Register now for COMJIG's pre-conference on Saving Community Journalism

COMJIG is proud to sponsor a pre-conference workshop on community journalism and the business of local news on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the AEJMC conference in San Francisco.

The workshop will be conducted by Penny Muse Abernathy, UNC Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics, and a former media executive at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She also is the author of "Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability" (UNC Press, 2014).

The workshop begins at 8 a.m. and runs until noon. The pre-conference also is being sponsored by the Knight Foundation. For more information about the workshop and its content, please check out this blog:

 http://www.savingcommunityjournalism.com/in-the-news/workshop-what-professors-need-to-know-about-the-business-of-local-news-in-the-digital-age/

Register now for this important event!