Brian Conley, Video Journalist

2009

November
October 90
September 207
August 223
July 76
June 234
May 4
April 165
March 97
January 90

2008

October 217
September 201
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
off to australia suckas! Going to the sub-tropics!
Apr 28th
Collective Punishment: Iraq to Afghanistan
Apr 28th
If you read two, read my latest blog about why Sri Lanka needs internationally supported citizen...
Apr 26th
IF you read only one article today, make it this one:...
Apr 26th
Where is Sri Lanka anyway, and why should you...
Apr 26th
shocked by what i’m hearing on NZ National Radio. Specious rhetoric implying Palestinian...
Apr 26th
is wondering whether this blog post about the media’s coverage of sri lankan conflict is...
Apr 26th
also, why do i feel like i routinely get misunderstood on twitter or thought of a being hostile?...
Apr 26th
every journalist should read this Editor’s last worrs:...
Apr 26th
Just read Lasantha Wickrematunga’s final...
Apr 26th
WHO Pandemic is at level 3, but what level was it at a week ago, before #swineflu ? anyone...
Apr 26th
So far no evidence of “confirmation” of #swineflu in NZ, only potential and quarantine,...
Apr 26th
why is everyone freaking out about #swineflu ? yes its a potential global pandemic, but so long...
Apr 26th
SecState Clinton is in Beirut for an unnanounced stop, this just in, still no MidEast Peace Process...
Apr 26th
New post up, disconnect btw ICT usage by South African Politicians and Citizenry/Journalists...
Apr 26th
South Africa’s ICT Election
Apr 25th
#africagathering sounds like it was a great event, i just wish i could have made the...
Apr 25th
It’s time for me to head to bed, 11:30pm here in New Zealand, follow #africagathering for...
Apr 25th
psyched about #africagathering hoping discussion of frontlineSMS will widen my understanding of...
Apr 25th
its great that Cocacola might assist distro of necessities, but by stealing water Coke creates this...
Apr 25th
i’m hoping to find kindred spirits by following #africagathering i believe ushahidi and mobile...
Apr 25th
wonders if niche and localism rather than monolith may be a part of solutions for issues in...
Apr 25th
would love to see a visualization of africa mobile coverage as compared to foreign news coverage...
Apr 25th
Thinking of a blog on ICT’s use in SA elections, in particular discrepancy btw party usage and...
Apr 25th
Would love to hear attendees/followers of #africagathering responses to:...
Apr 25th
wonders if “Africa” has to continue to be seen monolithically, or if this is part of the...
Apr 25th
is there a video feed from #africagathering ? Or more information somewhere? just learned of it...
Apr 25th
follow #africagathering for interesting discussion about the potential of ICT in Africa and the...
Apr 25th
finds it interesting all the tweets from #africagathering so far appear to be tweeted by white...
Apr 25th
why does the XO have problems with local adoption? maybe kids in ethiopia have needs prior to...
Apr 25th
Favorite thing of the week!...
Apr 25th
just finished the first draft of chapter two! 10,000 “official” words, plus another 3000...
Apr 23rd
wishes someone would invent a smaller, more compact baby car seat that was still safe, it would make...
Apr 23rd
seriously folks? #iraqtech spent 3 days in the country? You’re done now? c’mon,...
Apr 23rd
is showing off twitter search and demonstrating how #journchat dynamically advances a conversation...
Apr 23rd
thinks its nice for UN to make demands of rebels but wishes theyd also demand sri lanka govt stop...
Apr 23rd
wonders what Barham Salih thinks about the possibility for #iraqtech to shed light on human rights...
Apr 23rd
where is #iraqtech crew headed today @jack ? You are probably better off without the helmet and...
Apr 22nd
RT @the_hindu Train with nearly 700 passengers on board released by the Maoists in Jharkhand, says a...
Apr 22nd
So that I don’t seem like a hater, I should make it clear that I think its great the #iraqtech...
Apr 22nd
Were you at the protests outside the Boston Presidential Debates in 2000? please @ or DM me,...
Apr 22nd
I think it would be great if the #iraqtech team spent a “day as an iraqi” stay outside...
Apr 22nd
morning @heif @ranaan @jack i hope you get out of the Green Zone, and i dont mean in a State convoy....
Apr 22nd
according to @BreakingNews hundreds of “Maoists” have taken hostages on a passenger...
Apr 22nd
is obsessively checking his email for updates about a new opportunity…
Apr 22nd
Not to be a hater, but I am the only one who feels like #iraqtech is a lot of hype and little...
Apr 22nd
passing the buck i can believe in? you decide: http://tinyurl.com/culfxl should obama take a...
Apr 22nd
In 2005 i was publishing videos via dialup from prepaid internet scratch cards, best part? dialup...
Apr 22nd
Unfortunately #iraqtech will only be for the wealthy unless it is combined with #iraqinfrastructure
Apr 22nd
fuck, i am a mess after reading that story: http://tinyurl.com/djnbj8 similar to things i heard from...
Apr 21st
I’m not sure if this gives me more or less faith in humanity:...
Apr 21st
i just heard about ahmadinejad’s comments at the UN conference on racism, wondering what the...
Apr 21st
just received really really great potential job news! But its potential, so I can’t really say...
Apr 20th
#herebeforexistence
Apr 20th
Will Orly find her Emir? Will there be peace in mideast? Find out on the next installment of as...
Apr 20th
(via biteofpythias) That’s right Petra, you rock on...
Apr 20th
may break 10,000 official words today!!
Apr 19th
is wondering about #edemcamp , ie E-Democracy Camp.. must look into this and see what the fuss is...
Apr 19th
looking for schools to write dissertation on potential of socmedia to alleviate/prevent ethnic...
Apr 19th
tothebarricades: brianconley: complicatedshoes: I want...
Apr 19th
complicatedshoes: I want to see a fight to the death cage...
Apr 19th
uhmmm omg i think #Lost just made my brain melt, its dribbling down my earlobe. That was the...
Apr 19th
Are you aware just how much foreign news your TV is missing? Find out why!...
Apr 18th

