I'll be quiet for a few days because I'm off to Los Angeles for a forum organized by Media Re:public, a Berkman Center project that examines the current and potential impact of participatory news media. The forum, which kicks off Thursday night and goes all day on Friday, will feature talks, panel discussions, and small group breakout sessions on a wide variety of topics and issues relating to participatory media, including "Parsing the Political Blogosphere," "Supporting the Emerging Media Ecology," "Finding Viable Models," and (the catchiest) "It's 2013: Do You Know Where Your News Is?" It should be great -- see the agenda for a full list of topics, speakers, and panelists. In conjunction with the forum, the CMLP will be holding its first in-person Board of Advisors meeting on Thursday afternoon. All in all, a busy but fascinating end to the week.

Registration for the Media Re:public forum is still open, so drop by if you're interested in media (new or traditional, commercial or public) and happen to be in L.A. All are welcome -- journalists, academics, business-types, activists, anybody.

(Note: I am a fellow at the Berkman Center, and the CMLP is housed there, along with Media Re:public.)