Topix.net sponsored Podtech.net to produce a "man on the street" video, asking a few ordinary people (and a few not-so-ordinary media insiders, like webware.com editor Rafe Needleman, KQED Executive Director of News Raul Ramirez and craigslist founder Craig Newmark): "What’s missing from local news?" They also posed the question to a few people at this […]
iFOCOS President Andrew Nachison appeared on the PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. He discussed the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech shooting – and how the digital media witnesses and others used to tell the story reflects the rise of We Media. Real Audio | Download MP3 “The story is unfolding all around us. […]
The discussion at We Media Miami on next-generation search concepts, chaired by Jim Kennedy of The Associated Press, was both vibrant and inconclusive. So we’re going further. We’ve launched the iFOCOS Search Working Group. The group will hold its kickoff meeting April 24, 2007, in Santa Clara, California – using meeting space generously provided by […]
Jim Kennedy is VP of Strategy for The Associated Press. He is also a member of the iFOCOS Search Working Group, which is holding its first meeting April 24, 2007, and of the iFOCOS Advisory Board. Over the past six years, the online function of search has become the dominant content entry point for digital […]
A friend at a relatively large media corporation recently asked me to evaluate one of that company’s newspaper web sites. I removed any references to the specific paper/company not so much because I’m avoiding picking on them, but because most of the things I list I’ve seen elsewhere and I want more people at more […]
Photos by Alex Fledderjohn (THANKS, Alex) Music by Van Morrison Video Mix by Dale Peskin
My friend John Bell at Oglivy asked me to provide some feedback on what Jay Rosen is up to with NewAssignment.net, a new open source journalism project. No need to re-post here – you can read what I said at John’s blog: Digital Influence Mapping Project: Is NewAssignment New Media?
One of my past lives collides with present ones in three short videos. And then there are the larger stories … A single entry in the SND design contest from the Los Angeles Times Web 2.0: The machine is us My Space: I know me some ugly
I’ve been reflecting on our experiences at We Media Miami and digesting a great deal of reporting and analysis about what happened. It’s ALL been helpful. The diversity of viewpoints again underscores the eclectic and complex nature of “We” – and the promise of invention and innovation driven by the We Media community.A number of […]
We would like to thank Alex Fledderjohn for his photography during WeMedia. We put some of our favorites into a SlideshowPro gallery. </p> </p>