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MARQUETTE LAW, WISPOLITICS TO CONVENE SECOND WIS. BLOG SUMMIT ON APRIL 28
3/2/2007

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Wisconsin Blog Summit II Announces Participants
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeff Mayers, WisPolitics.com 608-212-9422
 
MILWAUKEE -- Marquette University Law School and WisPolitics.com today announced participants in the second Wisconsin Blog Summit on April 28.

The event will be moderated by Mike Gousha, the former WTMJ-TV news anchor who now is a Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at the Marquette Law School.
 
This year's participants include top bloggers and commentators in the state, including: Ed Garvey, Charlie Sykes, Brian Fraley, Owen Robinson, Jessica McBride, Jay Bullock, Eugene Kane and Tim Cuprisin.

Participants are scheduled to gather from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday April 28 on the third floor of the law school to analyze the impact bloggers are having on politics and journalism. A full agenda is below.

An initial sponsor of the event is AT&T Wisconsin.

The law school is located at 11th and Wisconsin Avenue. Meter parking is prevalent, and a parking structure is a block away.

See more on parking: http://www.marquette.edu/contact/finder/sensenbrenner.shtml

Coffee and food will be available. Attendance is free and open to all interested parties, but attendees must register in advance by contacting greer@wispolitics.com

Wis. Blog Summit II
Saturday April 28, 2007
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Marquette University Law School
Third Floor, Sensenbrenner Hall
1103 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wis.
http://law.marquette.edu

APRIL 28 BLOG SUMMIT AGENDA

I. Welcome

II. Introductions

III. Blogging effect on Campaign 06 and effect on Campaign 08.
Ed Garvey http://www.fightingbob.com/weblog.cfm
Charlie Sykes http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/talk/charliesykes/index.asp?
John Kraus, Democratic consultant
Brian Fraley, Republican consultant, http://www.dailytakes.com/

IV. What is blogging doing to journalism?
Jessica McBride http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/talk/jessicamcbride/index.asp
Tim Cuprisin, media columnist, www.jsonline.com
Steve Jagler, executive editor, Small Business Times, www.biztimes.com
Andy Tarnoff, publisher, OnMilwaukee.com


V: Legalities of Blogging.
Jennifer L. Peterson
http://www.gklaw.com/attorney.cfm?attorney_id=359
A Godfrey & Kahn attorney in Madison, Peterson is the author of these articles on blogging:
U.S. Circuit Court Reaffirms Blog/Host Protections Under Federal Law,'' "The Shifting Legal Landscape of Blogging,'' and
"Blogs Raise Thorny Legal Issues."

VI: Are all voices being heard in the blogosphere?
Eugene Kane, columnist, www.jsonline.com
Jennifer Morales, Milwaukee school board member, blogger for OnMilwaukee.com
Dasha Kelly, magazine writer, author and poet, blogger for OnMilwaukee.com


VII: Future of blogging in Wis.
Boots and Sabers (Owen Robinson www.bootsandsabers.com) and Folkbum (Jay Bullock http://folkbum.blogspot.com/) hosts mix it up with bloggers in audience.

 


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