Dan Gillmor
Encyclopedia
Dan Gillmor is a noted American
technology writer and columnist. He is director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University
's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
at Harvard University
.
Gillmor is also the author of a popular weblog covering technology news and the Northern California technology business sector, criticizing rigid enforcement of copyright
s, and commenting on politics from a frequently right-wing perspective. He was one of the leading chroniclers of the Silicon Valley
dot-com boom
and its subsequent bust.
and several newspapers in Vermont, followed by six years at the Detroit Free Press
, before moving to the San Jose Mercury News
in 1994. From 1994-2005 he was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley’s daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. The blog is believed to have been the first by a journalist for a traditional media company. He left the Mercury News in January 2005 to work on a grassroots journalism project, called Bayosphere, launched in May 2005. He was also involved in Dopplr
, an online travel application project.
He is also the author of a book, We the Media
, published in August 2004, chronicling how the Internet is helping independent journalists combat the consolidation of traditional media. It is a quick guide of all the new internet tools for journalists, including weblogs, RSS, SMS, peer to peer and how all these tools will change communication. In 2010, he released another book titled Mediactive.
Podcasts
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technology writer and columnist. He is director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication , is one of the 24 independent schools at Arizona State University and named in honor of veteran broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite...
and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace. Founded at Harvard Law School, the center traditionally focused on internet-related legal issues. On May 15, 2008, the Center was elevated to an interfaculty initiative of...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
Gillmor is also the author of a popular weblog covering technology news and the Northern California technology business sector, criticizing rigid enforcement of copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
s, and commenting on politics from a frequently right-wing perspective. He was one of the leading chroniclers of the Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
dot-com boom
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
and its subsequent bust.
Career
Before becoming a journalist, Gillmor played music for seven years. During the 1986-87 academic year he was a Knight-Wallace journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he studied history, political theory and economics. Gillmor worked at the Kansas City TimesKansas City Times
The Kansas City Times was a morning newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri, that was published from 1867 to 1990.The morning Kansas City Times, under ownership of afternoon The Kansas City Star, won two Pulitzer Prizes and was actually bigger than its parent when its name was changed to the...
and several newspapers in Vermont, followed by six years at the Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
, before moving to the San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
in 1994. From 1994-2005 he was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley’s daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. The blog is believed to have been the first by a journalist for a traditional media company. He left the Mercury News in January 2005 to work on a grassroots journalism project, called Bayosphere, launched in May 2005. He was also involved in Dopplr
Dopplr
Dopplr is a free social networking service, launched in 2007, that allows users to create itineraries of their travel plans and spot correlations with their contacts’ travel plans in order to arrange meetings at any point on their journey. Additional features include allowing the user to calculate...
, an online travel application project.
He is also the author of a book, We the Media
We the Media
We the Media is a book written by Dan Gillmor, published in 2004 by O'Reilly . It is also available for free online, under a Creative Commons license....
, published in August 2004, chronicling how the Internet is helping independent journalists combat the consolidation of traditional media. It is a quick guide of all the new internet tools for journalists, including weblogs, RSS, SMS, peer to peer and how all these tools will change communication. In 2010, he released another book titled Mediactive.
Works
Books- We the MediaWe the MediaWe the Media is a book written by Dan Gillmor, published in 2004 by O'Reilly . It is also available for free online, under a Creative Commons license....
, Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly MediaO'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
, 2004, ISBN 978-0596007331, OCLC 607366100 - Mediactive, Farnham : O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly MediaO'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
, 2010, ISBN 978-0596806262, OCLC 471816480
Podcasts
- We, the Media recorded (mp3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
) at Accelerating Change 2004, November 5–7, 2004. - 2004 Outlook
- Dan Gillmor at the South by SouthwestSouth by SouthwestSouth by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
Interactive Festival 2005 in Austin, Texas, March 11–15, 2005.
External links
- Dan Gillmor official website
- Profile at Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
- Profile at Center for Citizen Media
- Column archive at The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Column archive at SalonSalon.comSalon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...