Speaker : Rebecca MacKinnon

Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Blog : rconversation

Rebbecca  is currently a research Fellow at the Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Her main project there is Global Voices: an experimental effort at creating a global citizens' media index and blogging community. she also consults, speaks, and writes on global participatory media.

She was based in China and Japan for CNN from 1992 until the end of 2003. During that time she held positions ranging from "production assistant" to "producer" to "correspondent" to "bureau chief and correspondent." For more about her professional record, see her full resume.

In January 2004 she went on leave to do a 1-semester fellowship with the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Her research focus was on weblogs and participatory media, especially as they relate to and enhance international news. After about 3 months at Harvard she resigned from CNN and was invited to stick around for the 2004-05 as a Research Fellow at the Berkman Center. Now they've asked her to stick around for a second year...

For more personal information about her, see this FAQ.