What Your TV is Missing

Alisa Miller, the head of Public Radio International, gave this talk at the November 2008 TED...
Apr 18th
What Your TV is Missing
Apr 18th
bored on a friday night and looking for a blog to read? I wrote yesterday about ushahidi.com &...
Apr 18th
I think Batman is staying at hostel.he has an irish pport but grew up in kenyan, lives in london and...
Apr 18th
#followfriday MidEast edition! @salam @elizrael @syrianews @anasqtiesh @jerusalembureau @effifuks...
Apr 18th

Ushahidi.com, A Harbinger of...

Someone else has probably written this post before, but today, as I am amazed by the incredible work...
Apr 17th
Pirate Bay four found guilty! http://bit.ly/WUGtw what will this mean for software freedom/piracy...
Apr 17th
the leftover coffee from this morning is not performing as well as it did on the first runthrough....
Apr 17th
I’m wondering if there is some way i can filter out all mentions of @aplusk @cnnbrk and Ashton...
Apr 17th
Hey @ushahidi and @votereportindia you may be interested in this, i think your tools r future of...
Apr 17th
Ushahidi.com, A Harbinger of Journalism’s...
Apr 17th
favorite thing of 2009. so far: http://somalipirate.livejournal.com/
Apr 17th
it sure would be nice if there was some explanation somewhere about why ABC’s episode server...
Apr 17th
little known fact: RT @weddady Breaking news: the Mideast peace process is a joke.
Apr 17th
can http://votereport.in and http://ushahidi.org teach us something about the future of journalism?...
Apr 17th
everyone is checking this out right? http://votereport.in/
Apr 17th
Don’t forget to read the latest, breaking the myth of the “one-man media team”...
Apr 16th
Vote Report India
Apr 16th
I sure am hoping I get invited to #fortwars otherwise its #thirdway for the lot of you! Watch out!
Apr 16th
Warch Watch
This short video perfectly sums up the dangers facing us if we can’t improve and extend our...
Apr 16th
Guest Column: Who Put the Lag in Jet Lag? -...
Apr 16th

