Category: Book Content

  • I’ve wrestled with this — a lot.  Originally, I had tied it to my films, and called it “Independent America: Why Storytelling Matters More Than Ever in the Networked Age.”  But as I began to publicly explain how the digital revolution has rendered once scarce, information now more abundant than ever, with credibility was in…

  • A decade ago, the book Bowling Alone observed the fragmentation of American community (and democracy).  We had become more centered upon our professional selves and the workplace — setting aside our focus on home, church or neighborhood.  Now, thanks to the Internet, broadband access and various digital tools, social networks have somewhat rekindled the community connection.…

  • How very analog of me.  After I quit my job in network TV news, I used digital technology and social media to produce a documentary film five years ago, a sequel in 2008 — and leveraged that experience to head up a graduate program in digital media our of Seattle.  Now I’m going to write a book.  About…