User:Jamiew/Jonah Peretti

notes for page I'm going to create

see also:
 * BuzzFeed
 * Huffington Post
 * Contagious media
 * Bored at work network
 * Eyebeam Atelier

http://www.contagiousmedia.org/

Huff Post bio
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonah-peretti/#blogger_bio

Jonah Peretti accidentally created a viral email forward chronicling his attempt to order a pair of Nikes customized with the word “sweatshop”. Inspired by this experience, Peretti began researching how media spreads through word-of-mouth and co-created viral hits like the New York City Rejection Line, BlackPeopleLoveUs.com, and FundRace.org. You can read more about these projects on the Contagious Media website. Peretti is currently applying his research to entrepreneurial ventures, as a founding partner of the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed.com, a startup company that detects and accelerates on-line buzz about interesting topics. Peretti is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab. He founded the Macarthur Foundation-funded Eyebeam OpenLab and has taught courses at NYU and Parsons. His work has been covered by the New York Times, the Economist, and Time Magazine and he has appeared as a guest on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and CNN. He lives with his wife in Manhattan.

Eyebeam Research bio
http://research.eyebeam.org/people/jonah-peretti

Jonah led Eyebeam R&D starting in 2001 and launched the Eyebeam OpenLab in 2005. He is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab, and has taught at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications program and Parsons School of Design. Jonah speaks regularly on contagious media, technology, activism, and art and has advised leading technology and media companies. His contagious media experiments (the Nike Sweatshop Email, the Rejection Line, Black People Love Us) illustrate the practical application of concepts like emergence, 6-degrees of separation, and tipping points. His work has been exhibited at the New Museum and Exit Art and been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, and Newsweek. Jonah has been a guest on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR and the BBC.