About
The “professional” bio
David Cohn 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, Cohn worked as the editor at groundbreaking newassignment.net in 2006, which focused on citizen journalism and ways news organizations could explore the social web. Cohn also worked with Jeff Jarvis from Buzzmachine.com to organize the first Networked Journalism Summits, which brought together the best practices of collaborative journalism three years in a row (2007-2009). He has been a contributing editor at NewsTrust.net, a founding editor of Broowaha and most recently created Spot.Us, a nonprofit that is pioneering “community funded reporting.” He is currently a fellow at the Reynolds Institute of Journalism and is a frequent speaker on topics related to new media and beyond.
The “keeping it real bio.”
David Cohn is an obvious ego-maniac. How else can you explain all the pictures of himself and writing this “about” section in third person?
His first big break in journalism was writing for Wired. By following technology, specifically the build up of Web 2.0 after the first bust, David realized many of the trends he was following can and should be applied to journalism.
As a result David has worked with pioneering journalism bloggers like Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis. He helped Jeff Howe on his book “Crowdsourcing” and he continues to rely on his otherwise useless knowledge of the Web to help develop the emerging practice of participatory journalism through all kinds of jobs (see professional bio) or just writing his personal thoughts in this blog. He tries to be as open and accessible as possible. One shouldn’t hesitate to contact David. We have been told his email is Dcohn1 at gmail dot com.
He likes to rock but hates getting into online arguments. David loves you.
David hopes you enjoyed this unprofessional intro which was painstaking to write.
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[...] his attention to providing the best reporting possible in a non-profit and citizen-funded model. David Cohn, a former new media expert at Netscape and a freelancer for Wired magazine, has done the same. His [...]
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A refreshing intro : )
God bless irony, and some fresh air in journalism.
thank you!
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[...] requests for interviews to reflect on the process of using Spot.us to publish the Times piece. David Cohn wrote a great reflection here and Bill Mitchell of Poynter also wrote an excellent analysis here [...]
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[...] of been overlooked because it’s buried within the pitches,” the site’s founder David Cohn told me [...]
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[...] when “Dave” is next door? There’s always a “Dave” nearby. Take David Cohn, 25, of Spot.Us as a case in [...]
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[...] in the news business. Before you finish reading this, read Generations in the Desert by DigiDave (David Cohn). This is a response to Dave, so this will make more sense if you read him first, even though I [...]