This work session for librarians, journalist and citizens will take place starting April 6th, so mark your calendars.  There are some fellowships for attendance for grad students available and you can browse the list of registered attendees. I wish I were able to attend this but I’ll be following closely online through the blog and Twitter (hashtag #biblionews) and you can too!   From the website: Libraries and legacy media always shared a common purpose — helping us acquire the information we need to be engaged, informed (and entertained) citizens. But they used different tools — newspapers, broadcast stations and books. Now they all share the web, information technology and increasingly a mission — fostering civic engagement and literacy. As the tools and mission converge, it’s time to ask: “What’s possible at the intersection of libraries and journalism that serves the information needs of communities and democracy?” “America’s libraries need sufficient funding to serve as centers for information, training, and civic dialogue,” the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities concluded in a 2009 report. Journalism That Matters, the The MIT Center for Future Civic Media and other co-sponsors are staging a two-day workshop to identify, consider and organize methods for jouranalists and

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