San Francisco Salon
Contents
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Theme
- CC and Citizen Media: Our presenters this month will showcase their innovative projects in citizen journalism and explore how CC helps to facilitate the sharing of information in a journalistic realm.
Presenters
- David Cohn, veteran citizen journalist and founder of Spot.us, a Bay Area community-funded journalism start-up, a project of the Center for Media Change and funded by the Knight Foundation.
- Cary Bass, Volunteer Coordinator for Wikinews, and Jon Davis, a "Wikinewsie" volunteer. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Location
Shine
1337 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
Google Map/Directions
http://www.shinesf.com/ (21+)
Format
- 7:00-9:00 PM
- Mingling and merriment for the first 1/2 hour or so, followed by presentations and Q&A.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Presenters
- Jolene Pinder, an Associate Producer at Arts Engine, Inc. in NYC. Jolene will be screening a short CC-licensed film and talking about the various ways in which Arts Engine uses CC licenses.
- Eric Steuer, CC's Creative Director, will be talking about the soon to be launched film maker's toolkit.
- Robin Sloan, Product Strategist from Current TV will wrap up the evening.
Music
- TBD
Location
Shine
1337 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
Google Map/Directions
http://www.shinesf.com/ (21+)
Format
- 7:00-9:00 PM
- Presentations and Q&A.
