Megan Kilgore

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Let’s talk about change. That’s exactly what Dr. Mario Garcia says we absolutely must do at SXSW Interactive: talk about how we in the media industries adapt to change. Founder and CEO of Garcia Media, Garcia joined the Poynter Institute’s Sara Quinn and Smart Media Creative’s Dave Stanton Friday on a panel exploring recent studies […]

kara silverman

In case you missed it, SXTXState hosted its first hackathon just a few weeks ago to work on a mobile storytelling app using the Ushahidi platform. Most of us had never been to a hackathon before, but those who had said this was a very different environment from most. For starters, at this hackathon, women […]

jesse friedman

Around 60 million websites around the world are powered by WordPress, and nearly a quarter of all new active domains use it. At the same time, an increasing number of organizations using the content management system are looking to engage audiences across platforms with responsive design. Jesse Friedman, director of Web and interface development at […]

Long-form Publications

When Kevin Nguyen and Nick Martens founded The Bygone Bureau in 2007, few online publications offered outlets for the kind of pieces they wanted to publish: long-form essays examining life, culture and art. At the time, the rise of easy to create multimedia content seemed to be sounding a death knell for long-form writing on […]

Paula Kerger headshot

PBS has spent the past 40 years cultivating the highest standards in television programming and developing its sterling reputation. How does an organization with that kind of brand evolve and adjust to a rapidly changing media landscape while maintaining its core identity and dedication to quality programming? PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger will explore […]