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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Blogging at the polls

Posted By on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 at 10:03 AM

This is from the latest CCTV newsletter:

Blogging at the Polls

If you watch Network TV you know theelection is coming up soon. We figure you have more opinions than can fit on aballot card and we want you to be able to let us and everyone else know whatthey are! To this end Channel 17, VCAM and other area access stations andcommunity "bloggers" will be setting up blog stations at selectpolling locations around the city. You can sit down and type it out there or gohome and spout off in front of your own screen. Comments from these blogs willbe available on view for your neighbors to read and selections will be readduring Channel 17's election night coverage. If filling in a box isn't enoughfor you, join the pudits and tell us what you think. Info: [email protected]

I think they're actually still looking for people to help organize this. Let 'em know if you're interested.

And they're also involved with the ACME Media Reform Conference happening in Burlington this weekend. Lots of workshops, lots of speakers coming. And hey, it costs lots of money. Looks like fun, if you can afford it.

Cathy Resmer

Seven Days’ deputy publisher and co-owner Cathy Resmer is a writer, editor and advocate for local journalism. She works in the paper’s Burlington office and lives vicariously through the reporters while raising money to pay them. Cathy started at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001 and still has the Rolodex...