The Myth of One-Man Media Teams

18 months ago, just a few weeks before Reuters announced its “Mobile Journalism Toolkit”...
Apr 16th
The Myth of One-Man Media Teams
Apr 16th
is experiencing a Facebook explosion. I am going to walk away for 1 hour and see how this plays...
Apr 16th
ronniebruce: amyyy: Steve having the time of his life. ...
Apr 15th
is amused that making snide remarks about President Obama gets so many comments on his facebook...
Apr 15th
has been in kiwi country for two and half months and is still wondering where to find “Old...
Apr 15th
Apparently New Zealand is named after the Dutch seafaring province of Zeeland. Thanks Sholom!
Apr 15th
little known fact, president Obama just as rich as the rich white guys who got to be president...
Apr 15th
“Personally, I feel now is a good time to start a business,”...”
— The venture capital game: What...
Apr 15th
hrmmm @Reuters that last headline about “blacks” uhmmm thats problematic. maybe you...
Apr 15th
Remember those Somali Pirates? Want to know more about their lives and dreams? We sure do:...
Apr 15th
Somalia: A New Look at Piracy?
Apr 15th

Somalia: A New Look at Piracy?

The television media was covering the abduction of one Captain Richard Phillips almost non-stop...
Apr 15th
A Guantanamo detainee has apparently called Al Jazeera…from inside the prison??...
Apr 15th

Chalabi: Bush conspired with Iran

soupsoup: brooklynmutt: [Al-Hayat]: If you want to describe George Bush, then how would you...
Apr 15th
“Third, a key initiative of Journalism Online will be to...”
— From Media Leaders Form...
Apr 14th
wonders if any of you remember The Goons Punk band from DC/Baltimore and know how I can get in touch...
Apr 12th
still writing chapter two…
Apr 12th
I need 25k, you need better news from Afghanistan. Can we work something out?...
Apr 11th
Man, they really know how to protest in Thailand #ASEAN #Thailand...
Apr 11th
protesters disrupting #ASEAN summit in thailand right now! and in other news, Fijis constitution was...
Apr 11th
wonders how long it will take to raise 25K for 6mos of multimedia news produced by Afghanis…...
Apr 11th
investigating #140conf i’m stuck in new zealand until about 2 weeks after the conference,...
Apr 11th
Oh look, new profile pic!
Apr 11th
most hilarious thing about twitter search today, bow returns results on obama and Lil Bow Wow who...
Apr 11th
is now thinking about Virginia Tech’s Government & International Affairs school… why...
Apr 11th
is grinding away at Chapter Two. Circa June 2000… Next stop, presidential debates and...
Apr 10th
has anyone heard from @GazaMom? are we sure she’ll be let back into the US? Where is her...
Apr 9th
Hey pal what about yours truly? I hate koolaid too! How’s beantown?
Apr 9th
You’re too old for blue koolaid and your kids are too young I think?
Apr 9th
You may have had trouble with this link earlier, but it should be working now: a proposal for afghan...
Apr 8th
Please let me know if you might know any grantwriters who’d be interested in helping with...
Apr 8th
would love to speak to “investors” as well regarding http://smallworldnews.tv/?p=26
Apr 8th
In case you missed it, here’s my proposal for how to change news production in Afghanistan:...
Apr 8th
We can have in-depth reporting from Afghanistan right now, if we want it:...
Apr 8th

We could be getting in-depth reporting...

It’s rare to hear about Afghanistan these days, despite the so-called re-deployment of forces and a...
Apr 8th
is wondering what the reaction will be to his proposal for social media journalism in southern...
Apr 8th
what if you could get an answer to the question “what do locals think about the increase in US...
Apr 8th
is working on a blog post about how social media journalism could be applied in Afghanistan RIGHT...
Apr 8th
Never underestimate the Turks! That is all.
Apr 8th
some more thoughts about the potential future for journalism: http://tinyurl.com/csueh4
Apr 8th
““I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t think...”
— Nine Inch Nails iPhone App...
Apr 8th

A new era of entrepreneurship?

