At WeMedia: Nonprofits and media; activism online and off; telling our own stories

I’m in unnaturally chilly Miami (its projected to get down to the 40s tonight) at the WeMedia Conference and am currently sitting in an afternoon session about “advocacy groups who once relied on journalists are now making the news themselves”. The session is being moderated by John Bracken of the MacArthur Foundation and the discussion [...]

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 [...]

A brief chat with The Elders for International Human Rights Day…

If you haven’t come across The Elders already, you will soon - not least because we are partnering with them on their Every Human Has Rights campaign.
On Sunday morning I sat in on a conference call with three of The Elders - Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Archbishop Desmond Tutu - and 5 bloggers from [...]

Panel discussion today

I am on a panel today at the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival in New York City, along with Sara Pollack of YouTube, Michael Smolens of DotSub, Jenny Douglas and Silas Hagerty from KarmaTube, and Mike Wesch, who made The Machine Is Us/Ing Us (which gives its title to the panel) and Information R/evolution.  [...]