Jim Killam videos a panel discussion of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association. here are the videos:

Part 1

Part 2

You can watch the ustream live video from the nextnewsroom conference here. The main conference page has a liveblog and twitter component, but for some reason it doesn’t show up well in Firefox. Try Opera or Safari.

Tomorrow I’ll be traveling most of the day to the NextNewsroom Conference at Duke University. The first day will be something of a traditional conference, with the second day as an UnConference. This will be the first UnConference I’ve attended, so it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

There will be a lot of advisers and some students there, along with some of the big names in the news digerati (journerati?). Here’s a complete list of the attendees.

If you’re there, stop me somewhere and say hello. And if you’re not there, check the conference wiki (linked above) for updates, and expect to see some updates here as well.

I’m at the Illinois College Press Association meeting in Chicago today, sitting in on a session with Jim Killam from NIU, and presenting a session about new media. Maybe I’ll find the solution to the new media conundrum in one of these sessions. If I do, I’ll be back to let everyone know.

I’m linking to the Presentation I made to the Iowa College Media Association, in case anyone is interested. I think everyone was listening, but of course, the proof is always in the future.

Feb. 1 is the deadline to get your entries in for the CICM online journalism contest. Details are here.

Also, for advisers and students interested in attending the March 6-8 hands-on multimedia workshop, the early-bird deadline for registration is tomorrow as well. Details here.

Late news from the Online News Association conference in Toronto. Here’s a very short video of yours truly talking about ethical issues with blogging, especially among journalists. I remember being interviewed by a couple of students, but never saw where the video went. Turned out, it was on YouTube.

If students and advisers weren’t inspired by the passion and conviction of Rob Curley’s keynote at the CMA/ACP convention, then something is seriously wrong with them. Here’s an excerpt from Curley’s speech that contains practical advice for students - skillset and mindset are both important if you want to keep working in the 21st century journalism field.

What’s even cooler is that Rob invited numerous students down to wapo.com to spend time with him on Friday. He didn’t have to do that, but he shares generously, because he’s passionate about the future of journalism.

Click here to hear Rob talk about students and what they need to succeed. (mp3 file - if it sounds a little distorted, it’s the MacBook Pro mic effect. Better some audio than none at all, right? - ed.)