On Katie Couric's "Seven Most Powerful People in Media" for Forbes.com, BlogHer is #4

Way to go - glad someone finally got it right!

And thank you. :)

Jill Writes Like She Talks ( http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com )

You may appreciate this article then

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/women-bloggers-blos...

Cheers  Vita

'I am BlogHer, hear me roar" I wrote this for old media in 07

The use of blogs and online forums to build a political voice for women will be discussed at this month's third annual BlogHer conference in Chicago, US, titled "A World of Difference".

The three-day conference is expected to host 1000 women.

Liza Sabater, a political panel member at BlogHer and a participant in the conference, believes blogging has improved women's lot in life.

"Some of my readers are mothers I meet at soccer or at gym events involving my children," says Ms Sabater, who is also the creator and lead writer of Culture Kitchen, ranked by ndnpac.org as one of the top 100 progressive blogs in the US.

"I have had friends who have thanked me for the site because 'you help me make sense of all information that's bombarded to me from TV and newspapers'.

"I am not just a blogger or online pundit. I am a real person and a real mum who helps people understanding politics by evaluating the spin from the facts."

Another of the speakers at the conference will be Kim Gandy, president of the US-based National Organisation for Women (NOW), the largest organisation of feminist activists in the US with 500,000 members.

Ms Gandy says the internet is invaluable in empowering women. She says the NOW site "has definitely exposed more women to the organisation".

"Women who don't have time to attend meetings or events are able nonetheless to participate in effective activism."

But how relevant is blogging for politics? According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, twice as many Americans used the internet as a key source for information about the 2006 presidential campaign as for the previous one.

While Australia has been slower to catch up, some sites are growing in influence.

EMILY's List, the national organisation aimed at getting more progressive Labor women elected to parliament, uses its website to foster interaction among members.

EMILY's List convener Hutch Hussein says: "It definitely gives us wider reach and allows our 'expat' members to stay in touch and the opportunity to shape the society of their home country."

The BlogHer site burst into the blogsphere nearly two years ago. It is a community website in which more than 9000 women have registered their blogs, posted their views and shared experiences. The site was created by Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone in an effort to answer the question, "Where are the women bloggers?".
 Vita is an Australian blogger who will attend and speak at the BlogHer conference.

LINKS

- now.org

- culturekitchen.com

- http://www.emilyslist.org.au

- blogher.org

The landscape is changing, and you are changing it. The community is behind you, but your vision was bleeding edge. Congratulations, Lisa, Elisa and Jory!

Rita Arens writes at Surrender Dorothy ( http://surrenderdorothy.typepad.com ) and BlogHer and is the editor of Sleep is for the Weak ( http://tinyurl.com/9pg62e ).

Congratulations Elisa, Lisa and Jory! This is such an affirmation of the incredible community you've created on here and the opportunities you've provided for women. Never underestimate the power of a woman, much less three!

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Congratulations Ladies! You are standing with the heavy hitters of the valley.

That is INCREDIBLE!!!  It's so comforting to know that when we combine  integrity, honesty and diversity - all our voices can be heard.    BlogHer is an amazing community.  I am proud to be a small part of it. 

Yes  she is correct..... However WE  now have  the genune and more strategic opportunity to frame what Blogher can be....  Particularly  all those that are on this journey and continue  to create this social netwworking community... More importantly we can actually influence the future  as I said in 07... This bodes well for August 2010 .....

It pays to be at the frontier indeed  with Alot of courage and tenacity Mmmm..... As I said when you I met you Lisa it takes a visionary to step up and create the future ,,,,,Then what one see's in the other is what one has within oneself ... Also as you know  I followed you and several other early adopters of this medium long before you made the call "where are the women bloggers"

We have become the future and the walk on the mountain was worth the trek!!

You gals are the tops, you're the tower of Pisa, you're the smile on the Mona Lisa!

Just like you, too, Lisa, to frame this as a nod to the whole larger community. But without you three visionary conveners, we'd be all a-scattered hither and yon, doing amazing things but way, way, WAY more ignorant of one another, and certainly not the force we can be in this network.

Aggregating women online like this -- and in such a steadfastly community-driven, research-backed way -- has been a tremendous contribution, both to us and to the web at large. Totally worthy of Katie Couric's attention and praise.

Mazel tov!

That's fantastic.  And so well deserved too.  Hugs and kisses to you all!

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That being fabulous and successful at the same time is entirely possible.

Congrats, pats on the back, well done, yay for you, for us!

