Fri22Oct - BRISTOL - What's the blogging story?

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What’s the Blogging Story?
TWO media events are coming up this October in Bristol, co-organised by Bristol NUJ, on journalism, blogging and technology – and the conflicts and challenges they raise.
http://www.bristolnuj.org.uk/2010/10/06/whats-the-blogging-story/

There’s a fantastic line-up of star speakers, and workshops where you can get to grips with the issues. It’s open to the public, down at the Watershed and the Pervasive Media Studio, so whether you’re a blogger or a journalist, neither or both, come and join us: tickets are on sale now!
What’s the Blogging Story?

Who can you trust in this age of blogs, tweets and high speed broadband? Top bloggers and journalists debate the future of news in: What’s the Blogging Story? A Bristol Festival of Ideas event, Watershed Media Centre, Friday Oct 22, 7pm
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Two workshops on the impact of the blogosphere, Pervasive Media Studio, Leadworks, Anchor Square, Bristol, Saturday Oct 23, 11am-4pm

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What’s the Blogging Story?

The blogosphere is a powerful new force in Britain today as the Foreign Secretary William Hague could testify; only a month ago, he was forced to deny he was gay after gossip spread on the internet.

But who can you believe in this age of blogs, tweets and high-speed broadband? What’s the relationship between traditional and new media – the tired and the wired, as some call them? Is blogging a new form of democratic journalism, as dissidents have found in China and Iran, or a tool for the malicious and irresponsible?

Join some of the UK’s leading journalists and bloggers for a lively, and no doubt heated, debate to determine who will dominate the future of news, in a Bristol Festival of Ideas event at the Watershed on Friday October 22 at 7pm.

Speakers include Roy Greenslade (The Guardian), Donnacha Delong (NUJ Vice President), Sunny Hundal (Liberal Conspiracy), Brooke Magnanti (Belle de Jour), and Anton Vowl (Enemies of Reason and Mailwatch), a representative of the Press Complaints Commission plus an audience which will include some of Bristol’s leading bloggers.

The event has been organised as part of Bristol Festival of Ideas in association with the NUJ Bristol branch, the University of the West of England MediaAct project and MediaWise, and is part of a weekend study on the impact of the blogosphere.
What’s the Blogging Story?
Watershed Media Centre, Bristol
Friday Oct, 22, 7pm
Tickets £7/£5 concessions & NUJ members
Box office: 0117 927 5100 www.watershed.co.uk