N&R Editorial 10-06-2005
'Blogsboro' convenes a cyberspace party
If you've ever posted on, responded to, or just happened upon a blog in your travels through cyberspace, this weekend's ConvergeSouth conference is your kind of party -- the next step in Greensboro's evolution to Blogsboro. read more... [pdf]

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New York Times (HTML - free reg req) July 4, 2005
Greensboro, N.C. - "Get me rewrite!" For years those words evoked the romanticism of the newspaper business, back when swashbuckling reporters landed scoops with derring-do. Today they mean something else entirely, at least here where the people at The News & Record, thelocal daily, are toiling to reinvent their newspaper... read more

YES! Weekly
Greensboro, NC -- July 5, 2005 - Web log contributors and other internet innovators in the Gate City are driving a volunteer effort to produce a two-day conference at NC A&T University in October that will explore possibilities for revolutionizing digital technology, journalism, entertainment and social networking.    Read more...

John Robinson, Editor, Greensboro News & Record
Greensboro, N.C. -- June 18, 2005 - This is a big deal and it's a growth industry for Greensboro. Which brings us to ConvergeSouth, a two-day conference in October at N.C. A&T, which staff writer Richard Barron wrote about several days ago. The conference is intended to help people explore news ways to use the Internet for expression and communication. It will join journalism, blogging and entertainment in ways that the conference organizers haven't even figured out yet. And the A&T connection is important because of our interest in bringing more diverse voices and perspectives to the blogosphere...     Read more...

Conference to Examine Possibilities of Internet
By Richard M. Barron, Staff Writer, News & Record
Greensboro, NC (June 7, 2005) - Greensboro's Internet community has become so active that The Los Angeles Times dubbed the city "Blogsboro" for the scores of people who have their own online journals, or Web logs.

Hoping to harness that energy and expand the Internet's usefulness for communities and individuals, a local group will hold a free conference on the Internet in October.     Read more...