We Media Roundup – Part II
Highlights from We Media 2009 ConferenceBy Barbara K. Iverson — Conference co-founder Dale Peskin seemed glad that in the...
Read MoreRebooting Democracy – A Proposal
Brian Reich from iFOCOS started off the session “Rebooting Democracy” and shared with us how he arrived at the Miami...
Read MorePublic Media Like Minds Breakfast caucuses
Public media is poised to advance to 2.0, but the medium must change profoundly, said presenters at a 15-member caucus. “The...
Read MoreRoundup of We Media coverage
Thanks to everyone who sent us their outside takes on We Media. This is the first batch we have amassed. If you have a post...
Read MoreReinventing Advertising: Tools, Youth, and Social Change
The first full day of WeMedia presented interesting challenges and opportunities regarding the state of new media, social...
Read MoreWe Media Pitch It Awards go to … The Extraordinaries and See Click Fix
The We Media Pitch It! awards have been announced. And the $25,000 winners are: Non-Profit – The...
Read MoreReinventing Advertising One Dwarf at a Time
From John Wanamaker to cash4gold, Tuesday’s session on reinventing advertising focused on the many kinds of relationship...
Read MoreUshahidi y los momentos de crisis
Cuando escuché a Erick Hersman hablando sobre el Ushahidi pensé de inmediato en el terremoto de Pisco del año 2007 en Perú....
Read MoreBold ideas, Game Changers and New Concepts
Bold ideas came out of the opening session of the 2009 We Media conference. A review and summary of the projects and people...
Read MoreDigital natives face to face with us boomers
Digital natives: Who teaches whom? Moderator: Sam Grogg, Dean, UM School of Communication. Panelists: Greg Linch, multi media...
Read MoreHey newsies, make way for the websies
UPDATE: Clarifications have been made to this post in the comments section Three recent J school grads bemoan that they work for...
Read MoreRewiring the brain of a multimedia journalist
image: from flickr by Gaetan Lee, creative commons Rewiring the brain and changing habits and attitudes to fit the postmodern...
Read MoreHow Today’s Winner Becomes Tomorrow’s Game Changer
We Media’s Brian Reich and I were wondering, based on the Game Changer Award winners, what would be the attributes that would...
Read MoreOld News Organizations Hook the Public With New Media
At a time when newspapers are hemorrhaging employees and questioning their survival, they are adopting a more stable role in the...
Read MoreDare to be stupid
UPDATE: Doug’s presentation can be found here Doug Poretz of Qorvis is my hero. OK maybe not, because I just met the man....
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