City Club Missoula, "The Internet And The Missoula Economy", 11/18, Missoula

2005-11-18 11:30:00

(Please note different venue) Russell/Lewis Room, Doubletree Inn, 100 Madison

Contact: RSVP by Monday, Nov. 14, to [email protected], 721-9620

The Internet and the Missoula Economy

Join City Club Missoula http://www.cityclubmissoula.org for a lively and informative discussion on The
Impact of the Internet and Technology on Jobs in the Missoula Economy and
Beyond with Jonathan Weber, veteran journalist, media leader and founder of New West Network http://www.newwest.net/ recent winner of two prestigious national online journalism awards http://www.matr.net/article-16732.html .

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Friday, Nov. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Russell/Lewis Room, Doubletree Inn, 100 Madison

RSVP by Monday, Nov. 14, to [email protected]
or 721-9620

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Weber will
share his insight on the Internet economy, which has given rise to a new
class of workers in Missoula and the surrounding region: people who live
here but work for companies that are located elsewhere. These workers are
engaged in a wide range of professions, from finance to technology to
customer service to creative occupations such as writing and filmmaking.
This trend will become more pronounced in the years to come, Weber says, and
will be one of the great growth drivers in Missoula.

Weber moved to Missoula in early 2002 to serve as a visiting professor at
the University of Montana Journalism School. He quickly became fascinated by
the myriad issues associated with growth and change in the region, but was
also frustrated by the lack of quality media devoted to those issues. In
2004 he began to think about how the dramatic changes underway in the media
world might create an opportunity for a new kind of publication about the
Rocky Mountain region, and the result was New West.

Weber was co-founder and editor in chief of The Industry Standard, a weekly
business news magazine and online service that rocketed to prominence in the
late 1990s only to crash and burn along with the rest of the dot-com economy
in 2001. Weber has also served eight years as a writer and editor at the Los
Angeles Times, and was a co-founder of the Geneva-based international
affairs publication World Link.

Don’t miss this opportunity to examine, along with Jonathan Weber, what the
Internet economy means for the fabric of our community.

This City Club Missoula Forum will be held in the Russell/Lewis Room of the
Doubletree Inn, 100 Madison, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on
Friday, November 18th. The cost is $13.00 for lunch or $5.00 for coffee, tea
and dessert.

To attend the Forum, please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 14, to
[email protected] or call
721-9620. Please indicate if you will, or will not, be having lunch.
Payment (check or cash) will be received at the door on Friday, November
18th. We appreciate your having your check made out to City Club Missoula in
advance.

City Club Missoula, a nonprofit organization, brings people together to
inform and inspire them on vital issues. We welcome everyone who cares about
the greater Missoula area. Our public forums encourage the discussion of new
ideas and the free exchange of thought. For further information or to get on
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