Chef Kevin confirmed today he has make arrangements with the fine folks at the Donnelly’s Shamrock Pub for use of their back room, so Blogger Bash is officially on for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the pub located at 4908 N. Renwood Ave, near the corner Glen and War Memorial Drive. Here’s a map.
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Digital journalism guru Jeff Jarvis pronounced the death the old-fashioned news interview. You know what I mean: The reporter asks a few questions, uses what he/she wants and disregards the rest. The end result is owned by whatever mainstream media (MSM) organization employs the reporter. The Internet is changing all that, Jarvis says:
Interviews and articles [...]

The recent Reuters altered photo scandal demonstrated how blogs can fact check the mainstream media. Let’s not forget that one of the things that makes a blog a blog — and gives them their ever-increasing clout — is their interactivity with readers:
Looking closely at the photography, [Mike Thorson, a Janesville, Wisc., artist] saw an odd [...]

“Illinipundit is one hell of a blog…”
I wrote those words a little more about one year ago. I didn’t agree with many of IlliniPundit’s position, but I liked his tone and independence. He liked the quote so much, he ran it on his blog, like a movie poster might run a quote from Roger Ebert. [...]

It’s 11:43 p.m. and the only other Peoria blogger to even begin addressing the campaign finance reports was Polly Peoria, who focused on the at-large council races, because at the time of her post, neither Ardis nor Ransburg had filed. If my check of Peoria news media Websites is any education, no local media bothered [...]