In 18 days I’ll be at NewComm Forum in San Mateo, Calif., to give a talk on the paths to tomorrow’s journalism. I’m also looking forward to participating in workshops, interactive sessions and discussions around social marketing and social media. NewComm Forum, sponsored by the Society for New Communications Research (I’m a senior fellow), is […]
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Discount for NewComm Forum attendees
Shel Israel and Laura Fitton at NewComm 2009m (photo (cc) by Kenneth Yeung) I‘ve been a senior fellow with the nonprofit Society for New Communications Research since shortly after it was founded about 6 years ago and always look forward to the NewComm Forum it holds each spring in Northern California and fall in Boston/Cambridge. […]
6 questions for the author of ‘Be the Media’
David Mathison on ‘the emerging media model of abundance’ Since last spring, David Mathison has been barnstorming the country, bringing the message of grassroots, accessible, citizen-based media to would-be journalists, filmmakers, musicians, podcasters, independent business people — anyone with an interest in creating media. David’s book Be the Media: How to Create and Accelerate Your […]
Transitioning to a digital news world
Transitioning from a print to a digital news world from JD Lasica on Vimeo. If I were starting out in journalism today, I’d probably opt to work for a Web-based publication — or start my own — rather than learn the ropes at a newspaper. Because those ropes are becoming increasingly frayed. We’ve been checking […]
7 tips to increase your online media literacy
Is your BS detector optimized to deal with the new realities of democratic media? It’s become a truism that we’re all media creators now, from bloggers and podcasters to the most wet-behind-the-feathers Twitterer. Along with the new freedom to create comes more responsibility: The new media ecosystem places an increased burden on all of us […]