Cal State Fullerton Hosts Blogging Discussion
On Saturday, October 15, Cal State Fullerton will host the following discussion, sponsored by the California First Amendment Coalition:
Blogging, a new journalistic form -- or barbarians at the gate?
This panel, which will include pioneer bloggers and today's leading practitioners of the blog, will consider blogging's considerable power to influence the mainstream political agenda, from Howard Dean's ascent to Dan Rather's decline. Panelists will debate whether blogging is the paradigm of Madison's "marketplace of ideas," or a chaotic street bazaar in which truth is drowned out by hawkers of rumor and invective. Other issues to be considered: Blogging as a "fifth estate," necessary to hold accountable mainstream media, particularly The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other institutional pillars of the Fourth Estate; Blogging's relation to the "new journalism" of an earlier era; The legal protections--or lack thereof--of blogging, with a focus on Apple Computer's suit to force bloggers in Massachusetts and California to disclose confidential sources. In addition, panelists will explore ideas for incorporating aspects of blogging into newspapers and other traditional news formats (and vice versa). Time: One hour and 15 minutes.
The preceding session is also interesting:
Protecting confidential sources: Taking a bite out of Apple.
This panel will address the various pending federal court cases that have resulted in subpoenas to reporters demanding disclosure of confidential sources: the "Plame" investigation, including the recent DC federal Court of Appeals decision affirming the power of federal judges to force reporters to name confidential sources; private law suits against the federal government that have also generated contempt judgments against reporters as witnesses; and prospects for a federal "Shield Law" in Congress. This panel will also consider such issues as whether the case for source- protection is undermined by reporters' use of "anonymous" sources; the scope of protection in state court litigation under California's shield law, the question whether a reporters' privilege should provide absolute, or only qualified, protection; and whether bloggers should receive the same protection as mainstream media. Time: One hour and 15 minutes.
This is all part of this CFAC event:
CFAC
534 Fourth Street, Suite B
San Rafael, CA 94901
Ph: (415) 460-5060 Fax: (415) 460-5155Click here to register now for
Friday October 14 and Saturday October 15
CFAC's 10th Annual Open Government Assembly
This year at the Cal State Fullerton School of Communications...
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