Open Space at Journalism Conference

[Averbuch]

Peggy,

    I salute you and your  imporant work. I have the intention to try to do
some work with Journalists on this side of the planet after I am done with
the OST tranning (first in Israel and first in my life...).

    I would like to purchase a good introductory video that could be used on
pal system. Harrison suggested of south west case.
1/ what do you recommend?
2/ who can I buy it to have it in two weeks or so?

thank you very much in advance
Tova

Tova Averbuch
34 rabinovitz
Holon 58672
Israel
tel:972-3-5523476
averbuch at post.tau.ac.il


----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy Holman <peggy at OPENCIRCLECOMPANY.COM>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: Open Space at Journalism Conference


> Friends,
>
> I'd promised myself that I'd wait until I'd caught up on the messages in
the
> list before reporting on the OS I just did at a national journalism
> conference (Associated Press Managing Editors).  I've given up and will
just
> send this update into the mix.
>
> It went superbly.
>
> First I did a breakout session on appreciative inquiry.  It was small but
> meaningful for the those who came.  I'd say the most frequently mentioned
> thread in the stories of great journalism was how human they were.  There
> was a journalism student in the
> room who said what he was hearing about the very best stories went against
> everything he was being taught about the appropriate way to do stories.
In
> the closing, one of the people said, "We really have to consider a whole
new
> paradigm for our newsroom."
>
> College journalism students put out a newspaper about the conference on
each
> day of the conference.  Not every session made it into the paper, but this
> session, even with only 12 attendees, was there.  So the impact moved out
of
> the session and into the larger conference.
>
> The open space on "Journalism that Matters", which was a plenary, was well
> received.  After 3 days of speaker panels, not surprisingly, many said the
> OS was the best part of the conference.  One person said he got more ideas
> per minute during the OS than during any other part of the conference.
And
> the really good news -- the board has committed to doing a similar
"Newsroom
> Summit: Journalism that Matters" around the country.  That was ultimately
> our goal.  To that end, on Monday, one of the board members who
volunteered
> his state (Connecticut) as a starting point , contacted the APME president
> about getting started.  This is going to fly!  I'll keep you posted as
> things progress.
>
>
> Peggy
>
>
> P.S.  As an aside, it was fascinating to hear the how journalists view 911
> and its impact on them.  It has been quite emotional for them since one
> impact is they are selling more newspapers and reaching new audience for
the
> first time in 20 years.  Many
> talked about how exciting it was to see teenages carrying newspapers!  So
in
> the midst of the pain, they're grappling with how they can keep this new
> audience reading.  The other theme that came up frequently was how human
the
> stories were than had the most impact; not just telling human stories but
> giving readers a glimpse of their humanity.  The impression I had that
most
> surprised me is
> what a narrow view of the world most of these folks have!  They seem to
> think they are sharing the complete picture!  It amazes me and I never
> discussed it with any of them because I just didn't know how to do it in a
> meaningful way.
>
>
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>
> Peggy Holman
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