12 May
2015
12 May
'15
12:16 p.m.
Someone wants to film Sudoroom for a VICE documentary. What should we tell them?
P.S. this isn't revealing any new information. They already sent the
same thing to Noisebridge-discuss.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paula Neudorf <paula.neudorf(a)vice.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:01 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] From VICE: working on documentary series
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Hi,
My name is Paula Neudorf and I'm a producer at VICE. I'm working on an
eight-part documentary series about computer security and hacking that
will air on TV in the U.S. and Canada, and internationally online.
I was referred your way by a contact at Noisebridge, because we'll be
filming in the Bay Area the week of May 18 and are looking to talk to
hackers doing interesting things.
I'd love to talk more about the series and what we're after. Please
let me know! Since I'm working on deadline, it would be great to hear
from someone at your earliest convenience.
Thanks,
Paula
PS. My PGP fingerprint is: D21E 538D 2DB5 6E8C F5EC B439 00EF 52AA
5A87 2543 Happy to chat however you see fit.
--
Paula Neudorf
Producer
Office: +1-437-836-2202
Mobile: +1-416-822-5291
VICE
159 Dufferin St, Suite 100
Toronto, ON
M6K 1Y9
12 May
12 May
4:12 p.m.
Vice can be gross, but they also can put together interesting pieces that
reach interesting people who might otherwise not know about Sudo. Is this
for Motherboard?
Also, have we developed ideas about how we handle media inquiries in
general?
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:16 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
6:17 p.m.
Agree with Candace - they have some prurient interests (but then, Sudo has
hosted Bike Smut. Pot, meet kettle ;-) but they also do quality, in-depth
reporting on "sub-culture" topics like hackers.
Even when they're being sensationalist, it's typically just because it's a
sensationalist topic, but they generally still do good reporting.
Patrik
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Candace Lazarou <candacelazarou(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
6:48 p.m.
Just to bring this full circle, Vice wrote up Bike Smut a few months back:
http://www.vice.com/read/bike-smut-is-the-festival-for-pedalphilic-bicycle-…
And Bike Smut founder Rev Phil issued a pretty nice takedown of the
"prurient" aspect of their story:
http://bikeporntour.blogspot.ca/2014/12/media-monday-vice-culture-blog-is-l…
On the matter at hand...I'd say go for it! That's not really based on this
specific magazine. I would generally say, if the media is interested in
covering something about Sudo, it's probably a good idea to let 'em, and to
give 'em whatever info will help them do it well. Even if they get
something wrong, that creates an opportunity to correct the record, and to
help people understand what Sudo is about. And the exercise of working with
the media helps Sudo folk continually refine the story that helps people
make sense of it.
-Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
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