BlogHers getting press left and right

The NY Times, Fortune Magazine, and now the L.A. Times...BlogHers are popping up all over.

Jarah Euston, one of our stalwart audio engineer volunteers during BlogHer '05, has made the front, yes that's the front, page of the L.A. Times. You see when Jarah's not figuring out how to adequately record a session when most of the talk is coming from the audience, she runs a fantastic citizen journalism site, Fresno Famous. Jarah and her work at Fresno Famous is cited as a sign of hope that Fresno can stop the "brain drain" that sends their brightest young people anywhere but there to build their careers and lives. (I'm not editorializing about Fresno here, by the way, here's a stat cited by Jarah: "Fresno has the nation's highest rate of concentrated poverty and is losing more young, single college graduates than any place other than the rust belt. ")

Jarah has turned participating in and giving back to her community into a full-time endeavor. She's just one of the many BlogHer creating alternate paths to success and satisfaction (and doing it online.)

Comments

[Jarah]

Thanks, Elisa. Fresno Famous has become a community conversation, a place where concerned residents can share news and views. It's helped more people (especially younger people) become involved in civic life. Fresno Famous focuses on issues that matter to readers, such as downtown revitalization, arts and culture, and local politics, because readers set the agenda.

I hope Fresno Famous can serve as evidence that citizen journalism is a powerful force with real impact.