be global podcast: Burt Herman – co-founder of Storify
Today’s guest is Burt Herman, co-founder of Storify. Storify lets you curate social networks to build social stories, bringing together media scattered across the Web into a coherent narrative.
Burt is also the founder of Hacks/Hackers, a worldwide organization bringing together journalists and technologists. He previously reported from around the world for The Associated Press over a 12-year career, heading AP’s office in Korea and founding a bureau covering the five countries of former Soviet Central Asia. Among other assignments worldwide, he was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines in the Iraq war, and covered Afghanistan after Sept. 11, traveled several times to North Korea, and covered the Asian tsunami and Pakistan’s nuclear program. He talks with Lee Schneider about Storify on the be global podcast, covering topics in journalism, social media, and where they intersect. The podcast is produced by DocuCinema.
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