We’ve analysed the selfie to death, and now it’s time to turn our cultural attention to the phenomenon that is the GoPro video.
The tiny, robust camera invented by a California surfer is the subject of this New Yorker piece, ‘We are a camera’. And if you thought it was just about crazy action videos, you’re wrong.
“The short video synonymous with GoPro is a kind of post-literate diary, a stop on the way to a future in which everything will be filmed from every point of view,” says the article.
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Bronwen has extensive experience in startups having run her own, worked at Australia’s leading startup incubator and as digital director at a local VC fund. She’s the vice-president of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation with a keen interest in digital media and the future of journalism. She has over 15 years experience as a journalist and is also a popular columnist with The Guardian.
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