John Yemma writes about the speech given last Thursday by Marty Baron, Boston Globe editor, in the...
Apr 8th
is holding his nose in response to “Clinton we can believe in”...
Apr 8th
“To understand what is at stake, it is worth reading or...”
— Crisis in journalism: Boston...
Apr 8th
Wow, someone finally started an Alive in Baghdad wikipage: http://tinyurl.com/c9hy3v should be...
Apr 7th
hrm… I wish I knew where Moldova was. Apparently protesters just stormed their parliament and...
Apr 7th
Am I the only one who thinks the big difficulty with middle east peace is the “decision...
Apr 7th
thanks @cezarmaroti ! now i know! (and knowing is half the battle!!)
Apr 7th
is wishing “change we can believe in” meant calling what happened to the Armenians a...
Apr 7th
wow @taepodong2 is getting onto its political high horse with us now, c’mon keep it light and...
Apr 5th
man @Taepodong2 is snarky as hell!
Apr 5th
wonders what Obama’s reaction to the North Korea launch of @Taepodong2 will be…
Apr 5th
is laughing @Taepodong2 someone is tweeting for the rocket, man that’s so wrong…
Apr 5th
lol @Taepodong2 LOL North Korea FTW
Apr 5th
hopes you are prepared for #nuclearwar due to North Korea launch. I’ve got my “Worst...
Apr 5th
NEWS FLASH - North Korea Launches Rocket United States Turns DPRK to Glass #nuclearwar
Apr 5th
RT @BreakingNews State Dept confrims launch, South Korea to make an announcement soon\Is...
Apr 5th
NEWS FLASH DPRK / North Korea succeeds in crashing Twitter with fake missile launch!
Apr 5th
BBC reports North Korea launches rocket: http://tinyurl.com/ddeyrd
Apr 5th
is climbing under the desk at Ramsay Lodge, waiting for the fallout from North Korea missile...
Apr 5th
RT @BreakingNews Seoul confirms rocket launch
Apr 5th
so North Korea’s launch is imminent, I sure am glad I’m down in New Zealand, ready to...
Apr 5th
Recognizing hamas was democratcially elected does not equal supporting hamas, in case some of my...
Apr 5th
wonders why NZ’s MPs are worried about twitterers impersonating them but not concerned about...
Apr 5th
wonders if peace w/o recognition is still peace? Also if Israel can ever recognize a non-secular...
Apr 5th
is taking dumb facebook quizzes, but should be working on Chapter Two.
Apr 5th
just got home where the internet sort of works, and is happy to announce the completion of a draft...
Apr 4th
Apparently there are internet problems all over the South Island, New Zealand newest victim of...
Apr 4th
attention internet, it sure would be nice if you worked properly.
Apr 4th
anyone know what day EXACTLY ABC went off the air on Time Warner affiliates due to TW/Disney...
Apr 4th
notthatkindagay: Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying:...
Apr 3rd
is wondering why the discussion of the failing news model rarely/never includes 1. media...
Apr 3rd
Where will Small World News/Alive in Baghdad go after @streamyawards ? Here’s our...
Apr 3rd

Small World News, it's big.

I’d like to imagine a world where an alternative global video news and documentary network has been...
Apr 3rd
is plotting a sandfly genocide. Thats right, I said genocide. & after the sandflies I’ll...
Apr 3rd
is preparing his manifesto.
Apr 3rd
And the “manifesto” should be live at 9am Eastern USA time Friday morning… url to...
Apr 3rd
is wondering what the best tool is for scraping away at this rock, to see if there’s jade...
Apr 2nd
is wondering whther its possible he really did find a fist-sized piece of pounamu(jade or bowenite)...
Apr 2nd
is back in Dunedin after a fantastic few days away. Have to get down to business and making tracks...
Apr 2nd