Archive | May, 2010

Hip hop, flashmobs, Gaga, and the art of protest

Collaboration, network building, technology, thrown in with some whimsy and rhythm: these are the protest and political action tools that get me excited these days.  And just like I’ve been advocating for journalists and media to expand their ideas on what, exactly, compromises News and Journalism, I’ve been looking more into the social justice and grassroots organizing worlds for collabs and innovative campaigns that combine the best of new media coalition building and tech.

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Updates and Dancing

Sunset at Ulladulla Harbour by Sam Ilić (CC)

Lots has been going on over the last few that I’ll be writing about and processing over the next few weeks.

We produced a journalism and media conferencewon the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for the West Oakland Toxic Tour series, have been engaging in an interesting and eye opening conversation on community, media, tech and representation and have been generally trying to decompress after 5+ months of general life hecticness.

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