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  • A Decade of Distrust

    Do Americans distrust their powerful institutions more than ever?  And what impact does this distrust have on our lives? This sentiment was a powerful underlying theme to our Independent America film — that we have lost faith in government and corporations after Enron, Iraq, Katrina.  And it has to be a central component of my…

  • The Title

    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 Different Kind of Connection

    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.…

  • The Power of Story

    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…