Updates from our colleagues at We Media & iFOCOS

Knowledge, ideas and information are flowing like never before. Even in the face of daunting economic challenges, creative companies and individuals continue to unleash a torrent of game-changing services, business models and experiments to make the world better through media. My colleagues at We Media and iFOCOS have a couple of exciting initiatives that I thought you might find of interest. Read more

Groundreport.com: How does the world feel about Obama?

As many of you know Rachel Sterne, Founder and CEO of groundreport.com is a true FOBS as well as a panelist at two of our recent events: “Social Media & The Presidential Election” in October and a few weeks ago “The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really In Charge Here?”

For those unaware of the great work Rachel is doing and what GroundReport is all about, GroundReport.com is a global news platform that enables reporters around the world to publish videos and articles and earn money based on traffic. We have over 3,000 contributors worldwide who regularly break stories hours, days and weeks before major media outlets. GroundReport brings you on-the-ground news coverage you won’t find anywhere else.

Just this morning I received an email from Rachel regarding an exciting new inaitive they are planning at GroundReport “How does the world feel about Obama?” and I thought you’d find it of interest. Read more

Mixing it up in NYC: Obama 2.0 and We Media

A special shout out to Dale Peskin for a fantastic write up about our event on Thursday (November 13th) at Samsung. This was the first of what we plan to be many exciting events with iFOCOS and
We Media.

Many thanks to Bill Sobel, the New York: Media Information Exchange Group and bright-eyed and just-plain-bright conversation leaders at our first breakfast club discussion at the Samsung Experience in NYC on Thursday. Read more

NY:MIEG Panel on November 13th

Moderator Ellis Henican

Panelists Michael Oreskes, Rachel Sterne, Amanda Michel and Brian Reich

First off…a thank you to our incredble panel at our event “The President & The Media: Who’s In Charge Here?” featuring 5 of the best speakers we ever had. Read more

WrapUp: Social Media & The Presidential Election

Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in our event on Thursday night “Social Media & Presidential Politics” the first one in a series of programs NY:MIEG will be producing in partnership with The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. Read more