Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - March 12, 2012
Yesterday, when I was discussing the panels that I had been hitting up over the weekend about audio documentary, the future of journalism, and digital content, a puzzled technologist asked, “Why is that a whole track this year?”
Although, for the Digerati it may seem obvious that ‘storytelling’ has been a HUGE (slightly overused and diluted) buzzword as of late, it wasn’t a focus at SXSW Interactive just three years ago. This year, those in “traditional media,” and the original masters of conversation and story—radio documentarians—spoke proudly of the way that they have quickly adapted to new forms of journalism, storytelling and the remixing of content for a digital audience.
Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - March 11, 2012
“I feel like such a token…I’m so grateful you guys are here to package and repurpose me.”
The whole crowd listening to the “Curators and the Curated” panel erupted in laughter at SXSW Interactive.
David Carr, reporter and blogger of the New York Times, was the only person on the panel whose job is solely to focus on the creation of content, rather than the gathering, repackaging, and distribution of content (although David Carr is certainly active on Twitter, which many would classify as a curation tool in itself). Carr’s signature sharp wit and representation of the legacy of journalism made tangible the (sometimes playful) tension between those that create content versus those who recapture it. Those platforms that are not under the business model constraints of traditional media are able to create beautifully designed spaces for content, without the taint of paywalls or the ugly appearance of ads. Although, Mia Quagliarello of Flipboard argued that fans of Vogue magazine read for the ads as much as the article.
Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - March 12, 2011
“We have greatly overestimated value of access to info and greatly underestimated value of access to each other — Clay Shirky at #sxsw
The highlights of my SXSW ’11 experience, thus far, have been found in the sessions that underscore the creative commons culture of documenting, sharing, and remixing that hacktivists, journalists, and members of civil society as a whole are embracing.
