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Technology & Innovation Roundtable: danah boyd by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:48.

danah shares a great case study of how people used the Social Media tools
(wikis, Twitter, blogs, Flickr, etc.) to help educate people around
Hurricane Gustav. It provided a vital resource for people affected in
the area that got the attention of Rick Sanchez and the folks at CNN who realized quickly a small community was able to produce the news and gather resources faster.

Knight Foundation Silicon Valley: Set & Setting by Josh Wilson

Submitted by admin08 on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:36.

Editor’s note: This is being posted for Josh Wilson, one of our guest bloggers today at Google.

It’s an overcast Monday morning in the Bay Area, even down here in
one of the most economically upbeat corners of America — Google HQ, in
Mountain View, Calif., not far from the Shoreline Amphitheater.

Knight Foundation Silicon Valley: Innovation vs. “The Future” by Josh Wilson

Submitted by admin08 on Thu, 09/11/2008 - 04:00.

Editor’s note: This is being posted for Josh Wilson, one of the guest bloggers for this Commission event.

(Roundtable #3: Technology & Innovation)

PART ONE: THE VIEW FROM TOMORROWLAND

We’re blogging to you live from the future, and it’s very exciting here!

I mean, we’re having this meeting at Google HQ, in the middle of
Silicon Valley — the place embodies much of the hope and imagination
for the future of our democracy, our economy and our world.

Unmet Community Info Needs Roundtable: Chava Bustamante by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 19:33.

Chava Bustamante
from the SEIU starts off by asking how many people in this room were
(1) born in another country (2) born in a other state, (3) born in
Mountain View to get an idea of the diversity of the attendees.

Chava is working towards bring ’strangers’ together and to find ways
of how media can be used to foster democracy. He feels being part of a
democracy is having access to all the opportunities in this society to
achieve every dream possible.

Commissioners Q&A on Unmet Community Info Needs by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Question
from Danah Boyd: Seeing a big difference between push and pull
strategies. In the past, information was pushed out to the communities.
Now, it seems most organizations are focused on pulling information to
aggregate it. What are some of the push strategies you are using to
help people who are not online or now pulling news on their own?

Media Roundtable: Linjun Fan by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Linjun created
the Albany Today blog a year ago to provide local news to the 16,000
residents in her community. Does not post personal commentaries - stays
true to journalism values. Uses photos, slideshows and videos to
enhance experience.

Compared to a local newspaper, her blog is richer in content and
provides a better user experience. Interesting to note, Albanydoes not
have a local newspaper. Started with 50 pages views a day, now at 6k
views. Shows demand is there. LOCALLY.

Knight Silicon Valley: Local Media Fault Lines

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Editor’s
note: This is being posted for Josh Wilson, who is one of the guest
bloggers today at the Knight Commission’s community forum at Google.

I want more from this panel. The fault lines and fragmentation of the
Bay Area’s media ecology have been made clear, but I’m not sure the
gaps can be bridged.

Technology & Innovation Roundtable: Chris O’Brien by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Chris starts off
by admitting he is a Twitter user. Funny. Almost like it is a guilty
pleasure. He works for the San Jose Mercury News and is one of the few
journalists that is excited by the innovations happening in his
industry. Granted, he is slightly younger than the folks on the
previous panel and I am sure that plays into his mindset greatly.

Media Roundtable: Raj Jayadev by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Raj is the
Founder of Silicon Valley De-Bug and is working to empower underserved
communities by educating them on how use the tools to share their
voice/opinion and make a difference in their community. I already love
this guy and he is only one minute in.

Media Roundtable: Linda O’Bryon by Kristie Wells

Submitted by admin08 on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 04:00.

Linda is the
Chief Content Office for KQED and believes there is no other place in
the world that places such emphasis on thought leadership as in Silicon
Valley (big ocean, big mountains, big sky…and big thinking). We live in
an area of open spaces and open thinking - what happens in Silicon
Valley does not stay in Silicon Valley.

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