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Media Advisory - Is print media dying? Is traditional broadcasting mortally wounded? Or is new social media over-hyped, filled with clutter and lacking in substance?

Submitted by editor on March 10, 2010 - 22:31

/CNW/ - Bring your camera. Bring your microphone. Bring your notebook. And, of course, bring your iPhone or Blackberry.

Who: Award-winning Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente; CBC.ca
technology reporter and author Peter Nowak; pop culture critic and
author Mike Dover; and techno thinker Krista Napier of IT market
intelligence firm IDC.

What: In this era of exploding social and mobile networking, they debate
the future of traditional media at the annual GeekFest showcase.

Where: The Hot Zone room of the Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills
Road in Toronto.

When: Wednesday March 10. Doors open to GeekFest at 6 p.m. Media panel
debate begins at 8:15 p.m. sharp. Complimentary food and drink
available.

Why: The role media plays - and its future - is important to all
Canadians.

For full release about GeekFest, check out www.geekfest.t4g.com