Ijust got back from an afternoon in the Valley where I appeared at SD Forum: The Business of New Media on a panel about citizen journalism and citizen media. It was actually more interesting and provocative than most panels on the topic. (It was videotaped, so I’ll post a link when it goes online.) Some […]
Citizen media
‘Citizen journalism: The future of media’
I’ll be speaking today in Santa Clara, Calif., at SD Forum: The Business of New Media, at 4:15 pm on a panel with the overblown title "Citizen Journalism: The future of media." Other panelists are: Len Brody, NowPublic Eric Case, Blogger, Google (youtube) Dan Gillmor, Director, Center for Citizen Media Mark Pincus, Co-founder, Tribe Should […]
Flavors of participatory media
Here’s the 5-minute music video I put together for the Idea Festival called Flavors of participatory media. It shows the wide range of citizen media — videoblogs, podcasts, citizen media sites, place sites, photo sharing sites, mash-ups — and carries a message: There’s far more to this revolution than lip syncing on YouTube. (Ourmedia page […]
Place blogs
E-Media Tidbits today: If you’re a journalist seeking a take on a particular locale, it often pays to scan blogs focused on that town, such as this one on Albuquerque, N.M. Now, there’s a great tool on the way that’ll make it easier to track down such so-called “placeblogs.” Placeblogger.com (under construction) is the brainchild […]
1st Amendment Coalition
Just got back from the California First Amendment Coalition event at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where I met Milo Radulovich (pictured above), who rose to fame in the 1950s after Edward R. Murrow called out Joseph McCarthy. Radulovich’s story was the centerpiece of the 2005 George Clooney film “Good Night, and Good […]