If bloggers are all wannabe journalists and journalists are all complacent hacks, why do so few manage to cross over? Rachel Hills talks to four blogger/journalists who’ve excelled in both fields: Erica Bartle, Tim Blair, Margo Kingston and Antony Loewenstein.
Panel
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New Media
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Participants
Antony Loewenstein, Margo Kingston, Erica Bartle, Tim Blair, Rachel Hills (facilitator)
When
Sunday, May 24 2009
15:30 - 17:00
Where
Museum of Contemporary Art
140 George St
The Rocks
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Cost
Free
Schedule
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ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN (LOCAL)
ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN is a freelance journalist, author and blogger. He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Nation, Crikey, New Matilda and The Washington Post. Antony contributed a major chapter to the 2004 bestseller Not Happy, John! on the Hanan Ashrawi affair. His bestselling book on the Israel/Palestine conflict, My Israel Question, was shortlisted for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Award. His latest book, The Blogging Revolution, is about the Internet in repressive regimes. He is a board member of Macquarie University's Centre for Middle East and North African Studies and an honorary associate at Macquarie University's Department of Politics and International Relations. He is the co-founder of advocacy group Independent Australian Jewish Voices.
antonyloewenstein.com
also appearing at...
280: The Blogosphere
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MARGO KINGSTON (INTERSTATE)
MARGO KINGSTON has worked as a journalist for Brisbane's Courier Mail, the Times on Sunday, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times, The Age and as political researcher for Jana Wendt at A Current Affair. She was Late Night Live's Canberra Babylon commentator for five years until 2001, and chief of staff at The Sydney Morning Herald's Canberra bureau for two years before founding, writing and editing the first blog on the mainstream media, Webdiary, from 2000 to 2005. She took Webdiary (www.webdiary.com.au) independent in 2005 before retiring from journalism. The site is now run by volunteers. Margo wrote Off the Rails: the Pauline Hanson Trip and Not Happy, John: Defending our Democracy.
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ERICA BARTLE (INTERSTATE)
ERICA BARTLE is the voice behind popular Australian media blog GirlWithaSatchel.com, which gives its mostly female readers a daily serving of magazine reviews, industry news, interviews and pop cultural musings. Erica is often called upon to comment on blogging and women's magazines, featuring in the likes of Good Weekend, The Australian and Cosmopolitan. Her blog is a finalist in the 2009 Bloggies for Best Australian & New Zealand Blog. A former deputy editor for Girlfriend magazine, Bartle is also a freelance writer whose stories have appeared in Girlfriend, Cleo, Cosmopolitan and The Walkley Magazine. Erica has also tutored feature writing at QUT.
GirlWithaSatchel.com
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TIM BLAIR (LOCAL)
TIM BLAIR is a columnist and blogger for The Daily Telegraph. He declines to be worried about global warming and doubts Barack Obama’s ability to heal the planet by making pretty speeches. An avid follower of all modern dance forms - lap, table and pole - wealthy hobby journalist Tim lives in Bondi Junction. Published as a freelancer in The Age, The Australian, Time, McSweeney’s, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sports Illustrated and other publications, Tim’s online presence began in October 2001. He appears frequently on the ABC TV’s Insiders and Media Watch. He prefers the former.
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RACHEL HILLS (LOCAL)
RACHEL HILLS has worked as a writer, editor, and social commentator for media organisations ranging from Vibewire and newmatilda.com to Ninemsn. Her thoughts on gender, politics, media and technology have been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Monthly, The Bulletin, The Big Issue, The Walkley Magazine, Cleo, Girlfriend, Russh, YEN, The Huffington Post and more. She is currently working on her first book, on sex, social status and identity.
rachelhills.net
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