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Public               Intellectuals,               especially               Richard               Florida,
by               J.D.

Meyer               Introduction               
               I               have               been               interested               in               the               concept               of               the               public               intellectual               for               some               time,               mainly               through               my               study               of               the               works               of               Dr.

Richard               Florida               of               the               University               of               Toronto.

Dr.

Florida               teaches               urban               planning,               business,               economics,               and               creativity.

He               wrote               a               big               seller,               The               Rise               of               the               Creative               Class               in               2003               while               he               was               still               teaching               at               Carnegie-Mellon               in               Pittsburgh.

Dr.

Florida               truly               is               a               public               intellectual,               someone               whose               scholarship               is               in               more               than               one               field               and               most               importantly--               felt               by               general               society.

I'd               like               to               encourage               everyone               here               to               check               out               Dr.

Florida's               giant               website,               www.creativeclass.com               Dr.

Florida               stresses               the               Three               T's:               talent,               technology,               and               tolerance.

Cities               need               to               be               fun,               creative               places               in               order               to               attract               top               thinkers               in               the               creative               professions--such               as               medicine,               education,               and               law.

And               a               city               becomes               fun               and               entertaining               when               you               have               quite               a               few               artists               and               musicians.

A               writer               for               yahoo               travel               measured               happiness               
               according               to               feeling               rested,               respected,               free               of               pain,               and               intellectually               engaged               http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143               Public               intellectuals               do               really               important               things.


               In               my               latest               service,               which               was               on               persuasive               strategies               and               essays,               I               found               a               couple               of               great               definitions               for               "intellectual"               and               "public               intellectual,"               by               Dr.

Ali               Mazrui,               a               Ugandan-born               scholar               who               now               teaches               for               the               Institute               of               Global               Studies               in               New               York.

Dr.

Mazrui               was               cited               as               one               of               the               world's               Top               100               public               intellectuals,               according               to               www.foreignpolicy.com               so               let's               review               these               two               definitions.

First,               an               intellectual               is               "a               person               who               has               the               capacity               to               be               fascinated               by               ideas               and               has               acquired               the               skill               to               handle               some               of               these               effectively."               But               a               public               intellectual               "communicates               ideas               and               influences               debate               outside               of               one's               own               field."               Thus               a               letter               to               the               editor               of               one's               hometown               newspaper               represents               a               modest               and               common               effort               to               be               a               public               intellectual,               albeit               for               a               fleeting               moment.


               Here's               another               definition               for               public               intellectual,               and               it's               from               Dr.

Tu               Wei-ming:               the               leading               New               Confucian               of               our               time               and               a               recently               retired               Harvard               professor               of               Eastern               history               and               philosophy--now               teaching               for               the               University               of               Peking.

A               public               intellectual               is               "someone               who               is               politically               concerned,               socially               engaged,               culturally               informed,               and               sensitive-who               is               interested               in               this               broader               issue               not               as               an               isolated               professionalist               or               an               isolated               culturalist,               but               as               an               isolated               human               being               concerned               with               the               fate               of               the               earth."               http://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/anniversary/Transcripts/TuTXT.htm               
               Finally               by               quoting               Dr.

Tu,               I've               made               a               statement               that               sounds               somewhat               religious               as               opposed               to               a               public               administration               lecture.

Yet               Dr.

Tu               made               another               profound               statement               about               the               "hyphenated               nature"               of               Confucianism,               and               you               will               see               that               Unitarian-Universalists               share               that               bond.

Since               Confucianism               is               not               strictly               a               religion,               we               come               across               "spiritual               self-definitions               and               scholarly               designations"               as               Confucians               can               define               themselves               as               Confucian-Christians,               Confucian-Buddhists,               and               even               Confucian-Muslims.

There               was               an               Islamic-Confucian               dialogue               at               Malaysia               in               1995.


               I               felt               especially               compelled               to               include               this               quote               because               a               well-versed               fundamentalist               Christian               friend               of               mine               believes               the               UU               social               action               focus               blurs               religious               belief               with               social               activism.