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While it's exciting see two women owned businesses in the top seven on this list, we need to remember that women still only make .78 for every 1.00 men make and continue to support each other in our efforts for parity. 

Congratulations, BlogHer.

Xo Roz

Such a well-deserved honor.

Congrats to all!

That is great! Congrats!!! I hope you did a little "happy dance" around the office! I would have!!!

Lisa, Elisa, Jory, and the entire BlogHer community are proof that women do have power! What an amazing ride. It's a privilege to have been touched by it.

I've been in Houston at the Texas Women's Conference, so I'm missing being in the office with the Team today. Reading all of your comments makes up for it, though.

Elisa Camahort Page BlogHer elisa@blogher.com My BlogHer profile ( http://www.blogher.com/haystackprofile/viewprofile... ) truly shows you everything I do online...Check it out!!

Wow, I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing. This list is composed of incrediblyy innovative people who are clearly "outside the box" thinkers. Kudos to them!

Erica Diamond

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Congratulations! I am thrilled to be even remotely associated with this glorious bunch. Major confetti and balloons for Lisa, Jory and Elisa!

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs right along at Time's Fool ( http://timesfool.blogspot.com )

What a wonderful honor! And so well deserved. Whooohooo to Lisa, Elisa & Jory, and all of the amazing women at BlogHer who make it so special for all of us as a community of women. I feel proud to be a member of BlogHer!

I've got that Mary Tyler Moore song going in my head now, too!

JCK of Motherscribe

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Wow, congratulations Lisa, Elisa, and Jory!  Well deserved indeed. :-)

Elise Bauer Simply Recipes ( http://www.elise.com/recipes ) 

...and you beat Twitter :)

~Susan

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O wow! Of course we all knew it but wow. Our visionary founders take a bow please! Cynthia Samuels, Partner Cobblestone Associates, LLP Blog and Media Strategies and Content Development Online and on Television   
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I'm so grateful for the opportunites that BlogHer has given to me. I love my job-- without it, I don't know that we'd be surviving this recession.

I'm so very proud of you all! 

this community has been so supportive and encouraging.

It has been challenging and fulfilling.

I can't thank Blogher { Jory, Elisa & Lisa }  enough - you ladies are so inspirational. I feel so honored to be a part...WoooHOooo!

Ladies lets keep the momentum moving up and on!

Houseonahillorg

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I'm honored to be in this incredible, supportive, empowering community of women!

Congrats guys!

Carrie @ ( http://twitter.com/ ) Stop Screaming I'm Driving! ( http://stopscreamingimdriving.com )

You three are amazing. I am honored to be a part of such an amazing group of women.

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Sports and Fitness ( http://blogher.org/topic/sports-fitness ) Sarah and the Goon Squad ( http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/ ) Draft Day Suit ( http://draftdaysuit.com/ )

What a beaUtiful thing!

Congratulations to the entire BlogHer community, but especially our fearless--and I do mean fearless--trio of leaders.

Katie's not only smart, she's got excellent taste!

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video ( http://www.blogher.com/blog/megan-smith )

My Personal Entertainment Blog: Megan's Minute ( http://www.megansminute.com/ )

My Review Blog:  Meg's Rad Reviews ( http://www.megsradreviews.com/ )

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Of course I'd put you as #1 but yeah...I guess we can give Google a pass. This time.

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Politics & News Contributing Editor Erin Kotecki Vest 

I love that theme song Lara -- I'm tempted to add two lines (and only two) from the Peggy Lee classic (popularized later by Enjoli perfume) of the same era:

[You] can bring home the bacon

Fry it up in a pan...

Influence = bacon! Okay, actually, no, my dear friend and vegan Elisa is going to kill me...

Lisa Stone BlogHer Co-founder ( http://www.blogher.com/member/lisa-stone ) Surfette ( http://surfette.typepad.com ) BlogHer is non-partisan but our bloggers aren't! Follow our coverage of Politics & News ( http://www.blogher.com/topic/politics-news ).

This is awesome and well-deserved; congrats to the three of you! For some reason, the theme song from the Mary Tyler Moore show began playing in my head when I read this news.

You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

:)

Lara

Notions of Identity ( http://www.notionsofidentity.com )

to Lisa, Elisa and Jory for having the vision and the smarts to make BlogHer what it is. You three are my heroes.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE ( http://www.blogher.com/blog/virginia-debolt ) | Web Teacher ( http://www.webteacher.ws/ ) | First 50 Words ( http://first50.wordpress.com )

That's FANTASTIC!

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