YOUTH AWARD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder of HuffingtonPost
For me, it was the excitement of seeing the conversation moving online. I wanted to be a part of that, so we started Arianna Online. The key thing was the interactivity. It was the discussion around the ideas that I was writing about. That was what really appealed to me.
I launched that with Andrew Breitbart and the thing that was exciting was to see the response from the people and the discussion around the ideas - so much so that my mother, who was living with me at that time, started an advice column on Arianna Online called Ask Ya-Ya ("Ya-Ya" is Greek for "grandmother").
She's never been on a computer, so she would sit at the kitchen table and answer the questions longhand on yellow pads, and we would type them and put them on Arianna Online.
So that was really the first impulse to do something online. The other was when I saw what Josh Marshall and other bloggers did with Trent Lott; that was a moment of another kind of awakening when Lott basically had to resign because of the work of bloggers. They stayed on the story and kept adding information about Trent Lott's past and previous statements and propagating tips from the community, and he had to resign. That was an amazing moment because it showed what could be done: not just reporting the original story but developing the story.
Job Titles:
- Professional Photography and Travel Writer
Anaheim, California native D. Scott Caruthers is a household name in the professional photography circles. His background in the arts endeared him to portrait and landscape photography. Egged by his supportive parents, Caruthers began drawing and painting as a young kid. His works featured extensively in the high school yearbook. Immediately after high school, Caruthers attended an art school to further his pursuits. At just 20, he saw it fit to establish a studio on the West Coast. With the help of a marketing agency, Caruthers uses the studio to market the business and extend his reach. His works have been featured in local entertainment and lifestyle magazines. The bedrock of his clients are athletes, entertainers, and movie stars.
The wide base of A-lister's has seen him break into other areas of photography such as wedding and event photography. The other things working for him are the attention to detail and great communication skills. When he is not at work, D. Scott Caruthers spends most of his time traveling, cooking and blogging. Traveling has greatly inspired his photography, especially the landscape and event's niche. His travels have taken to places as far as the Andes in South America and the Pyrenees in Southwest Europe. In his blog, Caruthers discusses various trending topics from cryptocurrency and food to technology. His interest in the food preparation and presentation arose from working at a restaurant chain owned by his parents.
What's your background and how you got into blogging? What were the various steps you took to get to The Inquisitr, "a daily mix of tech, pop and fun stories from around the world"?
I became involved in politics at a very young age. My father was a small businessman in Australia and very much against the left-wing government of the early-'90s, and that sort of reflected on me. I started a conservative politics site in 1994 or 1995.
I ran the first aggregate poli sci - conservative political sci - site in Australia in 1996. I use the word "conservative" regarding Australian politics - it wasn't like "conservative" in the American sense. I am basically libertarian.
That was more about advocacy. Did you have any idea at the time that you could make a living at it?
Director, Global Strategy, Research and Policy; Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation, USA Dr. Roth is responsible for Intel's Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy at Intel® Corporate Affairs Group, Intel® engagement with strategic alliance partners like the Global Education Initiative of the World Economic Forum, UNESCO, OECD, IEA, EUN, ATC21S. She is Board member of various Education Initiatives, the Austrian Research Studios, and the ESTABLISH Advisory Board. Dr. Roth joined Intel in 1997 as Program Manager for "Kids and Creativity" at Intel's Content Group. From 2002 to 2007 she was Director of the Intel® Education Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and responsible for the development and implementation of Intel's Education Programs in the region. Dr. Roth holds an M.A. in Pedagogy and a Ph.D. in Philology from the University of Jena, Germany and received additional qualification as Media Didactic and Lecturer for Learning Systems in Munich.
Job Titles:
- Communities Editor for Toronto 's Globe and Mail
- Technology Journalist
Mathew Ingram is a technology journalist and currently Communities Editor for Toronto's Globe and Mail. He's also a veteran blogger (at mathewingram.com), which makes his take on journalism in the age of Twitter, social media policies for workers, and the future of journalism, blogging, and the web a must read.
Robert Tweed is a real estate investor and economics expert. His background in mechanical engineering gives him technical insight into the business world. As an experienced home flipper, Robert Tweed took advantage of the boom market in Los Angeles in the late 1980s and early 90s. He began his investment career soon afterward, becoming a partner in several successful real estate enterprises. He has continued to invest in deserving businesses.
Job Titles:
- SVP and Director of Insights for Edelman Digital
Steve Rubel, SVP and Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, is well known as the blogger behind Micro Persuasion and, more recently, SteveRubel.com. Steve talks about why he made the switch to a Posterous-powered blog, the meaning (or lack thereof) of lifestreaming, digital curation, and PR 2.0, and PR and online marketing trends that form part of his "flow."
You made a bold move this year in converting your online publishing activity from the well known and respected Micro Persuasion blog to The Steve Rubel Lifestream (on the Posterous platform). Why did you make a move, and how is it working out thus far?
I made a move for three reasons.
First, I felt that after five years my blogging was getting long in the tooth. As an individual who isn't running a news blog, it's harder than ever to maintain one's influence with a blog these days. The world is moving toward an age of streams - and right now Twitter and Facebook are the primary attention networks. We're living through the Attention Crash, so I had to do something different to stand out.