Pesco on Silicon Valley Commonwealth Club panel April 19

I'm honored to have been invited to participate in a panel organized by the Silicon Valley Commonwealth Club called "Joining the Blogosphere" next Tuesday, April 19. The other panelists include Dan Gillmor and Jude Barry. David Satterfield, managing editor of the San Jose Mercury News, will moderate, and Chuck Olsen, producer of the film Blogumentary, is the special guest. The free program begins at 7pm. If you're in San Jose, please stop by and say hello! From the flyer:

The current question in the Blogosphere is whether or not bloggers are journalists and if so, do they deserve the same rights as professional journalists? The civil rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation feels that being able to ensure sources’ confidentiality is critical to any journalist’s ability to acquire information and that includes bloggers. Are blogs a valid grassroots form of journalism? Or is there too much chance for inaccuracy and not enough fact-checking. Join us as we venture into this new land. At the start of our program we will view excerpts from recently released films – including Blogumentary and television programs related to how we get our news.

Link (Thanks, Tiff!)