Citizen reporting threatens the club from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Anyone who has followed the 2008 presidential campaign knows that a few key media flash points have helped shape the narrative of this race. In two of these episodes, the same citizen journalist was at center stage. But the reality of her involvement is far […]
Future of Civic Media images
Here are some images I took at the MIT Media Lab on Thursday and Friday at the Future of Civic Media conference.
Highlights of Future of Civic Media
Some takeaways from the Future of Civic Media conference, showcasing Knight News Challenge winners, that ended yesterday at the MIT Media Lab in Boston: • All in all, it was a fascinating gathering of some of the real thought leaders who will be driving new media forward in the coming years. The program grew stronger […]
The most useful new media sites
Guy Berger, an educator from South Africa, is here at the Future of Civic Media conference at MIT, did an informal of several participants, and came up with this very good list of the most useful new media sites. Guy, who is head of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University in […]
Photos of Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt
Here is a Flickr photo set I shot last week at a fund-raiser in Richmond, Calif., for the Los Cenzontles Mexican cultural center, featuring Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Linda Ronstandt and student dancers. (Bet you don’t know what Linda looks like these days!) Had a fantastico time with 150 others at the intimate gathering. I’ll […]