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.
I succeeded in raising money to support my investigative journalism in a innovative way, but the method presents some humiliations, and some difficulties. Still, we’re all scrambling in this economy and must stay nimble.
Reade Charles, the man who took the photo of the traveling kids toasting in the gondola car, tracked me down and told me the story behind that image.
In this new style of reporting in public, I feel free to expose my bias and my emotions in a way I’ve not indulged in other journalism.
Announcing a new way of doing journalism that brings the audience for the story along every step of the way.
Trying to sell a magazine story has always been tough, but my efforts to sell GutterPunks brought a new kind of agony and, eventually, game-changing inspiration.