Arab Bloggers Summit 2009
In 2009 I traveled to Lebanon, Beirut with Eduardo Avila to cover the first Arab Bloggers Summit. One year later and the majority of participants would become influential actors in the lead-up to the 2011 “Arab Spring.” While in Lebanon, I also penned this...
eHealth Bellagio 2008
In 2008 I was invite to the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center to cover the four-week event “Making the eHealth Connection,” which brought together researchers, policy makers, and philanthropists to discuss the potential of technology to make healthcare more affordable, effective, and accessible.
We Blog the World — South Africa 2008
In 2008 I joined eight other American bloggers on a tour of South Africa organized by International Marketing Council, a government agency responsible for “promoting South Africa as a destination for investment and travel and as a source of innovation and high quality goods and services.” The trip was organized by Simon Barber and led by Graeme Addison.
PBS Idea Lab 2006 – 2010
From 2006 to 2010 I contributed to the PBS blog Idea Lab, which examines the social implications of the digital transition in news and journalism. An archive of my posts is still online.
Global Voices 2005 – 2007
From 2005 to 2007 I was Global Voices’ editor for Latin America. I recruited, trained, and edited a team of fifteen contributing authors who curate the most interesting online conversations from blogging communities throughout Latin America. I also oversaw the launch of the Spanish-language version of Global Voices. Today Silvia Viñas is the Latin America editor and Juan Arellano manages the Spanish-language site.
MTYBlogs 2005
In 2005 I lived in Monterrey, Mexico and contributed to MTYBlogs, a community of “Regio” bloggers that was founded by Seyd and maintained by Candy Belen, Rolando Garza, Alan Flores, and Moises Kirsch. Though MTYBlogs no longer exists, to this day Alán Flores maintains MTYBlog.
San Diego Blog 2004 – 2006
From 2004 until 2006 I was among a small group of contributors to San Diego Blog, the first community blog dedicated to news and events in the San Diego area. Founded by Joe Crawford in 2003, the blog brought together a community of the city’s earliest bloggers and covered issues that were left out of the mainstream media. In 2006 it was sold to Matrix Media Technologies. An archive of my posts is still available.
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