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A Brief History of PublicMediaCamp

August 5, 2009

Tuesday I gave you a quick summary of Public Media Camp and what it means, today I’d like to walk you through some of the vision behind why #PubCamp, and why now.
Personally, I hope that the unconference movement marks a transition in civic and community service volunteerism — local public media stations have always been [...]

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Announcing – PublicMediaCamp

August 4, 2009

After several months of chewing on and discussing it, PublicMediaCamp is finally being announced to the public today.
Back in March of this year, Andy Carvin, Margaret Rosas, Jen Reeves, and several other passionate supporters of public and community media got together at DrupalCon DC to discuss the future and how tackle it.
One thing we all [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: Judging Criteria

September 15, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be writing reviews of the local and national media’s response to Hurricane Ike this past weekend.
What I’ll focus on:

Update frequency
Web site usability
User generated content solicitation and usage
Multi-media coverage
Distribution of content outside the “walled garden”
Innovation, or lack thereof in coverage

Where I’m coming from:

I have family who lives in a [...]

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The Week Ahead: Reviews of the Media Response to Hurricane Ike

September 14, 2008

All next week I’ll be walking you through the online and on-air media response of both the national and Houston based media. As opposed to most national disasters I actually have a personal connection to this one with my family living in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb. I currently live and work in the [...]

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links for 2008-06-06

June 6, 2008

Wordpress Tutorial: Adding tabs to your blog sidebar | Custom Wordpress Theme Designer

TwitterLocal – Tweets within 10 miles of washington dc

The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

borderlinetheory.com » Updated: Ping.FM Tutorial

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Why Life Has Been Crazy: My Huge Job Announcement

May 23, 2008

Over the last few weeks I’ve been dropping hints on Twitter, but it’s about time I just came out with it. I’ve accepted a position at the Public Broadcasting Service. In case you’ve been wondering why the big move and road trip from Missouri to Washington DC was happening, that’s why.
I’m joining the ranks of [...]

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