Hyperlocal and very doable approach for our doc

I've been in touch with Bob Nesson, a Somerville film maker, community activist and instructor at Emerson College who is willing to be interviewed and to point us to concrete local examples of new media and its influence or lack of influence on three very tangible and most importantly VISUAL local issues:

* the proposed extension of the green line of the T into Somerville
* the cleanup of the Mystic River
* the connection of diesel emissions to chronic respiratory disease

You can check out some of Bob's work or links to it on Nessonmedia. org or .com - forget which.

I like starting with Bob and moving to local lawmakers, bloggers, academicians and policy wonks because for visual purposes it gives us something to shoot other than interviews and "wallpaper" and because it's local and therefore doable on no budget and because it's concrete and measurable.

From the academic perspective, the book I borrowed from Nolan on Blogging, Citizenship and the Future of Media, has tons of sociological research on blogging, its content and impact. Not to mention the great resources you all have already mentioned.

Stuart 704 607-0658 stuart_watson@harvard.edu