This site explores the challenges ahead for journalists and media producers and consumers in the near and distant future. Moreover, as in-world journalists have sought to inform and engage unique communities within the context of their world, real and virtual, issues relevant to the mainstream have been played out in virtual culture. I offer a first glance into a mediated future from a journalistic lens.

Here I provide an overview of my co-authored book, Redefining Journalism (2022) and its relevance to our daily life. My latest project goes one step further, focusing on how the Metaverse will influence every aspect of society, with women taking the lead.

• How Women Conquer the Metaverse
  The Next Social Revolution By Phylis West Johnson and Tina Korani I have lived and played and written about the Metaverse in various forms since early 2000. I don’t call myself an expert, but I have journeyed down this road for 20 years. I believe I have a unique perspective – mine, as a woman… Read more: How Women Conquer the Metaverse
• Inside ‘Redefining Journalism:’ What to Expect?
  Here I discuss the full span of our topics in the book, Redefining Journalism (2022). Ian and I start with a reality check from Silicon Valley scientist and physics professor, Dr. Ken Wharton, who shares his foresight on how society will be dramatically and increasingly impacted by our physical environment and computer-assisted technology. More important… Read more: Inside ‘Redefining Journalism:’ What to Expect?
• Redefining Journalism and Media in the Future
  Fantasy and Fiction: What’s coming our way in the near to distant future? I recently co-edited a book with too long of a title about the future of journalism (and media more generally) with Dr. Ian Punnett, professor of practice at Kansas State University, who currently guest hosts talk radio show Coast-to-Coast AM from his… Read more: Redefining Journalism and Media in the Future

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