I met John Zogby at the WeMedia conference on Friday after a panel in which he mentioned a few eye-opening numbers with regard to the public’s attitudes toward media, alongside media insiders’ perceptions. The numbers were supposed to be released today, but they still haven’t been made public on the Zogby website. However, they gave […]
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When a newspaper goes loco
(Photo of Jerry Roberts, left, former executive editor of the Santa Barbara News Press, with Dan Gillmor.) I spent the day today as a guest and participant at Newspaper 2.0, a workshop put on by Doc Searls at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Months in the making, the gathering drew 30 to 35 locals […]
Wrapping up WeMedia
Very cool time Thursday night, starting with a video presentation with Christine Gambito, one of the most popular video artists on YouTube, followed by me, Steve Rosenbaum of Magnify Media and three students from the University of Miami showing a Webisode series they created. We ran out of time — I didn’t even have a […]
At the WeMedia conference
I’m here at the University of Miami at the WeMedia conference put on by iFOCOS, the Institute for the Connected Society (formerly the Media Center). Fascinating mix of people here. Here’s the program. There’s a live chat (top right of the conference home page) today and tomorrow. Last night I attended a bloggers dinner organized […]
Notes from Digital Hollywood
Appeared Monday at the Digital Hollywood conference in Santa Monica, CA — the second time I’ve attended (the first was a few years back with Doc Searls, who told me, "You should be up there." This time, I was.). Spoke on the citizen media panel about emerging trends in participatory media. Some random notes from […]