News and Notes

I just received an e-mail about an event this evening at MIT in which members of the media will be discussing journalism's ongoing transformation and the decline of newspapers. Alex Beam of the Globe, Ellen Foley of the Wisconsin State Journal and Dan Gillmor, the founder and director of the Center for Citizen Media, will be the guest speakers. This event is sponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bartos Theater. Since it's short notice, I doubt anyone will make it. However, there apparently will be a webcast made available on MIT World. Check that site out later tonight or tomorrow.

In other news, my beloved Mets finally clinched the National League East title last night with a 4-0 win over the Florida Marlins. This is shaping up to be a promising October for me and my fellow Mets fans across the country. Thanks to the new technology that is YouTube, we are able to look back at the 2006 season as something quite amazing. Here are two highlight videos created by fans, courtesy of MetsBlog.com