Citizen media

I’m at the second full day of the 7th annual Digital Storytelling Festival in Sedona, Arizona. It’s been a blast, meeting such a wide assortment of filmmakers, artists, and other creative digital ethusiasts from around the country — indeed, from around the world, with participants from Australia, Canada, Britain and Wales here. Tomorrow I’m giving […]

I’ve been asked to keynote this year’s Digital Storytelling Festival in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. I owe a debt of gratitude to Salon’s Scott Rosenberg, who keynoted last year and recommended me this time around. Some quick background: Founded in 1995 by Dana and Denise Atchley, the Digital Storytelling Conference & Festival immerses participants in the […]

I’m quoted in a Baltimore Sun story by David Folkenflik on participatory media and the Iraq war: Amateurs have opened door to horrifying views of war. Disturbing images have news outlets grappling with how much to show. Excerpt: J.D. Lasica, senior editor for the Online Journalism Review, says the U.S. military has lost the ability […]

I just noticed that Dan Gillmor and his editors at O’Reilly have changed the title of his upcoming book from Making the News to We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People. I like it. (Shades of We Media, to which Dan contributed.) Dan is giving a talk about the book in […]

As I’ve been noting for a long while on this weblog, I’ve been working on a book for nearly two years now for a major publisher. Darknet: Remixing the Future of Movies, Music and Television will detail the rise of the personal media revolution and the escalating conflict between entertainment companies and individuals using the […]