New Media Innovators Must Support Social Change

In this Daily Beast op-ed, NCCD President Alex Busansky challenges tech leaders to support media that engages the public around the need for systemic change. As American tech leaders like eBay founder Pierre Omidyar (pictured) invest in new digital media, Busansky highlights the tremendous opportunity this allows for journalism to create social change.

In this Daily Beast op-ed, NCCD President Alex Busansky challenges tech leaders to support media that engages the public around the need for systemic change. As American tech leaders like eBay founder Pierre Omidyar (pictured) invest in new digital media, Busansky highlights the tremendous opportunity this allows for journalism to create social change. While traditional media has largely failed to turn its attention to our nation’s most at-risk citizens, Busansky implores tech leaders to be bold and address the fundamental problems of poverty, violence, and crime in our society.