In honor of Blog Action Day, I thought I’d write a bit about Socially Aware Media and how poverty comes into that. I’ve found that many people get into media because they want to make the world a better place.…
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Noami Klein on Media and Social Change
Salon.com has released this interview with Noami Klein, author of “No Logo.”About halfway through, in a section called “What is your personal pilosophy,” Klein says she writes about what would be useful, especially in mobilizing people. Interesting interview.
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So the Wind Won’t Blow it All Away
Since Katrina, 1 in 5 students in New Orleans are living without their parents. Annie Waldman has made a moving 10 minute documentary So the Wind Won’t Blow it All Away on the subject. It’s a moving example of how…
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Happy Anniversary!
MediaStorm has produced with Reuters a large 5th Anniversary look at the Iraq War. Check it out, but remember that war is gruesome. Link
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Contest
Here’s an interesting contest I came across today. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is asking people to answer this question: “What advice would you give the next U.S. President on preventing and responding to threats of genocide and related crimes…
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What I’m trying to do
So exactly what am I trying to do with this site? What is this whole Socially Aware Media thing that keeps coming up? I have no easy answers as to what Socially Aware Media actually is, and I don’t claim…
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MediaStorm: Deeper understanding
In response to my earlier post about MediaStorm (MediaStorm Doesn’t Go Far Enough), Brian Storm, the founder of the company, contacted me with a reply, and permission to pass on his response. My main critique was that MediaStorm doesn’t go…