Session Highlight: Blogging Ethics

by Julie on August 11, 2012

We’re excited about the speakers and workshops we will bringing to you at the Healthy Living Summit this year. It is going to be so difficult to decide which session to go to!

We’ve asked each speaker to send us a little bio and further description of their sessions…maybe it will help make your decisions a little easier?

 The Fuzzy Grey Areas of Blogging

Rachel Wilkerson, never one to avoid touchy subjects, hosts this panel with Dori Manela and Teri Zawrotny; together, they’ll tackle questions bloggers often wonder about, but hardly ever discuss — especially not together by the hundreds. We’re talking blogging ethics – we’ll touch a bit on what the law says, then move on to all the questions left behind by what the law DOESN’T say. Topics in this grey area (we hear there are 50, to be exact) include comment policies and handling negative feedback, changing your mind about products/diet choices/workouts you’ve raved about, being honest and authentic while protecting your privacy, accepting free stuff, and so much more. Get ready to go there, friends!Rachel Wilkerson writes the blog The Life & Lessons of Rachel Wilkerson, where she covers the “getting it” moments when a light bulb goes off and suddenly everything makes sense, and recently started Elena Has It All, a blog about how women are treated by the media, women’s media, other women, etc. Her work has been featured on Shape.com and Yahoo! Shine, and she is a panelist for U by Kotex’s Real Answers. When she’s not freelancing, she is working full-time as a copywriter and social media and community manager for an online entertainment company in Houston, TX.

Dori Manela is a native New Yorker who recently moved to Jersey City, where life is better in every way except proximity to her favorite fitness class. She (mostly) maintains a rigorous once-a-week posting schedule at Dori’s Shiny Blog, where she writes about her adventures in running, exercise classes, her chronic GI illness and life’s absurdities. In real life, she’s a social media manager for a multi-brand beauty company. She manages a set of content websites including Fit-a-licious, designed to show women 30+ that health is attainable at any age.

Teri Zawrotny, a Utah native and Winston Salem, NC transplant, is the blogger behind A Foodie Stays Fit. Teri is a corporate digital marketer by day and a health blogger by night. Her blog focuses on creating healthy recipes, sharing fitness tips for both new and experienced exercisers, and enjoying the simple things in life. She is a Vibram FiveFingers runner and vinyasa yoga devotee, a certified fitness instructor, an Instagram fashionista, and a boxer dog lover.

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