An evening with new media journalist Ben Hammersley

In conversation with BBC's Kevin Marsh
Writer, journalist and photographer, Ben Hammersley discusses the impact of new technologies and ways of communicating on how we understand the world and its conflicts.

Writer, journalist and photographer, Ben Hammersley discusses the impact of new technologies and ways of communicating on how we understand the world and its conflicts.

He is credited with being the first to “warchalk” in London to indicate free wireless internet access, the first to coin the term podcasting; the first to write a book on RSS and the first Internet reporter for The Times.

Now a contributor to the Guardian, Hammersley built and maintains the paper’s weblogs. Unlike many technology writers, his stories often result from reporting from the world’s conflict zones – he’s recently returned from Afghanistan, where he was blogging for the Guardian.

Hammersley also regularly contributes to congresses and conferences, such as the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention and the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. He is a member of the advisory council of the Open Rights Group.

Based in Florence, Italy, Ben Hammersley is currently working on his next book, Octet -The Eight Big Ideas of the 21st Century, as well as a complete site rebuild for the Serpentine Gallery.

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