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JD Lasica

Journalist; Contributing Editor at Online Journalism Review
Blog: New Media Musings

J.D. Lasica is a veteran journalist who writes frequently about the impact of emerging technologies on our culture. He has written for The Washington Post, Salon, The Industry Standard and other publications. He spent 11 years at The Sacramento Bee as a section editor and columnist. Lasica also headed the editorial department of the award-winning parenting site BabyCenter (where he was all too briefly a paper millionaire). He was the first new media columnist for The American Journalism Review and has written chapters for three books on Internet-related subjects. He lives with his wife and son in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a frequent speaker and panelist at technology and new media conferences. He is currently working on a book about the clash between entertainment companies and technologists.