Update on Ann Arbor citizen journalism forum, workshop

A commitment made months ago kept me away from the Citizen Journalism workshop in Ann Arbor but I found some coverage. First, Arbor Update had a post before the event and comments tell you about a low turnout.

Shawn Smith, who taught (led?) a session,  shared a self-promo toolkit via a Tweet. 

Tools for Self Promotion Research: TwitScoop>WhatTheTrend>Twitter Search>Google Alerts
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Messaging: Wordpress>Tumblr>Twitter/Facebook Fan Page>FriendFeed> Facebook Tumblr App>Facebook Selective Tweets App
Consistency: Gravatar>BackType>SocialOomph
LIVE: Google Mail>YouTube
Syndicate: Feedburner>MyBlogLog>LinkedIn

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 Two Tweets from @TonyDearing:
At Poynter forum on community news needs. Welcome to the world of traditional, social, partisan and passive news consumers.

Among the ways the Fifth Estate differs: it sees opinion as more important and values crowd wisdom.

AnnArbor.com put up a video showcasing Kelly McBride of Poynter Institute talking (see below)..