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March 24-29 at the J-School

From UC Berkeley School of Journalism:

MONDAY, MARCH 24
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Should Journalists and News Organizations Blog?
A discussion with:
- J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review senior columnist and author of New Media Musings weblog
- Rusty Foster, founder of kuro5hin group weblog

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
7 - 8 pm
The Future of Wireless Technology
A talk by:
- Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing weblog and outreach coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

THURSDAY, MARCH 27
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Can Online Publications Charge for Content?
A talk by:
- Vin Crosbie, president and managing partner of Digital Deliverance

All three events will be held in the journalism school library at North Gate Hall.

The events are free and no RVSP is necessary. The presentations also will be Webcast live at:

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/mm2003/

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 28 & 29
Sixth annual new media conference
"Connecting with the Wired Generation: How Young People Use Technology, the Internet and the Media."

Just a reminder if you haven't already registered for the conference, which begins on Friday evening with a keynote address by John Seely Brown, and then goes all day Saturday with a series of panels. For the conference you do need to register online as we may have a full house. The conference Web page, which includes a schedule and list of speakers, is at:

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/conference2003/

And directions to the Journalism School are at:

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/directions.html

The presentations and the conference are sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism.