Faces of Faith Second Life balloon tour

Fellows from the News21 journalism initiative and their faculty advisors launch a groundbreaking experiment bringing important journalism and ongoing discussions about faith to Second Life, the innovative virtual community.

www.newsinitiative.org

The project, developed at the News 21 site at the University of California Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley is part of the fellowship's 2007 program focusing on Religion and Private Life.

Starting on Monday, July 23, the programming will be showcased in Second
Life on NOWHEREVILLE ISLAND (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/113/81/26/).

"God, Sex, Family" projects will be streamed (video, audio, content) into different tents created to look and feel like a church revival. Reporters will be available in each tent to speak or answer any questions from SL visitors. Dates and times of reporter availabilities will be posted in Second Life or can be obtained by contacting project coordinator Kara Andrade.

The final event will be a panel discussion on Sunday, July 29 from 12-1:30 PM PST held inworld and broadcast live through SLCN, the Second Life Cable Network, http://slcn.tv. Religion writer and News21 Senior Editor Don Lattin will moderate. Panelists include SL worshipers, spiritual leaders, and theologians.

News 21 is a national initiative led by five leading universities (UC Berkeley, USC, Columbia, Northwestern and Harvard) and funded by the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. It seeks to prepare the next generation of news industry leaders to work in and cover an increasingly complex world. The program is funded by the Carnegie Corp. of New York and the John and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Funny how i came over this by accident, just after reading Boellstorfs book ethnography :P

I've got no idea whats going on though...