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Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Los Angeles and Early Media Reaction

October 6, 2011
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Occupy Wall Street leverages the networked culture of the internet era in hopes of expanding the conversation beyond right/left talking points and media quick hits.

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How Do You Learn About Your Local Community? Most Have Multiple Sources, According to Survey

September 26, 2011
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Television remains the top source of local news for most Americans but many now turn to the internet and cast a wider net for information on specific topics, according to survey results released Monday. While local TV news was the main source for staples such as weather, traffic and breaking news, the internet was the [...]

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Q&A: Maria Armoudian, Author of ‘Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World’

September 1, 2011

Maria Armoudian is a journalist, educator, and a consultant for Mayor Villaraigosa and other civic commissions. She hosts The Insighters and Scholars’ Circle Sundays at noon on KPFK. Her new book, Kill the Messenger examines the recent history of the media’s role and influence on cultural and political conflicts from the Holocaust, to the Rwandan [...]

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Tiziano Project Wins Knight News Challenge Grant

June 27, 2011
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Photo from an in-class exercise at a Tiziano Project workshop on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona this week. A Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to enable multimedia storytelling in communities worldwide that otherwise lack necessary resources and training was awarded a $200,000 grant by the Knight Foundation on Wednesday. The Tiziano Project‘s [...]

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Interview: AOL’s Debbie Menin on Branded Content, Online Video and how Social Media Influences Marketing

May 12, 2011
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I spoke with AOL’s Entertainment Practice Head Debbie Menin at Digital Hollywood Spring 2011 last week at the Ritz in Marina del Rey. We discussed the different ways in which consumers are using social media to inform purchases and decisions and how that in turn is informing the advertising industry. Menin also gave me the lowdown on the latest trends on branded content and how and why consumers share content using social media (based on recent AOL – Nielsen research).

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Google I/O 2011: Music Beta App Announced and… Movies from the Cloud

May 10, 2011
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Google officially announced its long-rumored streaming-from-the-cloud music app for Android and the web at Google i/o at Moscone Center in San Francisco. It’s currently free (it is in beta after all) — request an invite at music.google.com. No comment on whether or not Google has come any closer to offering streaming legally, as licensed by [...]

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