I had misplaced the url to this interview I conducted with Christina Pikas, contributing editor of the well-regarded ResourceShelf blog.
Here’s Part 1: A Conversation with OurMedia Co-Founder J.D. Lasica
And Part 2.
Excerpt:
RS: What do you mean by “personal media revolution”?
JD: For decades, media was all about big printing presses or broadcast stations, where an elite corps of professionals brought you the news and the information they deemed important. That’s the way it was.
No longer. The Internet and software tools that have become easy and inexpensive to use have led to a democratic mediasphere where you can reach millions of people through the power of your voice and ideas.
The personal media revolution has leveled the playing field. Stories of public import can now be shaped through voice and talent rather than through one’s pocketbook. We all own A.J. Liebling’s printing presses now. But what will we publish?
JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
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