I spent some time last week with Zadi Diaz, one of the organizers of the firstl Pixelodeon festival in Hollywood. Zadi’s one of the coolest people I know in the videoblogging world — high-energy, bursting with dazzling ideas and super nice. Says Zadi: "This is a new language. People are telling their stories with their […]
Jarvis: 3 ethics the news media can learn from bloggers
Blogger-Prof Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine is on tonight’s NewsHour on PBS, interviewed as part of a discussion about the mix of facts of opinion in the media today, and whether that’s a good thing or not. Jeff offers up “three ethics” that the news media can learn from bloggers: (1) The ethic of corrections: Be […]
Quotes and photos from Pixelodeon
I had more fun at the first Pixelodeon videoblogging/filmmaking conference in Hollywood than I’ve had at any conference this year. Made some great contacts and learned a few things, too. Congrats to Jay, Ryan, Zadi and Steve for putting on a great event. I put on an hourlong workshop with Markus Sandy on Ourmedia’s new […]
Daniel Weintraub on transparency
Not long ago I appeared on a panel at UC Berkeley with Daniel Weintraub, who writes the California Insider political blog for the Sacramento Bee and a syndicated column on California politics. He’s well known as a mainstream journalist who has absorbed the ethos of the blogosphere. In this 6-minute video interview he discusses transparency […]
Mike Orren on what makes citizen media work
A while back I interviewed Mike Orren, editor/founder of the Dallas-based citizen media site Pegasus News. Mike offers a lot of wise advice in this 13-minute video interview in which he discusses fairness, independence and other attributes that contribute to a quality citizen media site. Formats: QuickTime/MPEG-4 Flash Windows Media Length: 13:48 Also see: Independence […]