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Berkeley Cybersalon - Citizen Journalism - June 19

From the official announcement:

BERKELEY CYBERSALON
6-8 p.m., Sunday, June 19, 2005
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
“Got News? Citizen Journalism with Dan
Gillmor, Becky O’Malley, and Peter Merholz (and Craig Newmark in the
Wings)”

Technology is making it easier for grassroots journalism to
take root. Craig Newmark, the father of online community classifieds,
recently planted the seeds of this new movement, and Dan Gillmor gave
up his tech column at the San Jose Mercury to start his own
interactive-journalism venture, www.Bayosphere.com. In print, publisher/editor Becky
O’Malley speaks to the spirit of the local community with The
Berkeley Daily Planet. And the father of “blog,” Peter Merholz
founded the Beast Blog [Ed--you're here!], a group blog
that covers everything of note in the East Bay. With organic
publications like these, who needs the artificially flavored New York
Times?

Come discuss the future of journalism with us. We’re joining
with Kevin Werbach, host of Supernova, an emerging technology event
starting June 2 in S.F., for a traditional pre-Supernova dinner at 6
p.m., followed by the panel discussion at 7 p.m.

Werbach is offering Cybersalonistas a $300 discount for the two-day conference; or $500
off on the full three-day conference – just mention Berkeley
Cybersalon when/if you register at www.supernova2005.com.

Dinner is $20, and if you plan to come, RSVP to whoisylvia AT aol.com so we
can order food (Vietnamese, with lots of vegetarian alternatives for
those grassroots types) and drinks.

We know it’s Father’s Day, so bring your dad(s).

This is an event for everyone interested in the
future of journalism.

Directions:
Via gas-guzzling vehicle:
From Oakland or the Bay Bridge, take Hwy 80 and exit at University, make a
quick RIGHT under the freeway and onto the frontage road, and turn RIGHT at the 4RENT sign onto Cedar St.
Continue straight two miles past Shattuck and park.
From the Richmond
Bridge, take Hwy 80 and exit LEFT at Gilman, turn RIGHT on San Pablo
for a few blocks, and LEFT on Cedar St. 1.5 miles past Shattuck, and
park.

Via “natural” mode, i.e, foot/bicycle/Segway:
From downtown Berkeley BART, go north on Shattuck, and east on Cedar St. This is an easy and
safe 15-minute walk.

Posted by peterme at 08:18 AM | Comments (2)

New Media Journalism at UC Berkeley - May 23-27

Cal's J-School is hosting a series of presentations on journalism and the web, from May 23-27. All free and open to the public.

Looks good!

MONDAY, MAY 23

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
"How to Exploit Attributes of the Web"
Ken Sands, Spokane Spokesman-Review

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"The Changing Rules of Journalism: The Role of Editors and Reporters in the Future"
Bob Cauthorn, City Tools

TUESDAY, MAY 24

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
"Doing a Multimedia Story"
Regina McCombs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"Digital Storytelling: New Media's New Storytellers"
Amy Hill, Center for Digital Storytelling

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
"Grassroots Media"
Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc.

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
“VR Photography and Journalism”
G. Donald Bain, UC Berkeley Geography Computing Facility, and Landis Bennett, World Wide Panorama

THURSDAY, MAY 26

12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
"The Northwest Voice: A Citizen Journalism Case Study"
Mary Lou Fulton, Bakersfield Californian

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"Wikinews: Online News Community"
Amgine (Wayne Saewyc), Wikinews

FRIDAY, MAY 27

4:15 - 6:00 p.m.
"Let's Quit Building Crappy Newspaper Sites"
Rob Curley, Lawrence Journal-World

J-School Throwin' It Down, Convergence Style

From an announcement from UC Berkeley's School of Journalism:

You are invited to a series of presentations next week on multimedia, convergence and online publishing at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism:

MONDAY, MAY 19

Doing Weblogs for Newspapers and Local News Sites
7:00 ? 8:15 p.m.
- Ken Sands, managing editor of online and new media, The Spokane Spokesman-Review
- Paul Andrews, technology columnist for the Seattle Times and author of The Paul Wall Weblog

TUESDAY, MAY 20

Charging for Online Content
12:45 ? 1:45 p.m.
- Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and senior partner, Borrell Associates

The Daily Routine of Internet Users: The Day-Part Survey
7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
- Rusty Coats, director of new media, Mori Research

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

Online Advertising and Revenue: The Personal Shopper
7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
- Bob Cauthorn, vice president of digital media, San Francisco Chronicle

THURSDAY, MAY 22

Doing a Multimedia Project
1:00 ? 2:15 p.m.
- Robyn Dochterman, interactive editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune

FRIDAY, MAY 23

Putting Multimedia Into Practice: Deadline Stories and Projects
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- Rob Curley, general manager, World Online, the Internet division of The Lawrence Journal-World

All the presentations are free and no RVSP is necessary. Each presentation will be in the library at the UC Berkeley Journalism School in North Gate Hall. Directions are available at:

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

The presentations also will be Webcast live at:

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/mm2003/workshop2/