- Making Our Media Matter A few weeks ago I attended the Making Your Media Matter conference put on by the stupendous folks at the Center for Social Media at American University. A report is now available produced by the conference rapporteur here which is a useful round up of major themes and ideas discussed, broken down into the various […]
- What about the Iraqi refugee crisis? Last night I had the pleasure of participating on a panel at Fordham University, organized by Human Rights First, entitled “Iraqi Citizens: War and Exile”. Although it isn’t mentioned in the title, the panel shared personal stories of Iraqis in exile as well as an emphasis on how media might be harnessed for increasing awareness […]
- Web 2.0 still in its infancy David Pogue wrote a blog entry this week entitled Asking the Crowd to Spread the News in which he muses about all the useful and more pro-active things that Web 2.0 applications could be used for beyond just entertainment (YouTube) and buying ‘collectors items’ (eBay), etc. Its further endorsement that the time is now for […]
