"Blog on!" echoed from Central Hall as attendees cheered on fellow bloggers Saturday evening. The Blogger's Showcase, a session moderated by Lac Su and Erin Yoshimura, was a way for seasoned and new bloggers to interact and learn from each other. Su, a co-founder of the original Banana conference that preceded V3, said the V3 Digital Media Conference epitomizes the Asian American voice that...
Can Asian Americans determine who will become the next president this November? We're 18 million and rising, as of the 2010 census, yet we're three times greater than other minority groups to swing in political beliefs. Leaders working in the political spectrum discussed these AAPI issues at V3 Digital Media Conference on Saturday. Los Angeles alone boasts a population of more than a...
Who better to teach us about blogging than a young and renowned blogger such as Kim Bui? She may be a social media editor at KPCC, but what makes her so so easy to relate to is her humble beginnings in the blogging world. She started her blog as a college student because, at the time, “weblogs were the thing.” As simple and modest a start as any. What Bui likes best about social...
More and more people are getting their news from social media. Many people fear that with so many people participating in spreading the news, there is a greater chance of misinformation being spread and that people will receive inaccurate news. So, what are the pros and cons of delivering news through social media, and how are journalists and bloggers adapting to the new trend? All the...
It's not just about the best draft pick or the final score of the Super Bowl game. Sports reporting and social media should stand behind the journalism core: accuracy. "Accuracy is the key thing but now people are worried about ‘I got to tweet this now,’" Angela Sun, Yahoo! Sports Minute host, said. "Taking action: Covering sports in social media" panelists all agreed although social...
Every journalist has had the problem – the story’s ready to go, but the WiFi isn’t. At Saturday’s Verizon Wireless gadgetry session, company reps showed off a new toy that can help with that problem – it’s called the Verizon Jetpack, and it gives you a WiFi connection anywhere in the country. The phone-sized jetpack works like a router, so the user can connect up to 10 devices...
MSNBC anchor Richard Lui used to fall asleep listening to the news as a kid. His transistor radio lulled him to sleep, and he’d wake up with little holes on his face, he told a V3Con audience in Saturday’s first panel. But today’s youngsters get their news from Twitter and Facebook, moderator David Ono said during the panel, and that’s why it’s important for traditional journalists...
It was a night of vision, visibility and voice. Tonight was the opening ceremony of the V3 conference. Four awards were given out: one Vision, two Visibility, and one Voice award. There were more than 200 people tonight at the Pacific Asian Museum in Pasadena for the V3 Digital Media Conference opening and awards ceremony. It wasn’t just a night of awards, but of intergenerational...
V3con is very excited that Koji Sakai will be speaking at V3con on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at the Japanese American National Museum. Koji will be speaking on "Non-profits and digital media: How do AAPI non-profit orgs use the web effectively?" panel at V3con. So let's get to know Koji a little better... Your favorite place to blog? I like to blog in my office at home with the baby...
V3con is very excited that Stephen Dypiangco will be speaking at V3con on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at the Japanese American National Museum. So let’s get to know Stephen a little better... Your favorite hangout in LA? Mann's Chinese movie theater. This is my favorite place in the entire world to watch a movie. The screen is ginormous, and the sound system is amazing. Whenever a big...
V3con is very excited that Anita Lau will be speaking at V3con on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at the Japanese American National Museum. So let's get to know Anita a little better... What do you love about what you do? I've always loved writing about food. I have been a food writer for 20+ years both in Hong Kong and the U.S. I love how no matter how much you think you know about food, it is...
V3con is very excited that Ipo Pharr will be performing at the Opening Awards Reception presented by NBCUniversal on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 at the Pacific Asia Museum. So let's get to know Ipo a little better... What do you love about what you do? I love that music can say exactly what I'm not brave enough to say. Sometimes, I can't get my emotions across the way I want to, especially in...
