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Matter is hiring in both San Francisco and New York! Support entrepreneurs and institutions changing media for good. https://medium.com/matter-driven-narrative/join-matter-as-a-program-coordinator-help-change-media-fo...
We're hiring! Come support a stronger democracy by changing media for good. Downside: you'll have to work with me. https://medium.com/matter-driven-narrative/join-matter-as-a-program-coordinator-help-change-media-fo...
Excited to be at the #NMVSummit today. So many amazing people in the room thinking about the future of media and democracy.
I'm speaking at this event tomorrow evening in San Francisco about the future of media. Come say hello! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-media-how-innovations-are-changing-the-games-rules-tickets-31...
Cuts to the arts and public media - but yet more military spending. We already spend far more than anyone else. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/trump-program-eliminations-white-house-budget-offi...
I strongly support this call for a new kind of American endowment-based media organization. http://www.cjr.org/tow_center/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fix-journalism.php
Here's a completely neutral survey about the media from our nation's President. https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/?utm_medium=email&utm_cam...
Left unspecified: the social media content that would prevent someone from acquiring a visa. http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Banks--1st-bill-would-inspect-social-media-postings...
Which tech events / meetups should I absolutely, definitely be going to? Particularly for open tech, media, strengthening democracy.
So key: political parties and media institutions that just layer on digital to a pre-Internet strategy will fail. https://stratechery.com/2017/inspired-media/
"How long will it take for the news media to wake up and realize that they're being played?" https://medium.com/@zephoria/the-information-war-has-begun-e86a27b8b675?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9...
Interesting - and challenging - thoughts on business models for media and journalism. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/the-internet-sets-writers-free-to-get-new-audiences-and-also-to-div...
Obama's last interview as President is with a podcast: https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.fca8g7n8u
This report from the New York Times is required reading for everyone in digital media and journalism. http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/
Film idea: PsyOps. Korean rapper Psy must manipulate national media in order to sway public opinion for a political aim. Funny but also not.
Reminder: some of the smartest minds in digital media are looking for new roles. Medium's team is world-class, and now they can join yours.
Lots to think about here. I'm not sure if I agree with it all. Is there a balance between distrust and gatekeepers? https://points.datasociety.net/did-media-literacy-backfire-7418c084d88d?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9...
Now that 50 of the smartest people in digital media are in the wild, I wonder if any of them are founding their own startups.
Amazon's sky warehouses immediately made me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk
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