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    28 Mar 2009

    WAM! 2009: Workshop & Breakout Session Recaps

    Couldn’t make it to Cambridge? Experience the conference through the bloggers who attended. You can check out other transcripts and summaries of WAM! workshops, keynotes, and breakout sessions on these websites:

    • Pre-Conference Workshop: PR: Getting Your Work Out There [WIMN’s Voices]
    • Pre-Conference Workshop: Women & the Dynamics of Digital Social Capital: Making the Tools Work for You [Susan Mernit]
    • Keynote Speech: Cynthia Lopez, Vice President of P.O.V. [Kerri Kanelos & WIMN’s Voices]
    • Making Girl Media Makers: The Whys and Hows of Youth Media [New America Media]
    • Women’s Voices & New Media Policy [New America Media]
    • In/Out Of Focus, Broadcasting A Feminist Lens: Gender, Non-Conformity and the Media [Susan Mernit & Feministe]
    • Feminist Blogging: From Journalism to Activism in Election Years and Beyond [The Lady Finger]
    • Catalyzing Cultural Change with Social Media: Fad or Feminist-Fix? [WILPF & The Word Warrior]
    • Queer Teen Filmmakers: Eradicating Homophobia Across The U.S. Reel by Real [Kerri Kanelos]
    • Lessons from the Ethnic and Community Media: Identification, Representation, and Dealing with “Difference” [Hyphen]
    • The Other Glass Ceiling: We had a woman candidate, but where are the women in the political media? [Feministe]
    • Women & the Economic Crisis: Getting Beyond the Corporate Media Narrative [WIMN’s Voices]
    • Pulling the Plug on Rape Culture One WorTumblrd at a Time: Using Accuracy to Undermine Dangerous Attitudes and Injustice [Feministe]
    • Get Opinionated: Write and Publish Persuasive Op-Eds for a National Audience [The Lady Finger]
    • Rapid Response Journalism: How Social Media Tools Can Enhance Your Work [Susan Mernit & Deanna Zandt]

    The full list of attendees who are live-blogging WAM! 2009:

    Let me know if I’ve missed your recap on my list!

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