I'm               glad               that               we               have               a               service               orientation               at               the               risk               of               our               sermons               sounding               like               something               from               a               college               sociology               course.
               Kwanzaa               and               the               Public               Intellectual               
               After               doing               the               keynote               address               for               four               or               five               Kwanzaas,               I               had               an               insight               that               the               common               thread               behind               all               the               principles               of               Kwanzaa               was               the               call               or               effort               to               serve               as               a               public               intellectual.

Thus               a               Kwanzaa               activist               could               say,               "Service               is               our               prayer,"               just               like               a               Unitarian               Universalist.


               How               did               I               get               interested               in               Kwanzaa?

After               noticing               quite               a               few               Kwanzaa               books               for               elementary               age               children               when               I               was               a               substitute               teacher               in               Garland               ISD,               I               taught               for               Texas               College--a               black               college               in               Tyler.

The               Developmental               Education               program               manual               suggested               that               we               use               an               Afrocentric               perspective               whenever               possible.

That               led               me               to               including               a               41-page               chapter               on               African-American               Studies               in               my               Developmental               English/Writing               textbook,               which               includes               all               of               my               Kwanzaa               presentations.


               Kwanzaa               exhorts               us               to               do               something               for               society               after               the               seven-night               winter               festivity               is               over.

The               Seven               Principles               are               Unity,               Self-Determination,               Collective               Work               and               Responsibility,               Cooperative               Economics,               Purpose,               Creativity,               and               
               Faith               in               that               order.

I've               done               all               but               the               first               and               last,               but               I've               always               included               supporting               details               from               religion               and               philosophy               in               my               Kwanzaa               talks.

Furthermore,               the               quest               for               unity               is               probably               a               strong               point               for               most               of               us               UU's.

I'm               sure               these               principles               would               be               revered               at               least               to               some               extent               by               all               cultures.

However,               some               Kwanzaa               purists               in               other               places               may               feel               that               I               deviate               from               the               Afrocentric               perspective               too               much               through               showing               examples               of               these               principles               in               other               cultures.


               Creativity               
               My               first               Kwanzaa               talk               was               on               Creativity,               and               I               started               it               by               offering               the               four               descriptions               of               creativity               according               to               Gifted               and               Talented               Education               research:               (1)               originality,               (2)               fluency               or               amount               of               ideas,               (3)               flexibility               or               adaptability,               and               (4)               application.

Yet               I               noted               that               Kwanzaa               focused               on               applicability-the               "get               'er               done"               side               of               creativity.

Kwanzaa               says               through               its               creator,               Dr.

Maulana               Karenga               of               the               University               of               California               at               Santa               Barbara,               that               we               should               leave               the               community               more               helpful               and               beautiful               than               when               we               got               it               www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org               
               That               includes               repairing               the               worn               out.

Note               how               improving               the               community               through               making               it               more               helpful,               beautiful,               and               repaired               calls               the               Kwanzaa               supporter               to               serve               as               a               public               intellectual.


               The               Intellectual               Entrepreneurship               (IE)               Program               
               at               the               University               of               Texas               at               Austin               
               I               concluded               my               last               talk,               Cooperative               Economics,               by               informing               the               audience               about               the               wonderful               Intellectual               Entrepreneurship               (IE)               program               at               University               of               Texas               at               Austin.https://               webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie.


               IE               is               the               opposite               of               the               ivory               tower               syndrome               in               education;               the               university               needs               to               bring               its               knowledge               to               real               life               problems               and               engage               students.

At               UT-Austin,               eight               colleges               and               four               schools               are               involved               with               it.

Graduate               students               mentor               undergraduate               students-one               of               their               most               beloved               programs.

Moreover,               the               IE               program               attracts               minority               students               and               first               generation               college               students,               thereby               inadvertently               desegregating               graduate               school.


               This               consortium               could               be               the               answer               to               the               city               leaders'               call               for               an               interdisciplinary               way               to               generate               more               money               by               our               institutes               of               higher               education.

