[SPJ-Norcal] [June 14] Bloggers as Journalists panel

[Bernice Yeung]

> Please distribute far and wide.
> Please post in your blog.
> Tell all your friends and colleagues.
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> SPJ presents "Bloggers as Journalists" salon June 14 at London Wine 
> Bar
> 
> 
> Jean Chen, Chris Nolan, David Pescovitz ponder Web logs
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> 
> Tuesday, June 14, 6-8 p.m. (panel starts promptly at
> 6:45)
> In the wine cellar of the London Wine Bar, 415 Sansome St. (near 
> Sacramento St.), San  Francisco
> 
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> 
>     Three noted journalist bloggers will discuss Web logs and the 
> future of journalism at a Society of Professional Journalists salon at 
> San Francisco's London Wine Bar on June 14. The advent of blogs as 
> disseminators of news has led many to question if it is wise and 
> appropriate to treat  bloggers as journalists and accord them the 
> rights and privileges accorded to journalists in more established 
> media.  If anyone with an Internet connection can be a journalist, 
> critics ask, then what is to stop anyone from refusing to disclose 
> sources or seeking access to accident scenes?
> 
>     Panelists Jean Chen (of Pop & Politics), Chris Nolan (of Politics  
> From Left to Right) and David Pescovitz (of
> BoingBoing) will engage
> in a spirited discussion of the journalistic issues raised by the 
> emergence of blogs.
> 
>     David Greene, co-chair of the SPJ FOI Committee and executive 
> director of the First Amendment Project, will moderate. Each panelist 
> will speak for 8-10 minutes, and the panel will then engage in a 
> discussion with the audience.
> 
>     The SPJ salon runs from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 14, in the wine 
> cellar of the London Wine Bar, 415 Sansome St. (near Sacramento St.), 
> San  Francisco. Admission is free. Social and professional mixing 
> (no-host bar) begins at 6 p.m., and the panel starts promptly at 6:45.
> 
>     Jean Chen is editor of Pop & Politics 
> <http://www.popandpolitics.com>, the pioneering pre-blog blog started 
> by Farai Chideya 10 years ago. Chen has been creating and editing 
> print and online zines for 10 years. She was online editor of the 
> award-winning sites YouthRadio.org and WireTapMag.org. She is also 
> co-editor of "Storming the Polls: How to Vote Your Views and Change 
> the Rules," a 2004 publication of the Independent Media Institute.
> Jean is a pirate radio enthusiast.
> 
>     Chris Nolan runs a regular web log, Politics From Left to Right 
> <http://www.chrisnolan.com>, that looks at the interaction of 
> politics, technology and business in San Francisco, California and the 
> nation. Previously, she wrote a weekly column, "Talk is Cheap"
> for The New York Post and other publications. Nolan has led her peers 
> in breaking important stories. Her reporting on Silicon Valley banker 
> Frank Quattrone was the first to uncover lawbreaking that led to his 
> conviction for obstruction of justice. Her coverage of the sale of 
> Wired magazine convinced S.I. Newhouse to buy the publication.
> Nolan's work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The New 
> Republic, Fortune, Business 2.0, Conde Nast Traveler and a series of 
> television trade magazines.
> 
>     David Pescovitz is the writer-in-residence for U.C. Berkeley's 
> College of Engineering and the Sciences and also co-edits the popular 
> weblog, BoingBoing.net <http://www.boingboing.net>.
> He is the
> co-author of the book, "Reality Check" (HardWired, 1996), based on his 
> long-running futurist column in Wired magazine, where he is still a 
> contributing writer. Pescovitz is also contributing editor of 
> TheFeature.com and has written for Scientific American, Popular 
> Science, Business 2.0, the New York Times, the Washington Post, New 
> Scientist and many other publications. In 2002, he won the Foresight 
> Prize in Communication for excellence in educating the public and 
> research community about nanotechnology and other emerging 
> technologies. In 1996, Pescovitz created Nrrrd, a critically acclaimed 
> technology and youth culture Web site for Turner Entertainment.
> 
>     Moderator David Greene, Executive Director and Staff Counsel of 
> the First Amendment Project <http://www.thefirstamendment.org>, has 
> significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in state and 
> federal courts and is one of the country's leading advocates for and 
> commentators on freedom of expression in the arts.
> He also serves on
> the the steering committee of the Free Expression Network and advisory 
> boards for several arts organizations across the country.
> Greene is project director of the Free Expression Network-West, a 
> founding member of the Internet Free Expression Alliance, and a 
> lecturer at San Francisco State University.
> 
>     The salon is sponsored by the Freedom of Information Committee of 
> the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional 
> Journalists <http://www.spj.org/>. The SPJ works to improve and 
> protect journalism. The organization is the nation's most broad-based 
> journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of 
> journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.
> Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of 
> information vital to a well-informed citizenry, works to inspire and 
> educate the next generations of journalists, and protects First 
> Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
> 
>     The Northern California SPJ Freedom of Information Committee 
> <http://www.spj.org/norcal/foi.html> monitors and takes action on 
> local and statewide FOI and First Amendment issues.
> Its activities
> involve FOI bills In the California Legislature, local sunshine 
> ordinances, press access to city government, educational workshop and 
> a series of FOI pocket guides.  The committee also coordinates the 
> chapter's annual James Madison Freedom of Information Awards dinner 
> and oversees the nomination process.
> 
> To help us estimate turnout, please R.S.V.P. Diane Keaton at 
> diane at forestweb.com. To be notified of similar upcoming events, email 
> Bernice Yeung at bernice_yeung at dailyjournal.com.
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