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Hello, my name is Mehan. I’m a graduate student in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). In my spare time, I work as a freelance writer and photographer, covering technology and pop music. I’ve contributed to The Guardian, Stereogum, PopMatters, MTV Hive, Thought Catalog, The Village Voice and DCist, among other publications. I’ve also spoken about technology issues at a number of conferences, including SXSW, the National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR), the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) and the Open Video Conference.

In a past life, I was the Director of Outreach and New Media at Public Knowledge, a non-profit, consumer advocacy group that fights for the rights of innovators, creators and internet users. While at Public Knowledge, I curated and organized the first two World’s Fair Use Day conferences in 2010 and 2011. Other things that may be of interest: my resume (PDF), my NYU ITP blog, my Flickr page and the blog that I wrote while living in rural Japan. If you have any questions, I can be reached at mehan.j (at) gmail (dot com). And if you want to do the whole social networking thing, I’m pretty good at Twitter. Thanks for stopping by.

Selected writing:

“Wikileaks.org, COICA and the Game of Internet Whack-A-Mole,” The Guardian

“What the Critical Discussion of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Says About Our Cultural Biases,” Thought Catalog

“Respect is Due: The Other Side,” DCist

“The Return and Demystification of Jeff Mangum,” PopMatters

“It’s a Sad and Beautiful World: Remembering Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse,” PopMatters

“Who’s Running the Show—the FCC or Hollywood Execs?” Public Knowledge

“Forcing the Net Through a Sieve: Why Copyright Filtering is not a Viable Solution for U.S. ISPs,” Public Knowledge

Interviews/Appearances:

#killswitch | WebProNews | Free Speech TV | NAMAC | Status Magazine

Places that have quoted me recently: