Find out why Brooklyn is the Bloggiest place in the US at this year's Brooklyn's Blogfest on May 7th at 7 p.m. at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO.
ABOUT THE PANEL
The centerpiece of this year's Blogfest program will be a panel discussion titled, Why We Blog: Voices, Visions and the Realities of the Blogosphere.
Moderated by Megan Donis, a producer and reporter with BCAT, the panel
will feature five top-drawer bloggers who will talk about their reasons
for blogging; how they define success in the world of blogging; how
they balance their work and personal lives with blogging; and the
future of blogging.
.
MEET THE MODERATOR
Megan
Donis is a TV producer, reporter and editor with 10 years experience
working in documentary, news and culture programming. Megan is
currently the Senior Producer of News Programs at Brooklyn Independent
TV (www.briconline.org), an adjunct journalism professor at Long Island University and a freelance video producer and editor. Megan can be found at www.megandonis.com
MEET THE PANELISTS
Tracy Collins focuses on architecture, urban landscapes and street
photography generally, and more specifically on the Atlantic Yards
project in his neighborhood of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. For the
past 4 years Tracy has been chronicling the changes to the area within
and around the footprint of the project. His photographs can be seen at www.3c.com and his blog is www.freakinblog.com.
Anne Pope is the founder and co-director of SustainableFlatbush.org, a neighborhood-based grassroots organization that promotes environmental sustainability in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Bed-Stuy Banana has walked every street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, photographing everything from memorial murals to old signs. In her writing, she describes her struggles with gentrification, financial hardship and the joys of being both a parent and a part of her new community.
Melissa Lopata created Hip Slope Mama, a Park Slope community blog. As a former Corporate Marketing VP, who became a stay at home mom almost 2 years ago, Melissa reached out to a growing community of moms looking for advice and inspiration. Now with over 20 regular mom contributors Hip Slope Mama has taken on a life of its own.
Jake Dobkin is the co-founder and publisher of Gothamist, the network of city-specific blogs. He was born in Park Slope and lives in Brooklyn Heights. He attended PS321, JHS51, Stuyvesant, Columbia, and
NYU, where he got an MBA. He has never been away from New York City for more than ten weeks in the last thirty-two years. Surprisingly, his mortal enemy is… milk. You can learn more about Jake at
jakedobkin.com.
.