Dan Gillmor of Citzen Media: Big Idea - We can all create our own media

Journalist, professor, and citizen media expert Dan Gillmor sees tremendous potential in the rapidly diminishing costs of technology, reaching people in numbers we've never contemplated before. "In every personal computer that is being sold is a wonderful media creation toolkit." The combination of new tools and increased access means that anyone, anywhere can engage in sophisticated forms of journalism, broadcasting to a worldwide audience.

In this video interview, Gillmor talks about the disruptive changes to journalism brought on by technology with Ideas Project, a new website brought to you by Nokia. Ideas Project is an online space that provides a new way to interact with thought leaders and their big ideas about the future of connected communications. For more on Gillmor's big idea, visit http://www.ideasproject.com.

Dan Gillmor is a leading authority on the phenomenon of media literacy and citizen journalism. One of the preeminent thinkers on the topic of new media, Dan brings deep knowledge of the collision of media and technology and its impact. He is author of 'We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People,' a book that explains the rise of citizens' media and why it matters. Dan spent more than 25 years in the newspaper industry as a reporter, writer, and editor, including over ten years as a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, and six years with the Detroit Free Press. He wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com and has won or shared in several regional and national journalism awards.

Ideas Project, a project of Nokia, brings together the most visionary and influential big thinkers to contemplate the big ideas that matter most to the future of communications. It is also a new kind of conversation platform aimed at uncovering the connections between these thought leaders and their disruptive ideas.

Explore the Ideas Project website at http://www.ideasproject.com, subscribe to its RSS feed, join its Twitter feed, and come back often to learn about great new big ideas as they break.
Explore the Ideas Project website at http://www.ideasproject.com, subscribe to its RSS feed, join its Twitter feed, and come back often to learn about great new big ideas as they break.

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