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Adriano

Farano was born in Salerno, Italy. He has a degree in political science from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. In 2001, he co-founded cafebabel.com, where he served as publisher and CEO until early 2010. Cafebabel.com is a multilingual, pan-European news magazine, designed for readers across borders. It is a pioneer in collaborative journalism with more than 10,000 contributors. Farano has written for Le Figaro and was a radio columnist on European Union affairs for France Culture public radio broadcasting. He also taught Online Journalism at the Université de Marne-laVallée and Paris' CFPJ journalism school. In 2008, he was part of an international research group on global public media sponsored by American University and a panelist at the Hearst Media Dialogues at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Since 2010, he has been a partner in charge of business and international development at OWNI.fr, a cutting-edge media startup experimenting with database and crowd-sourcing journalism.

The rise of the “persocial” web

The rise of the “persocial” web

A new generation of digital products and services is emerging, where personal and social dimensions melt together to put every person at the center of the game.

by Adriano Farano On May 17, 2011

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Why Facebook is Dionysian and Google Apollonian

Why Facebook is Dionysian and Google Apollonian

Facebook and Google seem to me the frontrunners of two separate conceptions of today’s Internet

Burt Herman:||“We should apply technology lessons to journalism”

Burt Herman:
“We should apply technology lessons to journalism”

How to make journalists and hackers work together, and why? Some answers given by Burt Herman, founder of Hacks/Hackers.