About

I’m Community Media & Technology Manager for Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) and Adjunct Lecturer for the Media and Culture Program at Bentley University.

Previously, I worked at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where I produced projects for MediaBerkman and the Citizen Media Law Project. At CCTV, I manage the NeighborMedia citizen journalism program and other community media & technology projects.

My teaching, research, and scholarly interests focus on community communication. In general, I am interested in community media, community technology, citizen journalism, and digital inequality. More specifically, I am interested in exploring how place-based communities use information and communication technology to promote digital literacy and civic engagement.

I have presented workshops and lectures on educational uses of media and technology at Harvard Law School, Columbia University, Bentley University, and Apple, Inc., and I was the keynote speaker at the 2006 Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region Conference.

My work in community media, community technology, and citizen journalism has been featured by NetSquared, The Media Giraffe Project, Community Media 2.0, and Free Press.

I am a member of the Alliance for Community Media, Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Cultural Studies Association, and International Association of Media and Communication Research.

(Photo above by Shaun Clarke)

This Blog

This blog was created as a space to write about, share ideas, and discuss the ways individuals, groups, and institutions are involved in creating and sharing media in networked environments.

This is my personal blog. The views expressed on this blog are my own. I am not getting paid to write this blog, nor am I speaking on behalf of my employer in any way. Any discussion of things related to my work, or to events I might publicize here, or to themes that also relate to my professional life, is incidental and something I would be doing regardless of my professional circumstances.

My Background

Before becoming a media geek, I used to make records.  To see a list of recordings I’ve engineered, produced and performed on, visit Allmusic and Artist Direct.

To see what I’ve been up to more recently, please visit my CV.