David Mathison on ‘the emerging media model of abundance’ Since last spring, David Mathison has been barnstorming the country, bringing the message of grassroots, accessible, citizen-based media to would-be journalists, filmmakers, musicians, podcasters, independent business people — anyone with an interest in creating media. David’s book Be the Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your […]
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Transitioning to a digital news world
Transitioning from a print to a digital news world from JD Lasica on Vimeo. If I were starting out in journalism today, I’d probably opt to work for a Web-based publication — or start my own — rather than learn the ropes at a newspaper. Because those ropes are becoming increasingly frayed. We’ve been checking […]
As media gets more democratic, it gets more feminine
The new Bing Maps geotargets Twitter tweets. Supernova roundup: Media, real-time services — and ‘the end of the Web era’ I spent Wednesday at the Supernova conference in San Francisco, which has morphed over the years from a gathering about mobile and telephony into one that addresses the larger themes sweeping through society: Social media. […]
The New Journalist in the Age of Social Media
The New Journalist in the Age of Social Media View more documents from JD Lasica. New Media Lab brings together nonprofits, citizen journalists, social media experts I‘m at Day 2 of a remarkable two-day conference that is bringing nonprofits, citizen journalism and social media together in ways I’ve never seen before. I’m jazzed, hopeful and […]
How to make news in the digital era
In a world in which everyone seems to be a chicken little speaking of the end of traditional journalism, PR and advertising, there are very few people who are working toward guiding the industry toward success in new new media. Some interesting books about “what’s next” that I am reading are The Chaos Scenario by Bob […]