Buffalo Spree Publishing, Inc. presents a special panel discussion
“Journalism on the brink: When the daily paper becomes the daily blog,
who wins and who loses?” at 7 p.m. in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower
Auditorium at the Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Avenue) on
November 5. The event is free and open to the public.



The evening will feature a rousing dialogue between some of Western New York’s most notable and important online news figures.



Confirmed panelists include:

• Brian Connolly, web editor for the Buffalo News

• Jim Heaney, blogger and columnist for the Buffalo News

• Geoff Kelly, editor and blogger for Artvoice

• Newell Nussbaumer, co-founder of Buffalo Rising Online and a blog veteran

• Ben Siegel, editor for Block Club

• Marc Odien and Chris Smith, co-founders of WNYMedia.net

• Alan Bedenko, a veteran blogger (Buffalo Pundit)



The discussion ties in with an article in Buffalo Spree’s November 2009
issue titled “WNY’s churning urn of online news and comment: good, bad,
or just confusing?” by Spree associate editor Christopher Schobert.



The issues presented in the article and the panel reach far beyond
Western New York. Should online content be free? Are news blogs “fair
and balanced,” and is that even desirable? What do blogs and online
news sites mean for both the reader, and the writer? Can local news
sites complement each other, or are they invariably opposed?



The article is also available online at www.buffalospree.com; the site
also features extended interviews. For more information on the
discussion, call 783-9119, extension 2238, or e-mail
rlenhard@buffalospree.com.

This event is in cooperation with the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College and Buffalo Spree Publishing.