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July 29 health blogisphere event
July 29 health blogisphere event

The Health Blogosphere: What It Means for Policy Debates and Journalism
On Tuesday, July 29, the Kaiser Family Foundation is sponsoring a discussion
about the growing influence of blogs on health news and policy debates. Only
in the past few years has the blogosphere become mainstream. In the health
policy arena, we now see policymakers, journalists, researchers and interest
groups utilizing this new media tool to deliver information to their
audiences.

The briefing will highlight how the traditional health policy world has
embraced blogging and will feature a keynote address by U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, the first cabinet
officer to author an official blog, followed by a moderated discussion with
a variety of health policy bloggers and a media analyst. Questions to be
explored with the panelists include: Why do individuals and organizations
blog? How does blogging impact the broader work of an organization? Are
there different standards used when blogging versus other writing? Have
blogs impacted the news business significantly? What kind of influence are
blogs having on political and policy debates?

Welcome and Introduction
Drew Altman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Kaiser Family Foundation

Keynote Address
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel Discussion
Vicky Rideout (moderator)
Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation and
Director, Program for the Study of Media and Health

Jacob Goldstein, Wall Street Journal

Michael Cannon, Cato Institute

Ezra Klein, American Prospect Magazine

John McDonough, U.S. Senate Committee on HELP and formerly of Health Care
for All in Massachusetts

Tom Rosenstiel, Project for Excellence in Jounalism


WHEN: Tuesday, July 29, lunch served at 12:30 p.m. and program begins at 1:00 p.m.
Add this event to your Outlook Calendar (Please note that all times are ET).

WHERE: Barabara Jordan Conference Center, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC.
For those who cannot attend, the event will be webcast live at
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2847.

RSVP: If you plan to attend the event, please send your name and affiliation
to rsvp@kff.org

Panelists will also take questions from the online audience. To submit a
question for the panel, email ask@kaisernetwork.org before the live webcast.

If you have any additional questions, please contact:
Rakesh Singh at (202) 654-1313 or rsingh@kff.org Tiffany Ford at (202)
347-5270 or tford@kff.org

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