J. D. Lasica
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Born | Joseph Daniel Lasica Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | Rutgers University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, entrepreneur, public speaker |
Joseph Daniel Lasica is an American entrepreneur, public speaker and journalist. He is the author of Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation [1] (2005), a book about the copyright wars and the future of media.[2][3]
Early years
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Lasica was born in Passaic, New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University, where he holds a BA in communication.
He began working in journalism as a reporter for the Passaic Herald News,[4] then held several editing positions at the Sacramento Union and Sacramento Bee[5] in California. He left newspapers in 1997 when he joined Microsoft's Sidewalk.com city guide as copy chief and managing editor.
Media career
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From 1997 to 2005, Lasica wrote dozens of freelance articles for publications such as the American Journalism Review, where he was its first new media columnist; the Online Journalism Review, where he was its chief columnist; and the now-defunct Industry Standard magazine. In 2003 Lasica was editor of the white paper We Media: How Audiences Are Shaping the Future of News and Information,[6] published by the Media Center at the American Press Institute. From 2004 to 2005 he was a columnist for Engadget, a technology blog. His book "Darknet" came out in May 2005.
In March 2005 he co-founded Ourmedia,[7] a grassroots media community and one of the first video hosting and sharing sites on the Internet, with co-founder Marc Canter. He served as its chief executive until his departure in December 2008.
Lasica was also founder and president of Socialmedia.biz, a consulting firm and collaborative blog that provides social media services to companies. In May 2009 he launched Socialbrite.org, a learning center and collaborative blog for nonprofits and social change organizations.
Selected works
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He has written three reports for the Aspen Institute:
(1) The Mobile Generation: Global Transformations at the Cellular Level.[10]
(2) Civic Engagement on the Move: How mobile media can serve the public good.[11]
(3) Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: The next-generation Internet's impact on business, governance and social interaction.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Lasica, Joseph Daniel (2005). Darknet: Hollywood's war against the digital generation. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-68334-6.
- ^ "Darknet Casts Hollywood as Heavy". WIRED. July 19, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Rogers, Michael (July 18, 2005). "Will Hollywood Lock-up Our Movies?". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Guinan, Warren A. (1981-08-01). National Dam Safety Program. Beatties Mill Dam (NJ00821), Passaic River Basin, Passaic River, Passaic County, New Jersey. Phase I Inspection Report (Report). Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center. doi:10.21236/ada104029.
- ^ Guinan, Warren A. (1981-08-01). National Dam Safety Program. Beatties Mill Dam (NJ00821), Passaic River Basin, Passaic River, Passaic County, New Jersey. Phase I Inspection Report (Report). Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center. doi:10.21236/ada104029.
- ^ J.D. Lasica, Editor, We the Media Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine American Press Institute, accessed May 4, 2010.
- ^ "Six years ago today, a video revolution was born". Inside Social Media. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Mitchell, Dan (Aug 20, 2005). "Picking the Media's Digital Lock (book review)". New York Times. p. C5.
- ^ Pachter, Richard (11 July 2005). "Business book review column". The Miami Herald. p. 1.
- ^ J. D. Lasica, "Rapporteur", The Mobile Generation: Global Transformations at the Cellular Level: A Report of the Fifteenth Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology (Washington, D.C.: Aspen Institute, February 2007), accessed August 17, 2007.
- ^ J. D. Lasica, "Rapporteur", Civic Engagement on the Move: Archived 2015-04-08 at the Library of Congress Web Archives How mobile media can serve the public good: A Report of the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Mobile Media and Civic Engagement (Washington, D.C.: Aspen Institute, July 2008), accessed September 4, 2009.
- ^ J. D. Lasica, "Rapporteur", Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: The next-generation Internet's impact on business, governance and social interaction: A Report of the Seventeenth Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology (Washington, D.C.: Aspen Institute, May 2009), accessed September 4, 2009.