All               of               us               here               know               that               we               have               a               small               branch               of               the               University               of               Texas               in               Tyler,               but               it               has               an               undergraduate               and               graduate               component..

So               this               time,               you               could               say               my               effort               to               serve               as               a               public               intellectual               was               to               be               a               cheerleader               for               a               program               that               builds               public               intellectuals.

In               a               segment               of               my               Developmental               English               textbook's               chapter               section               on               persuasive               strategies,               I               noted               that               critics               could               be               a               cheerleader               for               something               they               believe               in.
               The               Long               Road               to               Publishing               a               Textbook               
               I               mentioned               two               of               my               projects               at               during               those               five               Kwanzaa               addresses:               my               website               and               my               textbook.

Do               you               know               how               difficult               it               is               to               publish               a               textbook?

Once               you               write               one               that               is               long               enough,               then               you               have               to               write               a               proposal.

Get               a               proposal               form               from               a               publisher,               such               as               McGraw-Hill.

To               be               frank               with               you,               the               reason               why               I               have               a               website               from               McGraw-Hill's               Pageout               was               something               of               a               consolation               prize;               they               rightly               felt               that               my               then-135               page               book               was               too               little               to               be               a               textbook,               yet               it               still               showed               potential.

Now               it's               345               pages.


               Later               I               found               more               information               on               how               to               write               a               textbook               in               a               radiology               technology               e-journal               www.asrt.org/Media/Pdf/ForEducators/3_InstructionalTools/3.8GettingPublished.pdf               I'm               an               avid               writer               for               www.stumbleupon.com               under               my               e-mail               alias,               "bohemiotx"--one               of               the               many               places               where               one               can               recommend               a               fine               news               story.

Believe               me;               I               felt               a               commitment               to               share               this               rare               article               in               an               unlikely               place               on               cyberspace.


               Now               there's               another               issue               to               consider               in               publishing:               putting               it               on               the               Internet.

The               buyer               has               the               choice               of               which               chapters               to               keep.

I               found               a               couple               of               online               publishers               through               an               article               in               Fast               Company.com               http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/138/who-needs-harvard.html               Modularity               is               a               key               term;               you               even               can               market               your               textbook               by               the               chapter               section               through               a               site               like               Connexions               of               Rice               University.

http://cnx.org               
               The               rising               cost               of               textbooks               hinders               a               lot               of               students;               many               students               simply               try               to               get               away               with               not               buying               them.

Furthermore,               some               students               just               don't               like               coming               to               class               but               get               their               work               done.

A               gentleman               on               the               bus               recently               told               me               that               he               didn't               like               feeling               he               was               being               preached               to;               thus               he               prefers               on-line               classes.


               Also,               some               of               my               chapters               may               be               more               marketable               than               others;               what               could               be               safer               than               grammar?

Some               professionals               feel               that               it's               wrong               to               have               writing               prompts               and               model               essays               that               are               too               regional               or               too               Texas.

That               led               me               to               start               my               own               writing               gallery               through               the               Second               Annual               National               Day               on               Writing,               an               affiliate               of               the               National               Council               for               Teachers               of               English               (NCTE).

I               call               my               gallery,               the               Regional               Writers               Gallery;               you               may               read               my               curator's               address.

http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/2335762               Last               year               I               had               my               3rd               Night               of               Kwanzaa:               Collective               Work               and               Responsibility               published               at               the               national               gallery               
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I               returned               to               the               McGraw-Hill               Higher               Education               Proposal               Guidelines               when               it               appeared               that               the               modular               on-line               approach               wasn't               a               well               paying               route               for               authors.

But               to               do               a               regular               textbook,               you               need               to               do               an               extensive               review               of               three               to               four               main               competitors               in               your               field               among               other               less               difficult               things.

I've               gotten               a               good               start               on               the               proposal,               and               it               looks               way               better               than               my               effort               seven               years               ago.

Plus,               I               get               feedback               from               our               friend               and               frequent               guest               service               deliverer,               Dr.

Mickey               Slimp,               together               with               my               original               mentor               at               my               first               Developmental               English               community               college               assignment               at               Mountain               View               in               Oak               Cliff.


