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The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism invites applications from opinion writers for a seminar:

"Challenges in Foreign Policy - and a Changing Media World"
December 1-4, 2009

Every day, the world is getting more complex and interconnected. The election of a U.S. president with global popularity and the draw-down of U.S. troops from Iraq have done nothing to change that. Twitter helps angry Iranians protest an election. Drug violence, the H1N1 virus and carbon emissions cross borders, challenging governments. President Obama has brought a new tone to U.S. foreign policy, but still faces a raft of challenges: nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, a struggling war in Afghanistan and new issues with rising powers like China and India.

Senior government officials and leading foreign policy thinkers will update Knight Center fellows on the latest global trends, and how they could impact you, your communities and your readers. Applications are invited from opinion writers for print, broadcast and online media. This includes editorial writers, columnists, editorial page editors and bloggers.

Deadline reminder: The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism invites applications for a seminar, "After the Crisis: The New Shape of the Economy," September 13-18, 2009.

Applications must be received by Monday, August 10. Seminars are free.

This seminar will focus on covering the economy and multimedia reporting techniques. Topics include:

* The shape of future economic growth
* Changes in financial regulation
* Government spending, debt and fiscal policy
* A nation of consumers: personal savings, investment and financial literacy
* The energy sector and green jobs

The seminar will also include four days of hands-on multimedia training. Fellows will learn best-practices for using photos, audio slideshows and video in their reporting. The first two days will be spent in the classroom learning equipment and editing software, followed by a reporting field trip in the Washington area, followed by a day of production.

A number of folks are weighing in on the CJR story, Relax, Bloggers. The AP Isn't Out to Get You. I added my own comment which goes something like this...

At the risk of being sued by the AP I am going to link to a story from two weeks ago in which an AP business reporter asked me for comment on the new AP policy.

AP proposes new article formatting for the Web By ANDREW VANACORE (AP) – Jul 10, 2009

Given all the heat I and the Media Bloggers Assoc. got last year after we agreed to have our lawyers represent Rogers Cadenhead of Drudge Retort in his copyright disputed with AP (and successfully extricated him from their legal crosshairs) I was leery of being quoted by AP talking about a new AP program designed to address their concerns about copyright infringement.

When I asked to know more first I was sent the following press release.

Based on that press release I Googled for "microformats" to understand better what was being described in the press release. That led me here:

Citizen Media Law Project: First Amendment protects TechCrunch's publication of (some) hacked Twitter documents.

Slashdot: Australian website bans... Australians.

First Amendment Center: Trump says he'll fight on after judge dismisses libel case.

WebProNews: New York settles with firm posting fake reviews.

Citizen Media Law Project: Brandjacking on social networks.

WebProNews: Streaming music turning users away from piracy.

EFF: Facebook and phone companies trying to lock you in.

WebProNews: Mayoral candidate has Facebook account hacked.

Slashdot: Internet astroturfer fined $300,000.

First Amendment Center: NY official: Face-lift firm posted bogus online reviews.

Slashdot: Pandora wants radio stations to pay for music, too.

WebProNews: Blogger sentenced for Guns N' Roses leaks.

Public Citizen: Bloggers and product endorsement.

WebProNews: Sony Ericsson announces new products via Twitter and Facebook.

Legal Blog Watch: Eight-month jail sentence for Facebook post.

WebProNews: Twitter hires prominent lawyer amidst legal concerns.

PCMag: Rosetta Stone sues Google for trademark violation.

Slashdot: British men jailed for online hate crimes.

WebProNews: Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?

Slashdot: UK's national portrait gallery threatens to sue Wikipedia user.

Legal Blog Watch: How does your blog rate?

Slashdot: Facebook sued over data access.

Slashdot: Judge rules IP addresses not "personally identifiable".

WebProNews: Best Buy lists Twitter followers as job qualification.

Slashdot: Cellphones increasingly used as evidence in court.

WebProNews: Yahoo settles lawsuit with NFL.

Citizen Media Law Project: Michigan high court sends message to Tweeters.

WebProNews: Facebook movie script makes reviewers top 10 list.

First Amendment Center: N.J. Judge: Blogger isn't protected by state shield law.

Legal Blog Watch: Why the biggest firms don't blog.

Citizen Media Law Project: Palin threatens to sue blogger for publishing rumors of investigation, ensures rumors will get wide attention.

Citizen Media Law Project: Drew (tentatively) acquitted in MySpace suicide case.

First Amendment Center: Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff book.

Citizen Media Law Project: Employee privacy and social networks - New case for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Slashdot: US couple gets prison time for Internet obscenity.

WebProNews: Google blog search gets new features and a gadget.