Benevolent Media Festival 2011

Austen Levihn-Coon is a New Media Associate at Fission Strategy. Prior to joining Fission Strategy, he worked as a Junior Associate at Joe Trippi & Associates where he implemented new media campaigns for progressive non-profits and political candidates in the U.S. and abroad. Austen got his start in online organizing as a New Organizing Institute Fellow at the Energy Action Coalition, overseeing the social media campaign for Power Shift 2009, a national youth climate change conference, which brought more than 12,000 students to Washington, DC and launched a new generation of grassroots climate… Read more

Aziz Isham was a TV executive and documentary filmmaker before launching Arcade Sunshine Media in 2010. He started his career in media at 60 Minutes, and went on to develop and produce numerous films and series for History, Discovery, National Geographic and several other broadcasters. He co-produced, with Patrick White, the critically acclaimed multimedia book Here on Earth for iPad -- which has been called 'the benchmark for interactive books in any genre' (appadvice.com) and was the first ebook to incorporate social networking. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in Anthropology, an… Read more

I'm a communicator who specializes in digital strategy, social media, and online marketing. I also like buses and trains. As the Retail Marketing Manager at Goodwill of Greater Washington I helped implement an award-winning social media strategy built around fashion. As the Web Communications Manager at the USO, I interacted with online fans, followers, and donors worldwide in support of our Troops. These days I stay busy with blogging about the Metro, finishing my Master's thesis, and managing a diverse portfolio of clients, including a little place you might have heard of called Be… Read more

Two years ago, I left the turbulent world of print journalism and declared that I would become a “Benevolent Media Creator.” This blog is the literal manifestation of that declaration.

Since my transition from newsrooms to nonprofits, I have been working for EMBARQ. My official job title says I’m a “Media Relations and Online Engagement Coordinator,” but when people ask me what I do, I tell them, “whatever needs to get done,” which includes being the Managing Editor for TheCityFix.com.

I graduated in 2007 with a degree in journalism and international studies from Northwestern University. As …

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Social media strategist at @worldresources (World Resources Inst). Focus on environment & social media tools. Member @waaorg, @ntenorg. Church youth counselor.

Director/Founder, Stone Soup Films Liz Norton was a freelance television producer for over ten years, with a focus on public policy issues. Those programs included several Fred Friendly Seminars for PBS, which explore thorny political and ethical issues in depth and she has also produced for MTV News, educating teens on crime-related issues such as gun control. During the Clinton Administration, Liz was a research director in the White House Office of Communications. In that role, she served as a link between the president, the press and the public, primarily on the issues involving crime an… Read more

Mike Miller owns and operates Think Out Loud (TOL in webspeak) - an award-winning media production company that produces original content for the web and broadcast. They provide a wide range of production services including cinematography, photography, editing, sound mixing, podcasting, file conversion, dvd authoring, motion graphics, and instructional workshops. Mike has a long and award winning record of producing media for non-profits.

Patrick White is an independent documentary producer and writer. He ran the development department for JWM Productions, produced award winning films about public health in east Africa, created multiple series for many of the largest networks in commercial television and recently directed My Life is a Zoo - the highly rated National Geographic series. He was also named as one of the area's best DJ's by the Washington Post…a title he's earned three years in a row. He holds a BA from George Washington University and a MA in Film from Boston College.