Online conversation and open journalism Public debates on current socio-political topics are mostly taking place online, where experts and citizens can often play a more equal role. How to ensure t...
Bernardo Parrella
Bernardo Parrella is a freelance journalist, translator and activist on media and digital culture issues, currently living in New Mexico, USA. He is editor of Global Voices in Italian and contributor to Global Voices’ Translation Exchange Project. Founded in 2004 by a group of pioneering international bloggers, Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. He is the author of Vademecum della comunicazione digitale (2000), Gens electrica. tecniche e futuro della comunicazione (1999) and Web Multimedia. Tecniche, futuro e applicazioni della comunicazione multimediale (1998). His most recent work as a translator is Oltre WikiLeaks, il futuro del movimento per la trasparenza (2011), the translation of Micah Sifry's book Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency.
News reporting and social media curation The Arab Spring and similar events have revealed the importance of social media in any information flow. Online news outlets are integrating collaborative too...
Digital and social publishing Today netizens and activists are producing a wealth of first-hand storytelling and content. How can such content be best re-broadcast offline? Is it possible to create...