Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Tide is nigh
Posted by Kevin Allman @NOLAKevin on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:08 PM
This Saturday, Aug. 28 brings the 5th annual Rising Tide, the lively day-long discussion put together after the storm by New Orleans bloggers at home and away ...
After the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, friends of the city and of the Gulf Coast region. A surge of new blogs erupted and, combined with those that were already online, a community of bloggers with a shared interest in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, after the success of the first Geek Dinner, and to mark the anniversary of the flood, the newly formed NOLA Bloggers organized the first Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the internet and social media and turning advocacy for the city into action.
This year's event (held at the Howlin' Wolf) has a great lineup of speakers, starting with the keynoter: Mac McClelland of Mother Jones, who has been doing a spectacular, skeptical kickass job reporting on the oil disaster. Other panelists include NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas; Gambit's Clancy DuBos (if you want your chance to hear Clancy use his full vocabulary, this is it); The Times-Picayune's excellent columnist Stephanie Grace and equally excellent TV Ranger Dave Walker; Tulane criminologist Peter Scharf; and many more. Topics include public safety, politics, the environment, HBO's Treme and "Why Can't We Get Some Dam Safety in New Orleans?".
Gambit is pleased to sponsor the event. Tickets are only $25 and can be purchased in advance here.
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