Storytelling in the Amazon: An Interview With Alexander Santa

It’s already day five of South by Southwest and somehow the energy is still at an all-time high. The first panel I attended today, Documenting The Unknown – Storytelling in the Amazon, featured documentarian Rafa Calil and members of the Rainforest Partnership Alexander Santa and Niyanta Spelman. Each panelist shared stories of their adventures traveling through the Amazon […]

SXSW Day Four Rundown

As the fourth day of SXSW kicked off, I can feel the drain of the last three days catching up to me, but that didn’t stop me from attending three awesome panels today! I started my morning off by checking out the “Finding Signal in the Noise of Social Media” conducted by Dr. Mark Hansen […]

ModBot: A Comments Section’s Best Friend

When communities and their conversations live digitally, what’s the value of a comments section? For the Washington Post, quite a lot; as they have discovered that a comments section can showcases their most loyal readers. Greg Barber, Director of Digital News Products, and Sam Han, Director of Data Science & AI from the Washington Post […]

Screen Reality: A New Kind of Storytelling

A new kind of storytelling is emerging alongside virtual and augmented reality—screen reality. At South by Southwest on Monday, a panel made up of film experts explained this groundbreaking new format that goes beyond the limits of a single image screen. The panel was led by film director and producer Timur Bekmambetov; Susan Bonds, CEO and […]

Panel Recap: Eddy Cue: Curation in Media - Why It Matters

For today’s tech panel, Apple’s very own senior VP Eddy Cue sits down with CNN’s senior reporter Dylan Byers to talk about Apple’s lead in the industry for innovation and products. Byers opens the floor by discussing the process behind Apple’s News app and how it differs from other social media and media outlets. Cue […]