Big news from/for NewAssignment.net
Jay Rosen, the New York University journalism professor who has begun a citizen/professional journalism partnership called NewAssignment.net, announced today that he has gotten a $100,000 grant from Reuters, which will make it possible for him to hire an assigning editor (or wrangler, or whatever they end up calling the position).
This is a huge deal -- someone's putting real money behind a national partnership between professional journalists and interested lay people to produce quality journalism.
As it happens, Jay Rosen is speaking here at the N&R on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, and that event is free and open to the public. That's particularly fortuitous in light of the fact that he won't be able to attend this year's ConvergeSouth, so if this subject interests you, please plan to attend.
