1: What should this unconference discuss? And other suggestions for stimulating ideas

Please add your suggestions below*. Please also add your name to the topic you think you would most want to discuss:

1. With ads nosediving, where is the money? Is advertising actually a realistic model for news online?

Laura Oliver

2. What makes a successful pitch to funders?

3. Legal issues - pre-moderate or post-moderate?

4. Community management

5. Setting up on your own - and getting funding

6. Regional media - regulation - ownership - how to support journalism?

Speed networking: attendees get a minute each with a random other attendee to swap cards and explain what they do.

Open mic for business models for news: Attendees are invited to explain how they think news can support itself online. 5 min limit. (Alternatively, we may assign some side rooms for this so you can have longer and lunch lasts longer too)

1. Lessons learnt from SoGlos.com as a business model for arts and entertainment - James Fryer
2. Linda Jones
3. Peter Clark, Broadersheet

Musical chairs panel discussion: Begins as a standard panel discussion - but once a panel member has responded to a question, they are replaced by someone else, raffle-style.

*Discussed in 2008: Business models; Audience development; Funding; Legals; Online news models

Journalists as business people? Lessons learned at the sharp end. How can journalists going it alone make sure their business is as equipped for success as it can be? Relevant, useful, practical advice for freelance/ex staff now made redundant journalists with questions about becoming an "entrepreneur" or put another way, just wanting to work for themselves or with others. This is what I'd like to be able to add to the day. I hope it may be useful for those with questions, however important or "basic". Thanks.

Note: attendees can move between groups whenever they wish.