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We Media Fellowships Available (Chance to Attend Big Whoopty-Doo New Media Conference for Free)
By: Jonah Arellano
Thanks to the generosity of the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, iFOCOS is offering We Media Fellowships for independent, nonprofit or academic participants from any country to attend We Media 08, in Miami, February 26-28, 2008.
The fellowships cover the full registration fees for the conference, including conference meals and materials. Stipends for travel and/or lodging may be available.
The annual We Media conference has become a must-attend event for thinkers, leaders and innovators on the vanguard of digital communications. Past participants have included:
* Jason McCabe Calacanis, Founder of Weblogs, Inc.
* Farai Chideya, NPR Journalist and Founder of Pop and Politics
* Richard Edelman
* Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States
* Scott Heiferman, Founder of Meetup.com
* Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine
* Nick Kristof, Columnist for The New York Times
* Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist
* Scott Rafer, CEO, MyBlogLog, Inc.
* Richard Sambrook, Director of BBC Global News
* Dave Sifry, Founder of Technorati
* Lisa Stone, President, BlogHer
* Watts Wacker, Futurist
* John Zogby, President, Zogby International
Who’s coming in 08? We hope: you. And many others.
See: http://www.ifocos.org/we-media
To apply for a fellowship, send an e-mail to info AT ifocos.org, with:
I. “We Media Fellowship Application” in the subject line.
II. At the top of the email, your name, title, organizational affiliation and contact information, including mailing address and phone number.
III. A statement of no more than 500 words that includes:
- What’s your favorite digital tool or online communications service these days – and why?
- What would you do with technology, communications and digital media services to make the world a better place for more people?
- What do you hope to get out of attending We Media 08?
Applicants are solely responsible for acquiring the proper travel documents to enter the United States. iFOCOS does not provide support or assistance for travel visas and other immigration issues.
The deadline for fellowship applications is 12 noon Eastern Time (US – 5 GMT), Friday, December 21, 2007, with We Media Fellows announced in mid-January, 2008.
Find out more about the conference here: http://www.ifocos.org/we-media
Join the We Media Community here: http://my.wemediacommunity.org/
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Efefiong Akpan
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Ajao Road,Ogunlana Drive, Surulere,LagosNigeria.
I have a feeling every other service is trying to neck up to the Google competition. I like services that get into the META programming; and lately I’ve come to like Yahoo services, because of interface between ‘CHAT’ and INBOX.’ You can see easily who among your friends is online on the left navigational pane. I love the growing programming nuances, which offers more incentives for users. May makes it better for people who quite techno-literate-democracy!
In fact I have always dreamt of platform ‘democratization.’ In the spirit of ‘DEMOCRACY TECHNOLOGY ‘ which the Internet has come to be known, I see a lot of missed opportunities eluding people from developed nations to learn and understand cultures of developing societies. It will not matter where one comes from, but what we will increase cultural understanding, if we all had the techno-opportunities to publish our side of the global culture.
For me it would be most profound to come to commune, with my understanding of the world on either side of the CULTURAL DIVIDE. Advanced cultures based on technological advancement, may have lost the sense of where it all began, at the very natural plain of being simply human. The plane of living 75% technologically driven lifestyles, if pollinated with 10% of techno-driven lifestyles, will cause mutual gauge for humanity. Perhaps given the recent Indonesian Environmental and Climatic Conference in Bali, we could understand need to be down-to-earth, rather than be smoked up in the furnace of technology. Awareness created for all through technology, about the harms of industrial advancement could best be raised on the Internet for the world’s people, who do not understand. DEMOCRATIZATION OF HUMAN SENSE IN TECHNOLOGY IS RECOMMENDABLE.
Probably if I attend WeMedia, I will bring back experiences to bear on my immediate community; much as I would have impressed on those who know nothing about my society.
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