Celebrating ten years- 1997-2007
Sponsored
by Merry Bruns, ScienceSites Communications
Content & Coffee is a networking event for online editors, writers,
and content managers.
Meet and talk with others in the field during an informal and energetic atmosphere.
Topics include current online communications, management, web writing, social media and editorial issues. "Content & Coffee" features panelists who are professionals in these areas.
...read on to find out more about C&C.
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WHAT'S CONTENT & COFFEE?
"Content & Coffee" is a Washington event
for online editors, writers, and content developers, hosted by Merry
Bruns.
Meet and talk with
others in the field in an informal and energetic atmosphere.
Topics focus on current
web communication and editorial issues, and feature panelists who are
professionals in these area.
Events are generally
held at the National Press Club, and are co-hosted on occasion by affiliate
groups at their locations.
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HOW DO I FIND OUT ABOUT CONTENT & COFFEE?
Announcements are posted on several listserv's, so if you're
on one of these, you'll hear about it. I also encourage cross-postings.
DCWW
WIW (Washington
Independent Writers)
Online-Writers
List
DCPubs
Check the Upcoming Events page on
this site as well for the latest postings.
SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THE EVENT
I started hosting "Content & Coffee," the networking
event for online editors and writers, back in
the winter of 1997, literally as a way to meet others working in the content development area of web sites.
Back in 1997-98, the term "web editor" wasn't even being
used, unless it referred to a type of HTML software. There were few "jobs"—and
folks in the content and web writing fields were very dispersed,
both ideologically and geographically.
Content-a new emerging field
By 1997, I'd begun to realize that the work I was doing with web sites
seemed much like an editor's role at a magazine, than that of regular
web producer.
So I thought getting like-minded "content" and "web writer"
folks together might be an interesting way to share info, make contacts,
and provide a good place for everyone to network. As I've always loved
bringing people together to meet and talk, I decided to create a regular
event where we could discuss common issues, and share our experiences
in this emerging field of web content development.
The first "Content & Coffee"
It was an intimate gathering of women in 1997 from the DC
Web Woman listserv at first, but quickly grew larger, as both
men and women needed a place to talk with others about the non-technical
aspects of web sites, and the challenges they were running into as
trailblazers in the field.
Eventually, we started to outgrow La Madeleine in Bethesda, Md., (a
comfortable small restaurant where we held our first meetings). I
was approached by the News Editor at Washingtonpost.com about holding
the next event at their offices in Rosslyn, Va.—it was crowded,
and focused on the craft of online journalism (you can read about
it in Sacha
Cohen's article.)
Where we are today
For the past 9 years
I've hosted Content & Coffee primarily at the National
Press Club, where I'm a member, and also at co-hosted venues throughout
Washington DC.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Merry Bruns
Copyright 1997-2008 Merry Bruns
ScienceSites Communications
Washington, DC
All Rights Reserved.
Last update: 4/8/08
