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

[Candace Lazarou]

Wednesday meeting worthy or can Yar give the go ahead?

PS I'm referring to elements other than sex when I say "gross", lest I be
misunderstood

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>> M6K 1Y9
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