               My               most               uphill               battle               would               have               to               be               gaining               acceptance               for               Bilingual               Secondary               Academic               Vocabulary               (BSAV)               since               it's               believed               that               bilingual               education               must               stop               after               elementary               school.

I               summarize               this               project               as               follows,               "If               the               newcomer               has               just               learned               how               to               say,               'Mr.

Meyer               is               complaining               again.'               Then               the               newcomer               needs               to               read               about               the               recession,               photosynthesis,               hyperbole,               and               the               quadratic               formula               in               Spanish."               
               It's               tough               to               be               a               public               intellectual               through               these               routes.

And               in               these               case,               it's               really               trying               to               be               a               public               intellectual               and               not               just               serve               as               one."Engagement               with               the               World,"               by               William               Schulz               
               Rev.

Schulz's               pamphlet               on               "Engagement               with               the               World"               shows               the               unique               
               commitment               that               we               UU's               have               to               putting               our               faith               into               action:               a               practice               broader               than               those               academically               gifted               public               intellectuals-but               still               at               the               root               of               such               action.

Schulz               sees               religion               and               justice               as               truly               related.

Our               awareness               of               pain               enables               us               to               take               a               stance               against               deprivation               and               cruelty.


               Rather               than               dwell               on               pondering               whether               to               be               a               Christian,               theist,               mystic,               humanist,               or               other,               UU's               are               called               to               confront               the               realities               of               daily               life.

Schulz               offers               fascinating               examples               of               a               world               "astonishingly               full               of               grace"               from               music,               fruit,               nature,               and               paintings               that               beckon               us               to               engage               the               world.

We               need               to               be               free               of               pain               in               order               to               savor               the               great               things               in               life;               the               rich               and               poor               don't               have               equal               access               to               life's               blessings.

"Religion's               job               is               both               to               signal               the               gifts               and               to               help               everyone               have               a               part               in               the               unwrapping,"               according               to               Schulz.


               We               see               the               world               as               precious.

Moreover,               "the               meaning               of               history               is               still               in               the               making,               that               tomorrow               is               not               set,               that               there's               no               such               thing               as               fate,"               according               to               Schulz.

I               really               enjoyed               that               assertion               by               Reverend               Schulz               since               it's               a               good               definition               for               process               theology.

Unitarian               Universalism               has               faith               in               people's               own               ability               "to               affect               the               tenor               of               the               day."               Schulz               notes               that               his               commitment               to               social               justice               is               partly               related               to               his               awareness               of               death               like               so               much               of               religion.

Death               is               unavoidable,               but               "premature               death               through               poverty,               terror,               or               stupidity               is               unacceptable."               
               Thus,               Reverend               Shulz               gives               us               a               pep               talk               to               engage               the               world               through               service,               which               can               include               serving               as               a               public               intellectual.
               The               Great               Reset,               by               Dr.

Richard               Florida               
               Choosing               a               topic               by               Dr.

Richard               Florida               is               a               formidable               task               because               of               his               vast               number               of               writings,               many               of               which               can               be               found               at               his               website               http://.creativeclass.com/richard_florida/books               Let's               have               an               overview               of               his               latest               book,               The               Great               Reset,               through               an               interview               in               The               Atlantic               Monthly.

This               way               we               can               get               straight               to               the               point               of               what               Dr.

Florida's               research               is               all               about               and               not               keep               trying               to               define               the               term,               public               intellectual.


               First               of               all,               Dr.

Florida               bases               the               title               for               his               book               on               how               "economic               crises               reset               the               conditions               for               technological               innovation               and               consumption               and               demand."               Economic               shifts               give               rise               to               demographic               trends.

Which               geographic               regions               and               cities               will               rise               or               fall?

Economies               have               been               more               knowledge-driven               since               the               1950's.

You'll               notice               that               Dr.

Florida               loves               to               cite               other               urban               theorists,               scholars               who               track               the               changes               in               city               living.

