New Media Exemplar Library Overview

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01 Nick Bertozzi, Comic Book Artist || 02 Cory Doctorow, Novelist and Blogger || 03 Matthew Lamb, Special Effects Artist || 04 Sean Cole, Radio Host and Reporter || 05 TATs Cru, Graffiti Artist Collective || 06 Steve Garfield, John Barth, Jason Crow and Four Eyed Monsters, Videoblogging || 07 Ian Bogost, Jane McGonigal and Mattia Romeo, Big Games || 08 DJ C, DJ Flack, M. Singe and DJ Spooky, DJ Culture ||

We invite you to browse our New Media Exemplar Library entries, listed above. Each exemplar features a series of video interviews with a professional media maker, organized by chapter. Click on a link above to go to a brief overview of an exemplar. At the overview, click on the left-hand number to view an exemplar. The videos are supported by the following downloadable MSWord documents:

Important vocabulary terms;
Tools of the Trade, an overview of the relevant tools used by the media maker;
Group activities relating to the work of the media maker;
A text transcript of the interview, organized by chapter;
Production notes written by the exemplar's lead producer.

Check back often, as new library entries are added on a regular basis! And let us know if there is a particular media maker you'd like included in the Exemplar Library. We look forward to hearing from you.

Project NML and the New Media Exemplar Library are funded by a grant from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation.

