Fwd: CyberSalon

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From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2006 - 09:18:30 PST 

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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:18:30 -0800
From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org>
Subject: Fwd: CyberSalon

fyi - more on blogs & podcasting, and a good
lineup to boot. A correction, doors open at 5:00
p.m. m

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>BERKELEY CYBERSALON
>5-7 p.m., Sunday, March 19, 2006
>Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
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>Bloggers and podcasters are suspicious of “elitist” big media and
>view the “democratizing” force of digital technology positively. In
>contrast, many traditional journalists regard most blogs, wikis and
>podcasts as amateurish and narcissistic. We wonder if expertise is,
>by definition, elitist. And we ask if expertise and elitism might
>indeed be necessary features of a high-quality media.
>A Cybersalon panel of experts – including NY Times technology
>reporter and author John Markoff, BlogHer cofounders and bloggers
>Jory des Jardins and Lisa Stone, and blogger/podcaster/digital
>reporter Steve Gillmor -- takes a critical look at the concepts of
>expertise and elitism in the dynamic Web 2.0 world.
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> Our moderator is Andrew Keen, founder of the AfterTV.com podcast.
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> Doors open at 6:00 and a $10 donation is requested for wine and
>cheese. Everyone is welcome, and the Hillside Club is wheelchair
>accessible.
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> Directions:
>By car: 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.
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> By foot/bicycle: From downtown Berkeley BART, go north on Shattuck,
>and east on Cedar St. This is an easy and safe 15-minute walk.
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> Come discuss the future of journalism with us.
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>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.
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> 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.
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