Passing on the meme is an easy act, so easy most of us don’t pause to check if it’s true. Although I fancy myself too experienced as a journalist to fall into that trap, I did earlier this week. What it revealed about me isn’t all that flattering, but it is a call to operate differently on the web.
Last night’s bloody Occupy Oakland demonstration proved to me the vital importance of Twitter in bearing witness in real time, a time when the conventional media often turns off the camera, looks away or refuses to report.
Announcing a new way of doing journalism that brings the audience for the story along every step of the way.
Inspired by Walter Kirn, I continue to play with identity on the internet and Facebook.
The author Walter Kirn inspires me and a handful of other malcontents to rebel against the iron grip of Facebook.
Is anyone really telling the truth on the Internet? Well, I’m not!