Internet – Dan Gillmor in Shanghai?


Famous US blogger and journalist Dan Gillmor, author of the book ‘We – the media. Grassroot journalism by the people, for the people’ is likely to visit Shanghai in November this year. Dan will be teaching at the Hong Kong University and wants to take the opportunity to see this important part of China too.
Dan has been one of the earliest webloggers, operating from Silicon Valley as a journalist for the and is on of the key people defining the relationship between the internet and traditional media in the United States. Not only is he speaking at almost every conference on the new media that matters, he recently also publish a book depicting the paradigm changes taking place in the media.
In China his book is expected to be translated into Chinese in a collaborative wiki-project.We are in the early phase of getting a small program together and think this is a good chance for the Chinese blogging and journo communities to get some stimulating input. Please do not hesitate to join in here with any ideas.