Journalism and Media
Preview – ‘Mad science’ panel original, investigative
Science journalist and SXSW Interactive presenter Christie Nicholson says panelists should ask themselves two questions about their topics: “Why should people care?” and “Why should people care now?” She hopes people will care about her panel, “U.S. Military’s Mad Science Revealed.” In her proposal she writes, “For more than 50 years the mad scientists at […]
How to Save Journalism – Interviews with Drew Curtis & Tucker Max
Fark.com is the go to web site for silly news stories. So naturally its creator, Drew Curtis, was the obvious choice to host a panel on “How to Save Journalism” at SXSWi 2010. Curtis is a funny guy. Actually, he’s really funny. But the panel wasn’t all fun and games. It covered some serious topics […]
What Happens when the New York Times Dies?
The clash between legacy media and new media came alive Saturday as David Carr, of the New York Times, and Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos, argued about the relevance, the importance and the place of the revered paper. While the debate got heated, both sides were civil as Carr debated Moulitsas’ arguement whether or not the New York […]
The Era of Crowdsourcing
In the past two years crowdsourcing has often popped up as a Web 2.0 buzz word, but there are a few important questions that few have asked since the discussion on the phenomenon started: what exactly entails crowdsourcing and is it sustainable? That’s exactly what Scott Belsky, of behence, and Jeffrey Kalmikoff, of Digg and […]
Omar who shot the Lacy video!
The Statesman reporter who got Sarah Lacy’s post-interview tantrum showed up at my latest panel. He shot that with his own handheld camera. Did the editing on the spot. Re-edited after posting to youtube because Lacy dropped an f-bomb. Then re-posted the whole thing to Austin360 from his own youtube spot. Johnny on the Spot […]