Politics in the Pub – Going Viral – 27 September

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Is social media a nasty infection or a shot in the arm for journalism?

Speakers at Politics in the Pub – Going Viral, a free event hosted by the Blue Mountains Unions Council, are well qualified to explore the relationship between social media and journalism and discuss it with audience members in a Q&A session.

Family Hotel, 

15 Parke St, Katoomba 

2.30pm to 4.30pm 

Saturday 27th September, 2014

Jenna Price is one of the co-founders and El Gibbs is a former administrator of the social media feminist action group, Destroy the Joint which held Alan Jones and 2GB accountable for on air sexism, costing them over $1 million in lost advertising revenue. Warren Ross uses the website Katoomba Waltz to share our local history, events and issues of concern to Blue Mountains locals. El Gibbs is an administrator of the Facebook group Blue Mountains Firewatch, a valuable source of information relevant to the Blue Mountains community during and since the October 2013 fires.

Jenna Price is a UTS academic, columnist for the Canberra Times and one of the co-creators of feminist action group Destroy the Joint.
http://destroythejoint.org/
@jointdestroyer
https://www.facebook.com/DestroyTheJoint


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El Gibbs is a freelance writer and blogger, with a focus on social issues including disability. She’s an Administrator for the Blue Mountains Firewatch Facebook Group. El's work has been published in the Guardian, Crikey, The King's Tribune, New Matilda and ABC RampUp.
http://bluntshovels.wordpress.com/
@bluntshovels
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlueMountainsFirewatch/

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Warren Ross is an active user of social media. He’s been involved in the Winter Magic Festival, Blue Mountains Community Gardens, Local Exchange Trading System, Katoomba Planning Charrette and the local "Your Rights at Work” campaign. More recently he’s been Tournament organiser of Midnight Basketball and designer and builder of the Katoomba Waltz community website. Has Warren ever metadata he didn’t like?
http://katoombawaltz.com.au/
@katoombawaltz
http://www.facebook.com/Katoomba-Waltz

Politics in the Pub -“Going Viral – Social Media and Journalism” Admission is free. 

Authorised by K Cooke, President, Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc
Further information • (02) 4787 1401 • bmuc@gmail.com
(Presented under the auspices of Mountains Community Resource Network)