[sudo-discuss] Fwd: From VICE: working on documentary series

[Pete Forsyth]

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-bangers-456

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-like.html

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 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 at vice.com>
>>> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:01 PM
>>> Subject: [sudo-info] From VICE: working on documentary series
>>> To: info at 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
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