This is an example of the work of video vigilante Jimmy Justice, a video blogger and “cop-arazzi” that films New York law enforcement officers breaking the law and then posts his films online. Justice is featured in a Washington Post article that looks at the effects omnipresent video cameras are having on law enforcement. Justice […]

Professor Michael Wesch’s presentation on the Anthropology of YouTube at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. It’s a great presentation, jam-packed with information, but with enough new media references to make it a lot of fun, too. More info on Professor Wesch at his Kansas State University site on Digital Ethnography.

PodCamp Boston is coming up this weekend, July 19-20, 2008.

Unlike previous PodCamps, walk-in registrations cannot be accepted (building security needs a list of attendees). The deadline for registering for this weekend’s PodCamp Boston is noon (ET) Wednesday, July 16.

In advance of the upcoming conference, PodCamp co-founder and organizer Christopher Penn (creator and host of the Financial Aid Podcast) took some time out to answer questions about the event.

Google’s got a big problem with YouTube – the melting-pot nature of user-generated media.

This, along with a billion-dollar lawsuit, courtesy of Viacom, is keeping Google from making money on 96% of its content.

It’s time for Google to settle with Viacom, and get on with building a business based on what makes YouTube unique – user-generated media.

The Kraft Group, which owns, among other things, the New England Patriots, has led a group of investors in providing $4.6m SeriesA financing to Blog Talk Radio. Founded in 2006 by former telecom executive Alan Levy, Blog Talk Radio provides a platform for businesses and individuals to create their own live call-in talk show without […]

Podcasters from throughout North America gathered in Kingston, Ontario, last weekend for the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference. Here is a quick rundown of some of the coverage of the event by participants and presenters at PAB08: Financial Aid Podcast and social media superhero Chris Penn talks a little bit about the “battle” (heated […]

In 4 steps, Jordan’s Queen Rania shows you how to create video clips designed break down stereotypes. It’s fascinating to watch what Rania is doing with YouTube and how she’s using it as a platform to encourage understanding between cultures. Does it still count as citizen media, though, when you’re the Queen of Jordan?

The latest in the series of participant-organized, Open Space “unconferences,” PodCamp Seattle debuts today (June 21, 2008) at the University of Washington Communications Building. Colleague, friend, and Edelman Digital social media expert Eric Weaver is one of the event’s organizers. He says that the focus of the Seattle PodCamp will diverge somewhat from previous PodCamps […]

Podcast creators, podsafe musicians, and friends and families of new media mavens will be gathering this weekend at the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference in Kingston, Ontario. Participants and presenters are coming from Canada, the United States, and from as far away as Argentina. The conference is organized by members of the Rogic Podcast […]

The Associated Press, after sending cease and desist letters to the social media site Drudge Retort, plans to release guidelines that explain how much of its articles and media bloggers and Web sites can copy within fair use rights: The A.P.’s effort to impose some guidelines on the free-wheeling blogosphere, where extensive quoting and even […]