Pondering local news from the left

A coalition of groups including California Common Cause, the Center for Media Justice, the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College and the LA Alliance for a New Economy are sponsoring "Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit" on March 21 at Occidental. Dominique DiPrima, host of "The Front Page" on KJLH 102.3-FM, is the keynote speaker and oanelists include Brad Friedman of BradBlog. More info

And in academia: Miller-McCune editor John Mecklin and former San Francisco State University journalism professor Len Sellers discuss a possible future for university journalism schools overseeing public-interest news. Miller-McCune