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.
Cynthia Smith is the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s curator of socially responsible design. Her latest exhibit is called Design with the Other 90%: Cities. For two years she traveled to 16 different cities, gathering the materials for the exhibition. In this on-location special edition of the podcast, she shows us around the exhibit. A website about the exhibit has interactive features so that you can participate. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. Lee Schneider is the interviewer.
Image of community lifeboat by Abir Abdullah/Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
Dr. Elizabeth Hausler is the founder of Build Change, an international non-profit enterprise that
designs earthquake-resistant houses in developing countries. The organization trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to build safer housing. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interview is conducted by Lee Schneider. Follow him on Twitter.
Photograph courtesy of Build Change.
Ami Dar, founder and executive director of Idealist.org, is today’s guest on the be global podcast. Idealist was built in 1996 with $3,500 and has since become a extremely popular nonprofit resource on the web, with information provided by 70,000 organizations worldwide. Idealist has 100,000 visitors every day. Ami was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and in Mexico, and now lives in New York. You can follow Idealist and also Ami on Twitter.
The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider. You can follow him on Twitter, too.
Ken Banks is one of the recipients of the 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize for creating an open source software platform called FrontlineSMS. Ken has been called a ‘mobile anthropologist’ because he has leveraged the potential of cell phones and text messaging to disseminate information, organize aid, and reconnect communities, particularly those in crisis. FrontlineSMS has been downloaded by more than 19,000 users. 
Read Ken’s blog, use Twitter to connect with him and follow FrontlineSMS on Twitter. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider and you can follow him on Twitter, too.
Texting image courtesy of kiwanja.net.
Melissa McMullan teaches sixth grade in Port Jefferson Station, New York, and is the Director of the Wings Over Haiti school. Wings Over Haiti is a non-profit whose mission is to develop mutually beneficial cultural exchanges between students around the world and the Wings Over Haiti School in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, Wings Over Haiti has built its own school and is providing free education to more than 40 students. Melissa’s story shows the power of one person to inspire others and create change. DocuCinema produces the be global podcast. Lee Schneider is the interviewer.
Alex Budak is cofounder of startsomegood.com, an online platform for helping social good initiatives raise funds and grow their community of supporters. Alex received an MPP (Master of Public Policy) degree from Georgetown University and a B.A. from UCLA in Geography and Political Science. A published travel writer, he’s cavorted with baby penguins in the Galapagos and visited rat temples in India. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider. Follow Lee on Twitter.
Arthur Coddington leads LikeMinded, a project of the Craigslist Foundation. He sees local engagement as a remedy for the frustrations that national politics can create and searches for ways everyone can be involved, whatever their community role. You may find Arthur writing about technology issues and community engagement. In his spare time, Arthur advises the photography organization Open Show. He also competes in the sport of Freestyle Frisbee and has won the world championships 13 times.
The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider. Follow Lee on Twitter.
In this inaugural edition of the be global podcast, Lee Schneider interviews David Cohn, founder of Spot.Us, a nonprofit that is pioneering community funded reporting. David has written for Wired, Seed, Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times, among other publications.
While working toward his master’s degree at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, David worked with Jay Rosen as the editor at the groundbreaking Newassignment.net in 2006, which focused on citizen journalism and ways news organizations could explore the social web. David also worked with Jeff Jarvis from Buzzmachine.com to organize the first Networked Journalism Summits. Those collaborations led to Spot.Us.
What is the be global podcast?
Global collaboration is transforming the way we work and think. Making information transparent is more than just a technological task or a challenge to be met with more and better machines – it’s a very human responsibility. We’ve heard the expression ‘knowledge is power.’ Let’s consider an expansion on that: Global knowledge means power for everyone, opening the way to social change. There are visionaries who have found new ways to share knowledge and create more connection online. This is a podcast devoted to them, and also to showing you the best ways to connect online. Why will that help? We are all moving energy and information around on the web, so let’s discover the best ways to connect with each other. This will not only make us more efficient and better at what we do, but it will also generate more transparency, foster a sense of global responsibility, and offer more opportunities for equality.
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.
