Coverage of the National Writers Union Digital Media Conference 10/16-10/17/09

Although Open Media Boston staff were busy helping to run the National Writers Union Digital Media Conference last weekend, we did find time to get some photos, audio and video of some of the key events we were involved in. We post our multimedia coverage here in the public interest.

1) Audio recording of the "How Can Creators Make a Living When We Are Expected to Give Away Our Work for Free?" A panel discussion of the biggest questions facing writers and other creators in this digital age at the National Writers Union Digital Media Conference at the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States from 7-9:30 p.m. on 10/16/09. The panelists were: Dan Kennedy (moderator) of Northeastern Univ. Journalism Dept., Jason Pramas of the National Writers Union and Open Media Boston, Zach Seward of Nieman Journalism Lab, Lisa Williams of Placeblogger.com, Topper Carew, noted TV Producer and Writers Guild member, and Felicia M. Sullivan of Organizers' Collaborative, plus an introduction by Jeanne Harnois of the National Writers Union. Recording by David Goodman of IBIS Radio and Open Media Boston. Copyright 2009 David Goodman. (Note: this is the raw audio recording of the entire event with no intro or outro.)

 

2) Some images from the Saturday 10/17/09 session of the National Writers Union Digital Media Conference at Northeastern University. Photos by Jason Pramas.

3) "The Road Less Traveled: Public Funding for Content Creation" lunch talk by Fred Johnson of Media Working Group at the NWU Digital Media Conference on Saturday 10/17/09 at Northeastern University. This video was original streamed live to ustream.tv. Video by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia and Jason Pramas.