Supporting the Othersphere | June 28th, 2008

Filed Under: Blogging, Citizen Media, WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 10:32 am

The GV Summit is amazing for a number of reasons - the connections we make, the names put to faces, and of course, the sessions. Session 3 today, “When Biases Meet Biases,” China was the hot topic - namely, Tibet and the difference of opinion between the Western media and Chinese media of all [...]

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Oh, Miami, my heart is true | March 2nd, 2008

Filed Under: Global Voices Online, Travel, WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 11:08 pm

In spite of the cold and my consequent lack of a tan, I had a wonderful time in Miami. One highlight was the downtime with a wonderful group of GVOers (a picture is, clearly, worth a thousand words). Another highlight was finally meeting Karen, whom I have known since my very first foray into blogging [...]

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WeMedia wrapup | February 28th, 2008

Filed Under: Blogging, WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 3:38 pm

Although my time in Miami is not over quite yet (it will be early tomorrow morning though, sadly), I am wrapping up my blogging of the WeMedia Miami 2008 conference.  See you later with fun pictures of my trip!

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LiveBlogging WeMedia 2008 - Take Three! | February 27th, 2008

Filed Under: WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 2:14 pm

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Political World | Hype vs. Reality in Campaign 08 | February 27th, 2008

Filed Under: Blogging, WeMedia 2008, politics By: Jillian @ 12:40 pm

On the technological challenge of making political news easier to digest…(and my attempts to digest everything being said and blog it up) With so much information out there on the political campaigns (nearly every one this year had an official blog; unofficial blogs are even more abundant), how to manage content… Most interesting to me is fellow [...]

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LiveBlogging WeMedia Miami 2008, Take Two | February 27th, 2008

Filed Under: Citizen Media, WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 10:59 am

This panel, The Power to Change the World - so far I am engaged (at least more so than in the last two) because of Darya Shaikh of OneVoice Movement discussing how so many benefit from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (choice quote: “if you’re not pissing people off, you’re not doing your job”) and the idea [...]

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Liveblogging WeMedia Miami 2008, Take One | February 27th, 2008

Filed Under: Blogging, WeMedia 2008 By: Jillian @ 9:09 am

An hour or so, all 10 of us GVers piled into our two rented Chrysler Sebrings and made our way to the Storer Auditorium at the University of Miami for Day 1 of WeMedia Miami 2008.  Coffee-and-bageled (thanks to GAP, who took an early morning trip to Coral Bagels of Coral Gables) When the power went [...]

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