rising tide conference

My Favorite Rising Tide 6 Photo

August 28, 2011

Three of the six winners of the Ashley Morris award for excellence in New Orleans blogging to date. These are phenomenal people. Ashley winners from left to right: Cliff Harris (2010), Dedra Johson (2011) and The Zombie (2009). Photo by Derek Bridges.   Tweet

1 comment Read the full article →

Narratives a.k.a. Of Happy Hive Minds And Prevailing Versions Of History

September 3, 2010

It appears America up and exploded in these past few weeks. Specifically in the last few days. But It’s All Under Control. As you were. On August 22nd, a 400-person riot broke out in the peaceful, hippie-beatnik town of Ft. Collins, Colorado. Irony: It happened right after Earth, Wind & Fire performed at something called [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Checking In

September 1, 2010

This blog post from the second segment of my two-week, four-city tour. New Orleans – Colorado – Columbus – Akron – home. America, f*** yeah! The fifth annual Rising Tide conference was a great success as was the A Howling In The Wires book launch. There are posts coming on the experiences of moderating the [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Rising Tide 5 Has Hit The Road

August 28, 2010

We’re all here after last night’s pre-party. Hurdle #1 overcome. Kim, Alli and Loki are in fine form. After intros, acknowledgments and ground rules, we are off with the criminal justice panel. Twitter – The Rising Tide twitter account is @risingtide with tweets from our attendees using the hashtag #rt5. Most of my liveblogging will [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Five Years

August 23, 2010

Last night, D and I watched CNN’s New Orleans Rising special on rebuilding in the historically-black Pontchartrain Park neighborhood of New Orleans. So many stories. So many lives. Back in the 1950s and 60s, these black families built their lives and educated their children in the shadow of overt segregation. Cut to the 2000s – [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Rising Tide Conference 5

August 5, 2010

It has indeed been almost five years since The Storm. The fifth annual Rising Tide conference on the recovery and future of New Orleans will take place on Saturday, August 28th at the Howlin Wolf in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones and bad smartass or is it smart badass, [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Day 88

July 16, 2010

Hard-hitting journalism: “Did you feel the earthquake, Mr. President?” I am not for Geology PR at all costs, even if deep fault reactivation on the eastern continental margin is hella cool. BP halts Gulf oil flow for first time since April. Now waiting on test and seal of the dud well and the relief well [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Liveblogging From RT4: Sports Panel

August 22, 2009

Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. Wanna know how I feel about sports this week?  Yeah. Sports panel, hosted by Jeffrey Pants: Alejandro de los Rios, reporter/blogger for the Gambit, Patrick Armstrong of Hurricane Radio, Leo McGovern, editor/publisher of ANTIGRAVITY Magazine, Chris [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Liveblogging From RT4: The Ashleys!

August 22, 2009

Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. The fourth annual Ashley Morris Award For Excellence In Blogging goes to … American Zombie!  Jacques Morial accepting on behalf of Dambala. Sinn Fein and Ashe. FYYFF! Update: Video of Oyster’s introduction and Jacques’s acceptance speech [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Liveblogging From RT4: New Orleans Institute Presentation

August 22, 2009

Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. You want a citizen journal, you’ve got a citizen journal: Ariella Cohen talks to us about the New Orleans Institute and announces the upcoming Orleans’s own investigative news site: New Orleans Public Record. Based on The [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries