On this episode of The Face of Media I interview Raj Aggarwal, CEO, and Henry Cipolla, CTO, of Localytics about their technology and its in mobile apps. One of the more important takeaways in regards to the intelligence Localytics collects is that it is anonymous and app specific. This is important as it allows you to understand the context of what is being measured and that being the real value analytics provides.
Mobile Analytics with Localytics
Gonzo Journalism at the Portland Spectator Magazine
Earlier today I interviewed a reporter from the Portland Spectator Magazine on an article he had recently written titled, “Like Burning Man But on a Train“. When we sat down, I thought the conversation would stay centered on the subject of his article, Burning Man, but things have a way of unexpectedly evolving. Ultimately, we ended up talking about the importance of Gonzo Journalism across the world.
Listen to the interview audio in the player above as we have a conversation about the power of citizen storytelling.
Michael Lloyd of The Oregonian
On this episode of The Face of Media I interview Michael Lloyd of The Oregonian Headquartered here in Portland Oregon. We cover the reality of the modern Multimedia Journalist and the effect the “newspaper recession” has had on their profession.
Cloud.li
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Audio in a Wiki
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Poster Child Distribution
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Portland Afoot
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Portland Radio Authority
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Sarak Mirk and the Portland Mercury
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Ken Doctor and Sustainable Journalism Business Models
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I Heart Art Portland
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Portland Pirate Festival
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Sarah Durham of Big Duck NYC
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Tara Dublin of KZME
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Brian Meece of RocketHub
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Julie Sabatier and Destination DIY
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Sara McCormick and Fractals
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Rebecca Jeschke and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Jeff Bunch of The Columbian
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Kent Lewis and Content Optimization
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J.P. Linde of Wild Space A Go Go
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June Dershewitz of Semphonic
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Rob Greenlee of Zune
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Cornelius Swart is an Enterprising Journalist
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Jodi Brannon of News21
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Doug Friend of KPSU
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Ken Doctor and the State of Journalism
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Tabulanis Snow Part 2
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Tabulanis Snow Part 1
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Jon Cianciullo of Social Mention
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Melissa Kunde of the Portland Area Radio Council
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Anna Chapman on Being a Russain Spy
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Crystal Beasley of PieLab
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Avinash Kaushik of Google
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Lloyd King of Vocalo
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Brenda Buratti of KGW
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Suck My Flick
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Michelle Anderson on Multimedia Storytelling
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Steve Woodward of Nozzl Media
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Future Lab and the World of Marketing
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Jenny Blake of Google
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