NewMe Conference: Henry Rivera
Black Web 2.0 recently held the NewMe Conference. If you’re unfamiliar, the conference was set up to bring together the creative, innovative energy of minority entrepreneurs. The goal of the two day event was not only to engage in discussion on where to find opportunities to nurture opportunities for blacks in new media, but to [...]
Read MoreAnswering Politico’s Diversity Problem (Video)
I’m not sure if you all caught CNN’s video coverage of the “top editors and reporters” meeting at Politico.com, one of the top and most influential DC publications, but if you haven’t I’ve included the footage at the bottom of this post. If you don’t mind take a gander and tell me what’s wrong with [...]
Read MoreSurprise! Silicon Valley Doesn’t Employ Minorities
Research Mercury News put out a couple weeks ago regarding the lack of minorities in Silicon Valley has sent a ripple through the tech community. To give you a brief overview it generally outlines statistics that we all pretty much know: Lack of entrepreneurship by minorities in Silicon Valley and the lack of minority employees [...]
Read MoreRace, Ghettos, Facebook and MySpace
Is MySpace really the ghetto of social networks? Are the people using Facebook really smarter? Researcher danah boyd (who does not capitalize her name, a la bell hooks) seeks to answer these questions, at least where teenagers are concerned, in a new paper, “White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with MySpace and Facebook.”
Read MoreAOL’s New News Site Starts Out Color-Free
Last week the Journalism Educators Association hosted their fall national high school journalist’s conference in Washington, DC, and I was honored to host a session for a small group of young writers. Early estimates say there were more than 6,000 high school journalists from across the country attending, and their excitement was visible—a couple of Metro stops from the convention hotel I noticed groups of kids with cameras and note pads out capturing stories.
Read MoreInside the Black Googler Network
Below is a video of Googler Bryan talking about his personal experiences as a member of the Black Googler Network (BGN), which is an employee resource group at the company. I am actually glad to see a resource like this at Google because their founders are real big on a diverse workforce.
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