San Francisco Salon

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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.

Presenters

  • DJ qubitsu will provide music for the evening

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.

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