We Media Miami is truly a global event, and on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 27, David Sasaki will chair a session on indigenous media, with a particular focus on Bolivia. In this post, Sasaki tells the story of Bolivian blogging and asks questions the session in Miami will aim to answer. Also included here are short […]
Joan Peckolick, the founder and director of Selfchec.org, which leverages the power of human relationships to promote health, is one of the many media activists joining our We Media Miami conversation. On a Wednesday afternoon panel chaired by Suzanne Turner of Turner Strategies, Joan will share how social media can not only encourage healthy lifestyles […]
Reuters and Global Voices have launched a new web site called Voices without Votes that aggregates views on the US elections from bloggers in other countries. Solana Larson, co-managing editor for GV, explained the project in an email this afternoon: Global Voices challenges people to listen to people beyond their own borders. We translate back […]
One of the perks of my new job as communications editor at iFOCOS is listening in on conversations that Andrew and Dale are having. Yesterday, Andrew told a colleague he sees a dynamic future for non-profit media. He pointed out that for years, human rights and advocacy organizations have been producing in-depth investigative reports that […]
Here’s a just-confirmed addition to the We Media Miami schedule: Richard Sarnoff, President of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). BDMI is a venture fund launched in 2006 by one of the “big six” global media firms – and regardless of what you may think of those big six or their dizzying portfolio of brands and […]
RESTON, VA–(February 3, 2008) – LaunchBox Digital, an early-stage investment firm and organizer of LaunchBox08, and iFOCOS, a new-media think tank and convener of the annual We Media conference, are partnering to identify and accelerate the development of innovative media startup companies. The strategic partnership will interweave initiatives from both organizations. At iFOCOS’ We […]
Let’s say you have thought up a genius idea: a new way to advertise, to network, to save the world. How will you launch it into cyberspace? Digital media means anyone with an Internet connection can be an entrepreneur or media-maker. But while anyone may have an innovative idea, not everyone has the business know-how […]
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One of We Media Miami’s most exciting panels may be Wednesday, Feb. 27’s afternoon session on the future of health media, which will kick off with a keynote from Scott Mowbray, editorial director of Time, Inc’s. Health.com. WebMD, “disease blogs,” and community chat boards are just some of the many avenues health consumers use today […]
As we enter February today, pulling closer and closer to the big-bang happening of We Media Miami, Feb. 26-28, it’s time to get chatting. This blog is already heating up as we approach the Miami atmosphere: This week we posted some early reflections from Corinna Moebius, Vinita Srivastava and Lauren Movius, all of whom share […]
Is technology about more than buying the new MacBook Air or downloading an application that links your fridge with your Facebook account? Lauren Movius, a PhD student at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California, sees in new technologies not just the potential to make comfortable people more comfortable, but also […]
The social web depends on content, tagging and utility created or improved by the good will of the people formerly known as the audience. Where does good will end and greed take over? That depends on whether you’re a giver or taker. Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media is bothered by the free […]
By Vinita Srivastava Vinita Srivastava, an assistant professor of journalism at Ryerson University, is no old-school j-prof. A children’s-book author, culture writer and founding co-host of radio programs Masala Mixx and the Asia Pacific Forum, she teaches innovative courses on global multimedia reporting at Ryerson. She also directs VerseCity.com, a project that’s all about putting […]
Facebook and other social networks are a new tool for citizen-powered justice. See, for instance, Witness Hub, which focuses the tools of media – video cameras and web video – to document, draw attention to and underscore campaigns against human rights abuses worldwide. But social justice is in the eye of the beholder. Recently a […]
What’s that feeling you often have when leaving an exciting conference? “Dang it, I didn’t get a chance to talk to X or Y or Z.” Face time is what a conference is all about, and we want to help you maximize it at We Media Miami. With that in mind, we’re going to start […]