12 changes in Media

We Media will kick off next week in Miami.  I will be on a panel with the AP folks and others talking about the new relationship between traditional journalists and emerging non-professionals.  I will...

We Media Comes to Miami

We Media is holding a conference discussing the future of jornalism and the Internet.  The conference called iFocus will be held at the University of Miami.  The Knight Foundation is sponsoring iFocus.

Wii Have a Problem, Houston: Citizen Journalism and Beyond

We Media holds its 2007 conference in Miami Feb. 7-9. and its blog is already busy with baffling brainbusters. Travis Smith asks a very interesting question in a posting to the We Media conference Blog: is it...

I'm their leader. Which way did they go?

I'm at We Media in London. Generally, there is a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the bloggers about the content and tone of this conference. They feel marginalized which - given the name of the conference - is...

I'm not an expert but I play one on TV

I'm at We Media in London. The first day of the conference featured a disheveled Richard Dreyfuss rambling about something to do with civics. I’m not sure exactly what he was on about but I think he’s pissed...

BBC's Head: Web 2.0 More Disruptive to Media

In a panel at We Media, Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC talked about how people in Africa often need to walk miles to get water and yet they have a mobile phone.  He thinks that level of cell phone...

Camera Phones And Blogs Impacting Developing World

Speaking at We Media, Nitin Desai, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, responded to suggestions that blog readership in places like Nepal is problematic. But blog readership is not the only factor. Other technologies are also helping populations...

Jeff Jarvis is Bored

"We Media announces a survey on trust in various media in 10 countries. But the problem is, as David Schlesinger of Reuters said after it was presented, it is a mistake to concentrate on media. It’s absurd...

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