NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay submitted by Jim Turner, Media Relations, Humana Inc. As one of the nation’s largest health care companies, Humana, Inc. is dedicated to improving the health of Americans. As […]
Recipients include digital storytellers, social networking activists, mobile media pioneers and a foundation focused on journalism. RESTON, VA – Online media star ZeFrank, mobile texting service Twitter, Obama campaign mastermind David Plouffe, Japanese digital designer Yugo Nakamura, Kenyan mobile alert service Ushahidi, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are among the inaugural […]
The Tribune Co. has declared bankruptcy – to no one’s surprise. That’s what makes the demise of one of the great U.S. news companies so tragic, in the Greek sense. The seeds of failure were set a decade ago with a misguided focus on acquisitions and local market monopolies across media. Community interests, journalistic passion […]
The Pew Internet & American Life project released a new study today that said “More than half – 53% – of all American adults play video games of some kind, whether on a computer, on a gaming console, on a cell phone or other handheld device, on a portable gaming device, or online.” I play […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Jory Des Jardins, BlogHer co-founder and President of Strategic Alliances. In early 2005, my co-founders, Lisa Stone and Elisa Camahort Page, and I wanted to put […]
Here’s a new business model for kids entertainment that just might prompt parents to wish for the good old days, when their children were inundated with advertising. Thwoop is an online video network built entirely to persuade kids to purchase licensed products related to their favorite shows. The loop between entertainment for children and marketing […]
With the economy sputtering and job losses mounting, there is a lot of discussion right now about what kinds of jobs, and more importantly skills, are needed to get things back on track. This discussion is all the more complicated because of the massive changes our society is currently undergoing, as we become more diverse […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay written by Joey Borgogna, Director of Special Projects and Production Associate of Creative Visions Foundation. Similar to Game Changers, Creative Visions Foundation (CVF) supports Creative Activists, individuals who […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay submitted by Stuart Coxe, Executive Producer and Guinevere Orvis, Interactive Producer of Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister. Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister is a game changer. It begins […]
What: How Obama Won the First Web 2.0 Election and Will Create The First Web 2.0 Presidency When: Monday, December 8, 2008, 4 pm and open to the public. Where: George Washington University, Washington, DC. Details here. Our good friend and iFOCOS Senior Fellow, Carin Dessauer, is moderating what promises to be a fascinating discussion […]