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Mark Briggs
coined the term Journalism 2.0 in 2005
when he was invited to write a book about digital literacy for
journalists based on a training program he had created at The
News
Tribune in Tacoma, Wash. Mark is currently working on an
updated version of
the book, to be published by CQPress in fall 2009.
As part of his mission to help journalists
transform
in the digital age, Mark has served as a speaker, trainer and
consultant for various projects around the U.S. and Europe.
He also has a day job: co-founder and CEO of Serra Media,
a Seattle-based technology firm developing interactive platforms for
local publishers. Serra Media's first product is called Newsgarden and you can read more about it here.
The
book:
Journalism 2.0:
How to Survive and Thrive
A digital literacy guide for the information age Available as a PDF
download from the Knight Citizen News Network, this simple
introduction
to online journalism has been downloaded 42,000 times in English and
60,000 times in Portuguese and
Spanish. Thousands also purchased hard
copies, which are still available for a limited time.
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