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This is an expanded version of a op/ed piece which originally appeared in The Day, of New London, Conn., on May 23, 2008.

Ideas for using video, blogs, camera phones and other multimedia to enhance traditional newsroom activities are the subject of a 90-minute video available for download or streaming online viewing. The video is an edited version of a seminar conducted by the New England News Forum in January. For details, and to launch the video, point your browser to: http://www.archive.org/details/NEPABOSTON2008. You can also view a portion of the 90-minute seminar -- Steve Garfield's presentation on mobile video blogging. Here's an alternate link to the Garfield 15 minutes.

The New England News Forum invites nominations from its members for appointment of "blogger coordinator" for each of our six states. The blogger coordinator will have significant latitude in defining the scope of the role.

An initial scope may be found HERE.

"The Unpress: New Gatekeepers of the New Hampshire Primary," is a free, open-to-the-public, town-meeting style forum this Thurs., Dec. 6 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at Southern New Hampshire University in which bloggers, reporters, citizens and campaign staffers will debate how blogs and the Internet are affecting political dialog in a presidential-primary year. The event, organized by the New England News Forum, will be in Robert Frost Hall at the Manchester, N.H., campus. GO TO STORY / Download a PDF FLYER.