Principal digital media strategist at Webbmedia Group. We adapt technology for everyone.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Board of Directors at Online News Association
- Advisory Board at International Center for Journalists
- Advisory Board at Knight Batten Journalism Awards
- Founder, Knowledgewebb Expert at Knowledgewebb
- Interactive Media Peer Group at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Advisory Board at Temple University School Journalism Department
- Principal Digital Media Consultant at Webbmedia Group
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- Founder & Editor In Chief at Dragonfire
- Writer at Newsweek
- Reporter at The Wall Street Journal (Asia)
- Stringer/ Freelancer at New York Times, Economist.com and others
- Education
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- Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
- Indiana University Bloomington
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Amy Webb’s Summary
I'm an author, speaker and future thinker and the head of Webbmedia Group (http://www.webbmediagroup.com), an international digital strategy consultancy that offers mobile, platform, social and emerging tech/ media strategic services and workshops to Fortune 500 companies, media organizations, mid-sized businesses, governments and universities worldwide.
In short, we help news and tech organizations around the world innovate on new platforms and to monetize their content. Webbmedia has worked with media companies and other groups, including major television networks, national newspapers, tech startups, media associations and journalism schools. Our full client list can be viewed at http://www.webbmediagroup.com. Email me directly at amy@webbmediagroup.com.
Amy Webb’s Specialties:
• Creating and implementing training modules for media organizations around the world
• Selection and implementation of content management systems and other third party applications
• Innovating within a mobile framework: location-aware services, geospatial web, stand-alone apps
• Converting single-platform content into multiple-platform for monetization and growth
• Working with web teams to harness and use social networking tools
• Digital strategy for current/ future monetization
Amy Webb’s Experience
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Board of Directors
Online News Association
(Non-Profit; Online Media industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Advisory Board
International Center for Journalists
(Non-Profit; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
I am on the Advisory Board for the International Center for Journalists.
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Advisory Board
Knight Batten Journalism Awards
(Online Media industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Founder, Knowledgewebb Expert
Knowledgewebb
(Online Media industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
Knowledgewebb (http://www.knowledgewebb.net) is a site offering hands-on training, self-directed courses, ongoing webinars and more for everyone working in media and communications. Members receive unlimited hands-on training in a very easy-to-use setting, interactive live webinars and chat sessions and access to experts in a dozen different subject areas. We even have a database of 125+ hands-on lessons to help you learn more. (And we're adding new lessons every week!) Want to start your own website from scratch? We have a lesson for that. (Six, actually - showing you how to pick a domain, how to choose a platform, how to get your content online, etc.) Want to use Twitter to market yourself? Yes, we have a lesson for that, too. Flash for beginners? Check. Buying a digital camera? Yep. Facebook Connect? Of course!
And if you wanted to know about getting content to mobile phones, or selecting a content management system, starting a website from scratch or even how to protect your identity while researching online, you can ask one of our Experts directly for help. I wanted to give journalists and others the same kind of access I have to the leading movers and shakers in digital media. Need to learn more about visual storytelling? Ask our Expert, Emmy-award winning journalist Tom Kennedy. Just getting started? Amy Eisman, nationally-known writing and teaching coach and American University Professor, is here to help. Want some feedback on your Flash project? Mark Luckie, author of the popular 10000 Words blog and award-winning multimedia designer, will critique your work. Longtime NPR personality and trainer Doug Mitchell is ready to help with all your audio questions... Our Expert list goes on and on...
You can learn more here: http://www.webbmediagroup.com/KW_Commercial.mov (short) or here (http://www.webbmediagroup.com/knowledgewebb.mov (full site tour). -
Interactive Media Peer Group
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
(Non-Profit; Entertainment industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
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Advisory Board
Temple University School Journalism Department
(Higher Education industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
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Principal Digital Media Consultant
Webbmedia Group
(Online Media industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I founded Webbmedia Group, LLC in 2005 (please ignore date listed by LinkedIn). Webbmedia is a digital media consulting company. We adapt technology to solve problems in traditional publishing, journalism, corporate communications, government relations and academia.
Webbmedia Group applies digital tools for use in online news media and at other organizations. Simply put, our team of consultants helps companies adapt technology.
Our history of integrating digital tools to increase traffic, monetize content, launch new products, train newsrooms and develop long-term strategies has made WMG a trusted business partner in the publishing industry and beyond. We use a customized, research-driven approach with every client to ensure that each project utilizes the very best technology available to achieve a company's goals. For more, see http://webbmediagroup.com/services_overview.htm. -
Founder & Editor In Chief
Dragonfire
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2005 — January 2007 (2 years 1 month)
I am the founder and former publisher of Dragonfire (http://www.dfire.org), an online magazine of news and culture. Under my direction, we went from a one-person office to a staff of more than 25. Our traffic spiked from 4,000 unique weekly visitors in our first few issues to more than 80,000 uniques every day from around the world.
I established Dragonfire as a nonprofit and spent two years creating relationships with external stakeholders to ensure a properly-funded budget for my organization. Under my direction, everyone on the Dragonfire staff worked collaboratively: Editors developed stories alongside programmers, freelance journalists were cross-trained on audio production, staff reporters all learned how to code in Flash. I believe very strongly that the development of a converged media organization depends on cross-training as well as cooperation. (Dragonfire went dark in August 2007.) -
Writer
Newsweek
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
Based in Tokyo, coverage included politics, culture, the economy.
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Reporter
The Wall Street Journal (Asia)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2001 — October 2001 (6 months)
Covered media, marketing and hedge funds, based in Hong Kong.
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Stringer/ Freelancer
New York Times, Economist.com and others
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 1996 — September 2000 (4 years 2 months)
I was based in Asia and wrote for several publications, covering technology, the economy, business, hedge funds, culture and current events. I reported from all over Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau.
Amy Webb’s Education
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Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
MS , Journalism , 2000 — 2001
Concentrations in narrative nonfiction and international reporting. Studied with Sam Freedman, Michael Shapiro, Ari Goldman and Seymour Topping.
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Indiana University Bloomington
BA , Political Science, Economics , 1993 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Speech Team (AFA and NFA), Debate Team (Policy 1 year, NFA-LD 3 years)
Additional Information
Amy Webb’s Websites:
Amy Webb’s Interests:
semantic web, 2d barcodes, qr codes, social networking, consulting, training, new technology, Apple
Amy Webb’s Groups:
Online News Association, International Academy of Visual Arts, Investigative Reporters & Editors
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Knowledgewebb
Amy Webb’s Honors:
2006 Webby Nominee, Best Online Magazine
2006 EPpy Nominee, Best Rich Media Site
2006 Bert Greene/ IACP Nominee, Best Food Journalism - Internet Category
2006 International w3 and Davey Awards Judge
2006 W3 Silver Award, Best Online Magazine
2006 W3 Silver Award, Best Online News
2004 IRE Fellow
2004 PNPA, Investigative Reporting 1st Place
2004 SPJ Keystone, Spot Reporting, 1st Place
2004 Philadelphia Press Association, Enterprise Reporting, 1st Place
Amy Webb’s Contact Settings
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