Amanda Michel – “Technology, Networks, and Journalism” @ NYU Wednesday

ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth’s Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. The next talk is tomorrow Wednesday. It will feature Amanda Michel – her topic is “Technology, Networks, and Journalism.”

Amanda Michel is Director of HuffPost’s OffTheBus. Amanda started in politics during the 2003-2004 campaign cycle, working as the National Director of Generation Dean and then creating and managing the MediaCorps program for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Along with several other Kerry-Edwards coworkers she helped co-found the New Organizing Institute in the wake of the 2004 election. Since then she’s taken her online organizing skills to media, working at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and on Assignment Zero, a Wired and NewAssignment.net collaboration. She is also a Knight Digital Media Fellow.

Date: Wed November 12 2008
Time: 3.30pm – 4.45pm
Location:
Warren Weaver Hall NYU Rm 109
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012

Members and public welcome. Enter via W. 4th St. Photo ID required.

http://computersandsociety.net

Amanda has declined to be videotaped so there will be no webcast on this one. If you want to see/hear what she has to say – attend!

Video of previous talks can be found on YouTube by searching on Evan Korth

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