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  1. Congressionman Adam Schiff is doing a real service by surfacing these issues--and I hope spurring good public policy to expand reporting.
  2. NPR, PBS, university j-schools: can they be platforms on which to create more and better reporting?
  3. Can the FCC use money from licensing scarce spectrum to increase funding for reporting?
  4. We should discuss how to convert news orgs into sustainable nonprofits trusts.
  5. The recovery may enable news orgs to raise rates, invest more in quality news, and embrace new devices.
  6. Gatekeepers no longer play key role, but we need news orgs to provide authenthic info, serve as watchdogs and be smart aggregators
  7. We need to find ways to preserve the reporting press that bears witness and makes reliable information available to many.
  8. The "reportorial press" is shrinking but the "discussant" media is growing.
  9. Some themes that emerged: We need independent, ethical, full-time reporters even if existing news organizations fail.
  10. Attended panel discussion on the future of newspapers organized by the Congressional Congress on Freedom of the Press
  11. For more information on ICFJ award winners go to www.icfj.org
  12. @ICFJ's Founders Award winner is Sy Hersh and Knight International awardees are Cao Junwu of China and Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu of Congo
  13. is going to announce the winners of the 2009 Knight International Journalism awards & the Founders award this evening. Follow updates @icfj
  14. Forgive me, but how on earth can we judge the veracity of info on Iran?
  15. On World Press Freedom Day @ICFJ is launching a campaign to raise $2,500 to help our colleagues around the world http://tinyurl.com/d4rwtu
  16. Was just interviewed by BBC radio on imprisoned Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, and how she is being used as a political pawn.
  17. @realhughjackman Helping journalists deliver quality news enables us to make smarter decisions. Better journalism, better lives.www.icfj.org
  18. Spoke at Austrian Embassy about the importance of a U.S.-Austrian journalism exchange program at a time of cutbacks in overseas bureaus.
  19. @sstrasser What's with the socks?
  20. Quoted by CNN on journalists arrested in Iran and North Korea http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/20/captive.journalists/