One               of               Florida's               key               points               is               that               creativity               flourishes               most               in               high-density               areas,               as               noted               first               by               Jane               Jacobs.

Robert               Lucas               noted               that               "urban               areas               bring               together               and               multiply               human               productive               efforts."               Productivity               and               performance               is               much               higher               in               urban               areas,               even               in               the               emerging               economies.

Dr.

Florida               and               his               like-minded               scholars               see               nothing               innately               corrupt               about               the               big               city               nor               wax               nostalgic               about               rural               purity;               on               a               deeper               level,               technology               may               lead               to               more               telecommuting               but               not               a               diffusion               of               the               
               creative               population               away               from               the               big               cities.


               Dr.

Florida               hopes               that               the               federal               government               spends               money               on               the               right               infrastructure               and               projects,               adding               not               to               bail               out               the               industries               of               the               past.

He               warns               the               Obama               Administration               that               it's               "hard               to               anticipate               exactly               what               the               next               big               infrastructural               configuration               will               be               in               advance."               So               Dr.

Florida               would               like               to               see               small               experiments               that               could               add               up.

Dr.

Florida               calls               for               upgrading               of               broadband               and               Internet-something               Dr.

Slemp               is               trying               to               do               for               rural               Northeast               Texas.


               Dr.

Florida               also               wants               to               see               improvement               in               our               airports               and               rail               connectivity               in               the               mega-regions.

He               notes               that               Detroit               would               have               a               better               reason               for               existing               if               it               was               better               connected               to               Chicago.

Detroit               Mayor               Dave               Bing               (former               all-pro               NBA               guard)               plans               to               have               abandoned               buildings               demolished               and               replaced               by               farmland.

It               will               become               the               largest               urban               gardening               project               in               history.

Edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/29/bia.urban.farming               Detroit               will               become               much               easier               for               the               police               to               contend               with               through               this               downsizing.

I               bet               the               value               of               a               house               could               go               up               if               abandoned               dwellings               didn't               surround               it.

That               sounds               like               the               Kwanzaa               Creativity               call               to               repair               the               worn-out,               or               in               this               case,               knock               it               down               if               it's               too               far-gone.

Rebuilding               Detroit               and               reporting               the               work               may               be               one               of               the               critical               public               intellectual               projects               of               our               time               in               America.


               Future               plans               for               Tyler               include               being               part               of               a               rail               from               here               to               Shreveport.

Ironically,               passenger               train               service               is               something               we               used               to               have               and               more               an               act               of               the               memory               than               a               futuristic               innovation.

www.TylerIGI.com               One               train               ran               from               here               to               Lufkin.

Wouldn't               it               be               nice               if               we               had               a               train               to               Kilgore               and               Longview?

There's               an               Amtrak               that               runs               through               Hawkins               and               Big               Sandy               without               stopping               on               its               way               from               Longview               to               Mineola.


               Dr.

Florida               feels               the               traditional               emphasis               on               homeownership               is               obsolete               and               counterproductive.

What               if               you               were               stuck               in               an               economically               downtrodden               area?

The               mobility               of               the               labor               force               has               plummeted               to               record               lows.

On               the               other               hand,               Dr.

Florida               declares               that               one               shouldn't               have               to               pay               more               than               20%               of               his               or               her               income               in               rent.


               To               conclude,               Dr.

Florida               declares               that               we               have               the               knowledge               to               build               denser               cities               and               mega-regions               while               preserving               more               natural               spaces               and               become               greener               cities.

It's               "really               about               the               geographical               nature               of               our               economic               development               process,"               according               to               Dr.

Florida.
               The               Shift               in               Public               Intellectuals               
               Dan               Bell               in               sociology               described               our               post-industrial               society               before               Richard               Florida,               as               did               others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bell               How               common               are               public               intellectuals               today               in               comparison               to               the               recent               past?

It's               tougher               in               some               fields,               especially               politics,               because               today's               partisan               attitudes               have               sown               such               bitterness.

Back               in               the               50s               and               60s,               people               were               more               likely               to               enjoy               the               conservative               William               Buckley               and               the               liberal               Noam               Chomsky               without               agreeing               with               them               all               the               time.

