iFOCOS live-blog coverage of We Media 2008, organized by panel

As part of our on-going wrap-up of last month’s We Media Miami conference, I’m collecting here all the live-blog posts from the iFOCOS We Media blog, organized by panel. The We Media fellows — that dynamic, hard-working group of folks who received some financial help to attend the conference, thanks to generous assistance from the […]

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Help us round up blogs and other coverage of We Media Miami 08

In the previous post, I  aggregated as much online content about the conference as possible. Up top, you’ll see blog posts from conference participants. Down below is coverage specifically related to the We Media/Zogby poll. I’ll continue to update the list, so please do comment here or email me (auseem@ifocos.org) with new links or links […]

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Digital coverage of We Media Miami 2008

An attempt to comprehensively round up blog posts by conference participants and attending journalists (with apologies that they are organized a bit randomly.) Rachel Sterne: “Reuters Scientist demonstrates Mojo at We Media conference,” Ground Report blog, Feb. 27 “New Media Leaders Discuss How Campaigns Can Win,” Ground Report blog, Feb. 27 Bridget Carey: “Debate over […]

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In case you didn’t meet them at the conference…

Last week’s We Media conference in Miami was a blur of interesting people I wish I had more time to talk to. Some people, of course, I didn’t get a chance to speak with at all. I was delighted, then, to see that Matt Dickman, director of Digital Marketing at Fleisman-Hillard in Cleveland posted three […]

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Why all news is local, especially in education

Rob Park is the founder of the soon-to-be-launched Local Education Networked Newswire. He’ll be with us in Miami, and today he tells us about his new venture combining education and journalism: My goal is to enhance education and journalism for a better-functioning democracy. Since most of the authority governing our schools happens at the local […]

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Learning from ‘Global Voices Online’

    If you need quick example of what We Media is all about, look no further than Global Voices, the citizen-media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Next week’s We Media Miami conference will feature a Thursday afternoon working group with Global Voices’ managing editor, Solana Larsen, and […]

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Wading through the Web: Improving online health information

What’s the first thing many of us do when our cough won’t go away or our child has a rash? Search online, of course. According to comScore, the traffic to health information sites increased last year, reaching 55.3 million U.S. visitors in the first quarter of 2007 alone. Doctors and others have long worried, however, […]

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An early adopter on the virtues of three-year-old cell phones

On his resume, Travis Smith describes himself as “an experienced blend of technology, editorial and management skills in a personable package.” Not a bad thing to be at this moment in history. A former editor at Variety.com and LATimes.com, Travis is now a partner (and blogger) at Hop Studios, a web design and consulting firm […]

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How We Media can save us from Britney Spears

Last night while watching the NAACP’s Image Awards, I began thinking about the connections between my personal guilty pleasure, American Idol, and my professional passion, We Media. When the preternaturally talented Jordin Sparks took the stage for an Aretha Franklin tribute, I felt some strange sense of connection with Sparks, the way you feel about […]

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Hey non-profits and .edu folks: ‘New Voices’ deadline is Feb. 20

Next Wednesday, Feb. 20, is the deadline for applying for New Voices. Here’s what it’s all about: J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism invites U.S. nonprofit groups and education organizations to apply for funding to launch participatory news ventures and to share best practices and lessons learned from their efforts through the J-NewVoices.org Web site. […]

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