[Scpg] [hd-films-sb] Future of Journalism: Keeping the Watchdog Alive in Santa Barbara and the Nation

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> From: Robert Bernstein <alist at swt.org>
> Date: June 16, 2009 10:45:06 PM PDT
> To: Mailing Santa Barbara Action List <sb-action at hopedance.net>,  
> Mailing Santa Barbara Social Justice Post <santabarbarasocialjustice at yahoogroups.com 
> >,  Progressive Coalition <sbprogcoalition at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [sb-forum] [sb-news] [sb-action] Fw: Future of Journalism
>
> Please join us at this important public forum and
> panel discussion on the survival of the news
>
> "The Future of Journalism: Keeping the Watchdog Alive
> in Santa Barbara and the Nation"
>
> WHEN: Wednesday, June 17, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
>
> WHERE: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E.  
> Anapamu St. in Santa Barbara
>
> Co-Sponsored by Santa Barbara Community Action Network (SB CAN)
> and International Brotherhood of Teamsters
>
> At a time when corporate and wealthy owners of newspapers all over  
> America are gutting their newsrooms and jettisoning content, where  
> will we get our daily in-depth news? How much longer will we hold a  
> paper in our hands? Who will do the hard work of investigative  
> reporting?
>
> On June 17 in Santa Barbara , a panel of experts tackles how to  
> strengthen the press in the Age of the Internet, here and around the  
> country.
>
> The moderator will be Craig Smith, a Santa Barbara blogger who keeps  
> a close eye on local media.  Speakers include:
>
> Susan Paterno, who directs the journalism program at Chapman  
> University in Orange , California , and successfully fought a libel  
> suit that was filed against her by the Santa Barbara News-Press;
>
> Jerry Roberts, the former News-Press Editor and Publisher, and San  
> Francisco Chronicle managing editor, now a columnist on California  
> politics for the Independent and calbuzz.com;
>
> Nick Welsh, the Independent's longtime reporter and editor and "The  
> Angry Poodle" columnist;
>
> James Rainey, the media columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a 27- 
> year veteran in the business; and
>
> Dick Flacks, a UCSB professor emeritus of sociology, a radio host  
> and a community activist who helped create the non-profit  
> organization that operates public access channels 17 and 21.
>
> If you care about democracy, bring your ideas to this important  
> discussion!
>
> It is free to the public and co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara  
> Community Action Network (SB-CAN) and International Brotherhood of  
> Teamsters.
>
> For more information, contact Melinda Burns, 560-8954.
>

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