Still               there               are               some               superstars,               such               as               Jeff               Sachs               on               international               development.

Furthermore,               Florida               points               out               that               public               intellectuals               have               grown               more               specialized               nowadays.

Information               keeps               expanding.

But               it's               tough               to               get               funding               for               the               mega-ideas               of               public               intellectuals.

The               wider               audience               of               educated               laymen               can               seem               less               proper               than               the               specialized               world               of               academia               to               many               universities.

Florida               notes               the               rise               of               entrepreneurial               journalists               only               partially               
               fills               the               gap               because               their               vision               often               provides               a               snapshot               of               the               present               more               than               diagnosing               trends.

During               the               past               twenty               years,               actor               Kevin               Costner               has               been               developing               an               oil               centrifuge               for               the               sea               but               encountered               regulation               problems               until               now.

Costner               testified               before               Congress,               and               British               Petroleum               will               buy               32               of               them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2851               So               Kevin               Costner               is               a               public               intellectual               in               a               very               critical               area,               and               he's               spent               millions               of               dollars               on               his               oil               centrifuge.

Isn't               it               amazing               that               Costner               chose               a               project               so               many               years               ago               that               has               paramount               relevance               today?
               Oh               Yeon-ho               of               South               Korea's               Oh               My               News               
               I'd               like               to               finish               this               presentation               by               telling               you               about               the               founder               of               the               world's               first               citizen               journalism               website,               Oh               Yeon-ho               of               South               Korea's               Oh               My               News.

http://international.ohmynews.com               Mr.

Oh's               slogan               is               "Every               citizen               is               a               reporter."               This               website               started               in               2000               and               has               a               professional               editor               staff               that               checks               for               the               accuracy               of               facts               and               guards               against               libel.

There               are               70,000               writers               scattered               throughout               the               world               that               send               articles               to               Oh               My               News.

OmN               receives               between               200-250               articles               per               day.

That               number               of               writers               has               doubled               roughly               since               2005.

Editors               select               stories               on               their               liveliness               and               ability               to               move               readers               with               sympathy.

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An               interesting               facet               of               having               an               accepted               article               at               a               major               section               of               Oh               My               News               is               which               paragraph               they               choose               to               be               under               the               hyperlink               on               the               cover               page.


               The               nature               of               the               Internet               has               inspired               a               grassroots               movement               of               Internet               news               junkies               and               policy               wonks               that               call               themselves               "Netizens"               in               South               Korea.

It's               a               role               not               confined               by               geography               since               worldwide               information               opens               through               the               Internet.

South               Korea               was               swept               by               the               Internet               craze               in               the               late               1990's.

Politicians               of               all               slants               and               journalists               asserted,               "We               were               slow               in               industrialization,               but               we'll               lead               in               digitization."               
               The               young               people               who               toppled               South               Korea's               dictatorship               in               the               1980's               included               some               future               businessmen               who               would               help               Mr.

Oh               start               his               website.

Those               heroes               for               democracy               in               the               1980's               became               known               as               the               386-generation.

Did               you               know               that               South               Korea               is               the               world's               most               Internet-connected               country?


               The               passion               of               Oh               My               News               has               even               led               to               the               birth               of               democracy               in               South               Korea.

First,               OmN               sponsored               the               successful               campaign               of               Mr.

Roh               in               2002.

Then               OmN               led               the               way               in               protecting               him               from               impeachment               in               2004.

Myung-bak               was               elected               president               in               2008               and               brought               a               drift               back               to               the               right.

The               new               president               repealed               protective               tariffs               on               American               beef-an               unpopular               move               with               South               Korean               liberals.

Oh               My               News               reported               the               Candlelight               Demonstrations               of               2008               online,               all               day               and               all               night.

Importantly,               the               protests               stayed               peaceful.

High               school               students               with               cell               phones               and               laptops               were               among               those               reporting               the               news.

After               a               barricade               was               erected               between               the               protestors               and               the               president's               house,               the               liberal               protestors               simply               built               a               ladder               to               the               top               of               the               wall               and               sat               there-still               no               violence.


