Scenes from Day One @ PodCamp Pittsburgh 5

PodCamp 5 continues today (schedule here -- live streaming at that link). Unfortunately prior commitments will prevent me from attending today's sessions, but here's some photos from yesterday.

The Keynote Address:

PodCamp Pittsburgh Co-organizer Norman Huelsman.


Pittsburgh City Councilor Bill Peduto.
(Links from his opening session here)

Other Sessions:

PodCamp Pittsburgh co-founder Justin Kownacki(Something to be Desired) had one of the most wellattended sessions. This is from the overflow room.


Tim Lessick of Pittsburgh Human Rights Network fromthe Echoing Activism Through Social Media session.


Brian Honigman of Sampsonia Way Magazinealso from the Echoing Activism session.

Political Blogging: A Panel Discussion:
This was the session moderated by 2 Political Junkies' very own David DeAngelo. Other panelists included: me (Maria Lupinacci); Bram Reichbaum, The Pittsburgh Comet; Sue Kerr, Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents; and Frances Monahan, Ms. Mon's Salon.

Thanks to all those who attended our presentation!

Here are some photos of our audience. Can you spot the local MSM?


KDKA's Traffic and Transportation Reporter Jim Lokayand Newsradio 1020 KDKA Anchor/Reporter Matt DelSignore.


KDKA Money & Politics Editor, KDKA Sunday BusinessPage host and prolific tweeter Jon Delano.


WTAE's Bob Mayo (live spot news, governmentcoverage and political reporting) and blogger@ The Busman's Holiday.


Ultimate "liberal's" gift basket which we awarded ina random drawing to an audience member. The MaoTse-tung statue came from the desk of PittsburghCity Paper Editor Chris Potter (complete with aletter of authenticity). It also appeared on a CityPaper cover for their War of Words story:


We'll put up a link to the podcast of our session once it's been posted.

Finally, some shout-outs:

Nice to meet you, Jason! Thanks for reading us. :-)

Here's a link to part three of Rich Lord's "Network" investigation for Carolyn.

Thanks to Ginny for her shout-out to 2pj (good to finally meet you).