"Funny you should mention. Last week I was thinking if only we could bring bloggers to New Orleans to see it for themselves and a conference on what is happening. I think we'd see more posts on the Crescent City."- Scout Prime
After the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, friends of the city and of the Gulf Coast region. A surge of new blogs erupted and, combined with those that were already online, a community of bloggers with a shared interest in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, after the success of the first Geek Dinner, and to mark the anniversary of the flood, the newly formed NOLA Bloggers organized the first Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the internet and social media and turning advocacy for the city into action.
The idea for the conference originated with Scout Prime, then a blogger for First Draft, and a tireless advocate for New Orleans. Her idea resonated with New Orleanian Mark Moseley, "Oyster" of Your Right Hand Thief. It culminated in this post, which brought together the group of New Orleans bloggers who put on the first Rising Tide in August, 2006.
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"Crude Awakening"
Friday Night Party: Howlin Wolf Den
Conference Venue: Howlin Wolf
Lunch: Howlin Wolf Den
Ashley Award: Clifton Harris - Cliff's Crib
Keynote: Mac McClelland, Mother Jones' human rights reporter, writer of The Rights Stuff, and the author of For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story From Burma's Never-Ending War. She was "on the Gulf Coast since the early days of the Gulf oil disaster, and... documented every last drop of it."
Panel Discussion: Public Safety
Moderator: Peter Scharf - Criminologist, Tulane University
- Ronal Serpas - New Orleans' Chief of Police
- Jon Wool - directs the Vera Institute of Justice’s New Orleans office,
- Allen James - executive director of Safe Streets.
- Susan Hutson - Independent Police Monitor, City Of NOLA
Panel Discussion: 'Paradise Lost' Evironmental panel
Moderator: Steve Picou - Environmental blogger at nolamotion.com and dyingoaks.posterous.com.
- Robert Verchick - Author, "Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World"
- Len Bahr - Founding editor, frequent writer for LACoastPost
Panel Discussion: Politics
Moderator: Peter Athas, Blogger at First Draft
Presentation: 'Why Can’t We Get Some Dam Safety in New Orleans?' by Tim Ruppert blogger at Tim's Nameless Blog
Panel Discussion: 'Down in the Treme' Treme Panel
Moderater by Maitri Erwin, Blogger at Back of Town and Maitri's Vatul Blog
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Nov. 12, 2009
Presented by Rising Tide
"An Introduction to Blogging for the Utter Novice"
Workshop: Blogging 101
Everybody's talking about blogging, but nobody ever does anything about it. Until now. NOLA Bloggers will instruct on all the basics, including an overview of the available free blogging services, a lesson on how to set up your own blog and some tips on getting your blog noticed. Whether you know a little or a lot, instructors will be on hand to help you get the most of your blogging experience.
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"Sinking to New Heights"
Friday Night Party: Avenue Pub
Conference Venue: Zeitgeist Multi- Disciplinary Arts Center
Lunch:Cafe Reconcile
Ashley Award: Jason Barry, blogger at American Zombie
Keynote: Blogger, actor, comedian and New Orleans activist Harry Shearer
Panel Discussion: Culture
Moderater: Mark Folse, blogger at Toulouse Street
Presentation: Net2NO
Panel Discussion: Politics panel
Moderater: Peter Athas - Blogger, First Draft
Presentation: NO Institute
Panel Discussion: Health Care
Moderater: Holy Scheib
- Cecile Tebo - crisis unit coordinator for the NOPD
- Dr. Elmore - Rigamer of Catholic Charities.
Panel Discussion: Sports
Moderater: Jeffrey Bostick, blogger at Library Chronicles
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Jan. 31, 2009
Sponsored by Rising Tide
Conference Venue: Xavier University
Coordinated by Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler - Communications Department and Bart Everson - Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Panel Discussion: The Rise of Blogging and Grassroots Media as Tools for Social Justice in New Orleans and Beyond
- Clifton Harris - Blogger and Homeless Management Information Systems Coordinator for ViaLink in collaboration with UNITY.
- Dr. Eban Walters - Blogger/Child Clinical Psychologist
- Dedra Johnson - Blogger/Author, Asst. Professor of English and Creative Writing and Asst. Dean of Humanities, Dillard University.
- Paul Beaulieu - Media professional, radio host of "Showtime in the Afternoon" at WBOK, 1230 AM.
Panel Discussion: Using Blogging and Grassroots Media as an Educational Tool to Realize the Xavier Mission - A Discussion of Best Practices and Student Reflections
- Dr. Marion Carroll - Asst. Professor, Xavier Chemistry Department; Blogger and Grassroots Media Advocate
- Dr. Michael Homan - Assoc. Professor - Xavier Theology Department; Blogger and Community Outreach Advocate
- Dr. Ross Louis - Asst. Professor - Xavier Communications Department; editor, XULAneXUS, Assoc. Dir., Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) and Faculty In Residence, Center for Student Leadership & Service/Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT).
Panel Discussion: Xavier University student bloggers
- Bart Everson's Flickr photos for Beyond Jena
- Complete audio from the Beyond Jena Conference
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| "Unfatigued"
Keynote: Chris Cooper and Robert Block, Wall Street Journal correspondents and authors of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security.
Friday Night Party: New Orleans Yacht Club
Conference Venue: New Orleans Yacht Club
Lunch: Dunbar's
Ashley Award: Ashley Morris - Ashley Morris: The Blog
Service: House Gutting with the Arabi Wrecking Krewe, coordinated by Ray Shea.
Panel Discussion: Personal Viewpoints
Moderater: Mark Moseley, Blogger at Your Right Hand Thief
Presentation: Think New Orleans by Alan Gutierrez
Panel Discussion: Politics
Moderater: Peter Athas - Blogger First Draft
- Michael Duplantier
- Shane Landry
- Peggy Wilson - former New Orleans City Councilwoman
- David Jaynes - New Orleans Blogger
Panel Discussion: Influence of Journalists and Bloggers
Moderaters: Maitri Venkat-Ramani, blogger at Maitri's Vatul Blog and Mark Folse, blogger at Toulouse Street
- Troy Gilbert - Author of New Orleans Kitchens, the Café Degas Cookbook and Dinner with Tennessee Williams.
- Daisy Pignetti - Blogger, daisypignetti.com
- Jon Donley - Editor, Nola.com
- Chris Roberts
Panel Discussion: Bloggers & Neighborhood Associations
Moderators: Morwen Madrigal, Blogger at Gentilly Girl and Peter Athas, Blogger at First Draft
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