Community – Who would have thought we would ever live in a world where the word community was difficult to define? I believe that in this globalized society, community means connection. At The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World, an international nonprofit organization and independent journalism initiative, we strive to produce news content […]
The evolution of new media has intrinsically redefined this nation’s concepts of community. Growing up in the small towns of Ohio, communities for me were always close and clearly defined. Friends, families, churches and schools were connected through location, similar perspectives and shared goals. Communities today extend beyond local definitions and proximity. Technology empowers people […]
Blog editor and social media manager, We Media Miami Outspoken, up and coming media focused freelance writer/blogger Tish Grier launched her career in new media in 2006. . .
Community and communication share the same roots, and that is, mainly, because one can’t exist without the other. We are part of society as long as we interact with others, as long as we recognize and understand them, and also, as long as we are capable of negotiating and coexisting. It is in this […]
Here’s a news release we’re distributing today about the We Media Film Festival … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Online Festival Celebrates the Power of “My Community” ifocos.org today announced a call for entries and viewer-judges to the 2007 We Media Film Festival. The user-generated online film festival, launched in conjunction with the We Media Miami conference […]
“The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.” – Frederick Buechner Belonging to a community in a connected age affords us additional options to develop ourselves and […]