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Upcoming SPJ Panel Discussion

Yours truly will be participating on a panel at the next meeting of the Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists this month. Even though three of us are political bloggers, this particular discussion will be on blogging, not necessarily on politics.

It promises to be quite interesting and I'm looking forward to it. As I understand it, these meetings are open to the general public as well. Here's the announcement

"Just Who Are Those Bloggers, Anyway?"

The Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
invites you to join us for dinner and a panel discussion featuring four
blogging experts.

Our panel consists of:
  • Nabil Echchaibi, a graduate of IU-Journalism's PhD program, and now a faculty member at the University of Louisville. Nabil currently is working on a project (a book perhaps?) that looks at blogging and network society in an international context.
  • Mark Hebert, the well-known and respected newsman at WHAS11 in Louisville, who has his own blog on the station's website, WHAS11
  • Dawn McCurry, a systems analyst from Oldham County who has been blogging for two years and is a self-admitted politics and news junkie since her teenage years. She can be read at ConservaChick.com
  • Mark Nickolas, the established Kentucky political blogger, whose work can be found at bluegrassreport.org

The panelists will be introduced by Ed Staats. The discussion will be led by Milton Metz. Staats and Metz are chapter board members and retired journalists.

We will meet on the evening of Thursday, November 16 at the Holiday Inn at 2nd and Broadway in downtown Louisville. The program will take place on the top floor of the hotel, starting at 6:30 p.m. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. with the program to follow. The price of admission will be $25. We ask you to register in advance -- no later than Monday, November 13 -- in order for us to give the hotel a guarantee. You are invited to register by e-mail at edstaats@bellsouth.net.

Comments

Rena Bernard said…
Thanks, Col. Steve! I sure hope so.

I've been told the panel discussion is about blogging and bloggers in the context of how it relates or doesn't to journalism. However, I have to wonder if there won't be some politics involved since the three bloggers on the panel are all political in nature... We'll see, I suppose.

You can be sure I'll write about the experience afterward.
11/02/2006 10:17:00 AM
Howard McEwen, CFA said…
Cool! Have fun. I find copious amounts of bourbon help make me more interesting and charming.
11/02/2006 12:12:00 PM
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