               To               conclude,               Mr.

Oh               and               his               many               colleagues               have               created               a               model               for               edited               participatory               journalism               that's               gained               worldwide               attention               and               even               helped               democracy               get               started               in               South               Korea.

The               nature               of               the               citizen               journalism               movement               parallels               democracy               through               its               bottom-up               direction               in               information.

Maybe               this               will               fill               the               gap               left               by               fewer               mega               public               intellectuals               or               at               least               provide               more               information               to               the               educated               public.


               However,               Oh               My               News               became               a               victim               of               its               own               success               as               it               became               increasingly               difficult               to               verify               facts               from               all               over               the               world.

So               as               of               September               2010,               Oh               My               News               International               became               a               website               about               citizen               journalism               rather               than               trying               to               continue               doing               it.

We               may               have               lost               an               editorial               staff               but               gained               a               mentor               and               a               different               kind               of               helpful               information.

I               wrote               my               two               most               successful               articles               for               Oh               My               News.

One               was               about               the               presentation               at               the               2010               Martin               Luther               King               celebration               at               the               cathedral.

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c104008no=3859408&rel_no=1               Recently,               I               wrote               an               article               about               the               format               change               at               OmN               for               Digital               Journal               of               Canada               http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295823               
               Did               you               know               that               we               have               a               citizen               journalism               website               here               in               Tyler?

It's               The               Daily               You,               and               I               written               over               ten               articles               for               them.

Oh               my               News               urged               its               readers               to               write               for               their               local               user-generated               sites               within               the               announcement               of               the               format               change.


               Citizen               journalism               has               its               critics,               and               there's               no               doubt               that               a               professionally               trained               editor               staff               should               do               the               necessary               housekeeping.

Finding               a               journal               that               pays               is               really               rough.

A               Canadian               article               entitled,               "Will               Work               for               Food:               The               Dismal               State               of               Citizen               Journalism,"               tells               it               all.

For               me               the               quest               to               become               a               citizen               journalist               or               free-lancer,               calls               for               writing               ability,               journalist               behavior,               a               wide               range               of               interests               and               overall               passion.

There               is               strength               in               numbers.
               Conclusion               
               We've               covered               a               lot               of               ground               today,               but               my               idea               for               it               really               got               started               when               I               saw               the               desire               to               serve               as               a               public               intellectual               formed               a               common               thread               behind               the               Kwanzaa               presentations.

Once               again               at               a               UU               service,               I               quoted               my               modern-day               New               Confucian               hero,               Tu               Wei-ming.

You               heard               my               cheerleading               for               the               Intellectual               Entrepreneurship               program               at               UT-Austin,               and               you               can               read               a               more               complete               article               on               the               matter               at               Tyler-Longview's               own               citizen               journalism               website,               The               Daily               You.

For               the               second               consecutive               service,               I               summarized               one               of               our               national               UUA               pamphlets               with               a               direct               relevance               to               the               topic               at-hand.

This               time,               it               was               Engagement               with               the               World,               by               William               Schulz.

I'd               like               to               invite               you               to               read               about               Dr.

Richard               Florida               and               Oh               Yeon-ho.

We've               only               scraped               the               surface,               especially               with               the               research               of               Dr.

Florida.


               We               UU's               proclaim               the               dignity               of               the               individual               as               our               first               principle,               not               really               unusual.

Yet               have               you               noticed               how               semantically               difficult               it               can               be               to               compliment               the               individual.

Little,               common,               and               above               all-small--can               offend               people               even               though               the               last               one               is               just               a               minor               ESOL               accident.

I've               grown               a               bit               smaller               since               you've               known               me,               but               my               world               has               become               much               larger               because               my               Internet               searching               ability               has               improved               and               I'm               now               part               of               the               citizen               journalism,               or               user-generated               content,               movement.

Take               the               service               to               heart               and               see               it               as               my               cheer               for               you.

Thank               you.

I               welcome               your               questions               and               comments.






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