Photo of a bald eagle I took on Friday while kayaking (copyright 2011 by JD Lasica) The most sublime media conference that you’ve never heard of takes place every spring in Hollyhock, a tiny town on the remote island of Cortes in British Columbia. Just getting to the place is a bit of an adventure. […]
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Should journalism offer calls to action?
Frank Sesno of “Planet Forward.” One approach: Newsrooms could attract a crowdsourced pool of community advisers At Sustainatopia — the Caribbean-flavored conference in Miami that brought social entrepreneurs, VCs, journalists, artisans, celebrities, media activists and a fair number of Miami’s beautiful people together for a celebration of sustainability — an interesting discussion broke out […]
‘Curation Nation’ & ‘Mediactive’: A new era in media
What’s this? Even in an age of democratized media, where the barbarians have not only stormed the gates but made a nice bouillabaisse out of the media guardians formerly known as The Gatekeepers, there’s a need for curators? Well, yes. In fact, curators are needed now more than ever, Steve Rosenbaum argues in his fun, insightful, passionate and satisfying new book Curation Nation. Curators, you might say, are the distant cousins of gatekeepers.
Highlights reel: My favorite posts from 2010
Here they are, my favorite articles, videos, and other random stuff that I produced in 2010.
Also, a huge thanks to all my readers, especially the ones who have engaged with me. This past year was very successful for me and I really do appreciate your support. Thanks again.
How Mother Jones is embracing social media
Mother Jones’ move into social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. A chat with publisher Steve Katz about adapting to the mediasphere’s new realities ‘If you know Mother Jones, you probably think of us as primarily a print magazine,” says publisher Steve Katz. “That’s not really true anymore.” For the past year, I’ve been […]