland 10
Aaron Weiss, producer, KGW
Mike Gebhardt “Dr. Normal,” producer, Strange Love Live
Ethan Lindsey, OPB journalist- Our thoughts go out to Ethan and his family. For more on his health, visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanlindsey/journal

Stay tuned in the coming days as we announce the final list of participants and moderators.

AND DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP. Space is limited and the RSVP list will be CLOSED on July 27.

I promise not to cross post everything that happens over at Digital Journalism Camp Portland, but I wanted to mention that the conference now has a date — Aug. 1 — and that there’s a quick survey on the site that’s helping me plan what sessions people want.

If you’re coming, or even if you just think you may be coming, follow these step:

Step one: RSVP.
Step two: Fill out the survey.
Step three: Join the conversation about the conference agenda on Twitter (use the hashtag #journopdx), Facebook, or at journopdx.wordpress.com.
Step four: Buy a ticket.

Digital Journalism Camp Portland
Aug. 1
9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
$10. FREE
Lunch and light breakfast provided.

New location:
The Oregonian
1320 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97201

CubeSpace
622 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214

Photo by Erik Hersman.

-UPDATE: Digital Journalism Camp Portland now has its own site: journopdx.wordpress.com

It’s official: Sometime in mid August, Portland will be home to a one-day conference on digital journalism. What’s digital journalism? This is my definition: It’s where traditional print and broadcast journalism, blogging and web-based innovation meet. This is not some far-off future for the industry. It’s happening right now, all around us. And reporters, bloggers, editors, and broadcasters have a lot they can learn from each other.

I want us to shut up about about the death of newspapers and start talking about how we, as journalists, are innovating right now — what’s working, what’s not, and how we can get better at what we do.

Here’s where you come in. What do you think the topics should be? What do you want to learn about? Who are innovators you want to learn from? What expertise can you share with others?

Here are some initial topics I’ve come up with:

• Five things traditional journalists and bloggers can teach each other
• Quick tips for producing audio and video for the web
• Out of the newsroom: Success stories from non-traditional journalists
• Turning data into graphics and maps
• Hyper-local news: What works and what doesn’t
• Learn how to share, a.k.a WTF is Creative Commons?
• SEO for digital journalists

So what’s missing? The clock is ticking. How can we make digital journalism better?

You can get involved by following @journopdx on Twitter. You can use the hashtag #journopdx when you tweet about the conference. You can also email me directly at abraham@abrahamhyatt.com.

Photo by Cayusa.