What’s the Blogging Story
October 22nd, 7pm / Watershed Media Centre, Bristol
Who can you trust when the new media meets the old? An evening of debate with mainstream journalists and bloggers. What’s the relationship between traditional and new media – the tired and the wired as some call them? Is blogging journalism? And who can you believe in this age of blogs, tweets and pay walls?
Join Roy Greenslade (The Guardian), Donnacha Delong (NUJ Vice President), Sunny Hundal (Liberal Conspiracy), Brooke Magnanti (Belle du Jour) and a panel of popular bloggers to determine who will dominate the future of news.
A Bristol Festival of Ideas event, in association with the NUJ Bristol branch, the University of the West of England MediaAct project and MediaWise, as part of a weekend study on the impact of the blogosphere.
Blogging Hell!
Leadworks, Anchor Square, Bristol
Saturday October 23rd, 11am-1pm
Finding common cause across borders: Planning for international action on media standards.
What’s the role of online journalism in sustaining democratic societies? What role can the blogosphere play in more rigidly controlled societies? Can bloggers develop systems of self regulation that could enhance journalism standards?
This is the opening workshop in what promises to be a long-running debate.
Jo Bloggs – but is it journalism?
Leadworks, Anchor Square, Bristol
Saturday October 23rd, 2-4pm
Is blogging the new journalism? Are blogs a new, democratic kind of publishing, giving a voice to everyone? Or are they just a platform where gossip, speculation and bias are passed on as fact, and nothing can be trusted?
As the lines between traditional and citizen journalism blur, how are mainstream media owners and regulators responding? Are the interests of citizen journalists, bloggers and mainstream journalists the same or contradictory? Where does the National Union of Journalists fit in the new media world? Should bloggers be able to join the NUJ?
Join leading bloggers and mainstream journalists for a revealing discussion and some possible resolutions.
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