Spent 90 minutes on the phone today with Robert Cox, the president of the Media Bloggers Association. I’m on the Board of Directors and was one of the founding members of the nonprofit group, which now has about 1,200 members. Lots of cool stuff coming up: educational initiatives, liability insurance for bloggers, and more. The […]
Soccer in the suburbs
Spent a brisk Saturday afternoon (49 degrees) at Foothill High School here in the SF East Bay, watching a scrimmage between the Rockridge Sting and Pleasanton Rage U12 teams. I’ve known Mekala, who played midfielder for the Sting, since she was a toddler — now she’s eyeing a soccer scholarship. Here’s a Flickr set of […]
Meeting Russ Solomon
Spent an hour Friday in the corporate headquarters of Tower Records in West Sacramento, CA. Boxes line the hallways and offices, and employees are emailing last farewells, as the once-mighty retailer slides into bankruptcy — and perhaps new life under new ownership. I met Tower founder Russ Solomon (snapped the photo above) and will have […]
McClatchy buys citizen media sites
McClatchy Newspapers, my old employer, today bought two of my favorite citizen media sites, FresnoFamous.com and ModestoFamous.com, founded by Jarah Euston. The sites are in cities where McClatchy operates daily newspapers. Congrats, Jarah! (pictured above with moi)
Trust in the age of citizen journalism
Tom Glocer’s blog: Trust in the Age of Citizen Journalism. Speech given in Tel Aviv by Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer: The world we live in today is one in which everyone is a consumer, everyone a distributor, everyone an aggregator, everyone a producer. News organizations must realize everyone is both a potential partner and […]