No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
01	Nick Bertozzi, Comic Book Artist	Nick Bertozzi is an cartoonist best known for his Ignatz-Award winning "map-book" Boswash. He was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2002, an Ignatz Award for "Outstanding Comic" in 2003, and two 2003 Harvey Awards for "Best New Series" and "Best New Talent". Nick's work often focuses on the theme of creativity and what drives people create. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts and participates in a LiveJournal virtual studio called Act-i-vate. In addition to his indie comicbooks, Nick does an ongoing series for Nickelodeon Magazine, as well as freelance illustration. For fun, Nick plays in a band and rides his bike. Born in Providence, RI, he now lives in New York City with his wife Kim and daughter Sabina.	Meet Nick Bertozzi Background Research Before Producing a Comic Book Sketching a Comic Book Bluelines Penciling Inking Coloring Finished Product	Video Producer: Vanessa Bertozzi, NML Researcher. Music from Creative Commons
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
02	Cory Doctorow, Novelist and Blogger	Cory Doctorow ( craphound.com ) is a science fiction novelist, bloggerand technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing ( boingboing.net ), and a contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, The New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. He was formerly Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( eff.org ), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy,standards and treaties. In that capacity, he worked to balance international treaties, polices and standards oon copyright and related rights, advocating in the halls of governments, the United Nations, standards bodies, corporations, universities and non-profits. In 2006/2007, he will serve as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels are published by Tor Books and simultaneously released on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their reuse and sharing, a move that increases his sales by enlisting his readers to help promote his work. He co-founded the open source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola, sold to OpenText,Inc in 2003, and presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the MetaBrainz Foundation, Technorati, Inc, and Onion Networks, Inc.	Copyfighter Fan and Author Writing a Novel The Origins of a Writer BoingBoing, or How to Succeed in Blogging The Blog as Writing Tool Sci-Fi as Political Activism	Video Producer: Neal Grigsby, NML Researcher. Interviewer: Kestrell Verlanger, CMS Graduate student Music from Creative Commons
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
03	Matthew Lamb, Special Effects Artist	Mathew is a commercial director and visual effects artist living in Topanga Canyon, CA. Mathew's career started with a bachelors degree in natural sciences from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, England. From there he moved into neuroanatomy at University College London, where he wrote a seminal paper, "The Neurology of Kinetic Art", with Prof. Semir Zeki. He came to California in 1991 where he obtained a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Southern California, working en route at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and the Robotics Laboratory in UCLA. Taking his detailed knowledge of computational vision Mathew made a segue into visual effects, writing the software used to render components of the film Fight Club for Pixel Liberation Front in Venice, CA. From there he moved to Digital Domain, also in Venice, (where he was instrumental in building their motion control pipeline) and then to Asylum in Santa Monica where as an artist he worked on films that included Pearl Harbor>, Master and Commander, Minority Report and Black Hawk Down. Since going freelance, Mathew has written software for the film The Aviator and worked on many commercials, music videos and feature films as an artist, technical director, CG supervisor and consultant, latterly being signed to the bi-costal agency Notorious Pictures as a director.	Introduction Bullet Time Rotoscoping Spot Skills	Video Producer: Amanda Finkelberg, NML Researcher. Music from Creative Commons
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
04	Sean Cole, Radio Host and Reporter	Sean Cole is a radio host and reporter for WBUR Boston. He started there as a newsroom intern in 1997, and served since as a production assistant and writer for WBUR's Morning Edition, a producer for Here and Now, Associate Producer for WRNI's Morning Edition, and Senior Reporter for the Inside Out Documentary Unit. His radio work includes in-depth documentaries like South Africas Kwaito Generation and With This Ring-Pledging Abstinence , as well as shorter features on various topics. Coles work aired also on the Public Radio International programs This American Life and Savvy Traveler, NPR's Only A Game, All Things Considered and Living on Earth, and WNYC's The Next Big Thing. In 2001 he won a Radio-Television News Directors Association Award in the Best Feature category for his profile of a Boswell Sisters tribute group.	Introducing Sean Cole Evacuation Story Preparations Interviewing Gathering Sound Writing for Radio Logging, Editing, and Mixing Ethics Collaborations Mentoring	Video Producer, Editing and supplementary shooting: Orit Kuritsky, NML Researcher Photography: Amulya Gopalakrishnan, CMS Student Technical assistance: Ivan Askwith, Neal Grigsby, Amanda Finkelberg, Ravi Purushotma
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
05	TATs Cru, Graffiti Artist Collective	TATS CRU, Inc. is a group of Bronx-based professional muralists whose work in aerosol has changed the perception of graffiti as art. Twenty four years ago, three teenagers began their artistic careers by creating subway graffiti. What began as a recognition tectic has evolved into a powerful, expressive style that has brought TATS CRU to the forefront of mural art. TATS CRU has spearheaded the battle to change people?s perception of graffiti art. Proof of their success and the acceptance of graffiti as an art form has been their work for the Smithsonian?s Institute?s 35th Annual Folklife Festival, where TATS was chose to represent NYC muralists. TATS CRU's work now adorns several NYC public schools and hospitals. TATS CRU has also lectured at Hunter College, MIT, UMass, Cortlandt University, Brooks School and many community-based organizations.	Graffiti Artists Compete/Collaborate Tools: Paint, Nozzles, Gas Mask The Basics: Lettering and Hand Style Getting Inspired Memorial Mural: TATs in Action Changing the Neighborhood The Rules: Graffiti Ads and Ethics The Changing Face of Graffiti	Producer, Editor and supplementary shooting: Neal Grigsby, NML Researcher Interviewer: Henry Jenkins, HML Principle Investigator Cameraman and onsite interviewer: Margaret Weigel, NML Research Manager
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
06	Steve Garfield, John Barth, Jason Crow and Four Eyed Monsters, Videoblogging	Learn about Videoblogging with Steve Garfield, John Barth, Jason Crow and Four Eyed Monsters.	Welcome to Videoblogging Is Videoblogging News? Basic Production Community and Conversation Filmmaking 2.0 Ethics and Ownership Vlogs As Citizen Media	Video Production: Steven Schultze, NML Researcher; Anna van Someren, NML Video Producer
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
07	Ian Bogost, Jane McGonigal and Mattia Romeo, Big Games	Learn about Big Games!	What are Big Games? Where do Big Games come from? Learning Skills through Play Designing Big Games The City as a Gameboard Who Plays Big Games? The Ethics of Big Games The Future of Big Games	Video Production: Debora Lui, NML Researcher; Anna van Someren, NML Video Producer
No.	Producer	Biography	Video Chapters	Credits
08	DJ C, DJ Flack, M. Singe and DJ Spooky, DJ Culture	Learn about DJ Culture!	What is a DJ? History and Style Tools & Techniques Remix vs Mashup Sampling and Ethics	Video Production: Andres Lombana, NML Researcher; Anna van Someren, NML Video Producer
Exemplar Frame development credits: Ravi Purushotma, NML Researcher, Technical Lead; Eylul Dogruel, Wellesley College, Web Programming; Margaret Weigel, NML Research Manager, Design; Rik Eberhardt, NML Technologist.