About Me

David LaFontaine is a mulitmedia reporter, author, and blogger whose freelance work includes case studies on newspapers and multimedia for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA.org) and the Online Journalism Review (OJR.org).

His foray into the “New Media” began in 1998, when he co-founded Singleparentmagazine.com and then took over as Managing Editor for Filmson.com, a film and video website that helped shape the evolution of streaming media.

Working with cutting-edge Hollywood filmmakers helped David recognize the emerging power of online multimedia, and led to him pick up a videocamera and direct, produce and shoot footage during a 2-year investigative project for ABC’s PrimeTime. Over the last several years, he has studied and experimented with the best methods of combining audio, video, still photos, and plain old text to capture and retain modern readers.

In the early 90s, David covered politics and entertainment in Los Angeles, writing for a variety of publications, including Star Magazine, News of the World, Daily People, Oggi, Voici, Bild Zeitung, Hello, New Idea, and Women's Weekly. That experience led him to write a tell-all book called The Poison Pen, which was published by Dove Books in 1996.

Prior to that, David was the managing editor of the Caracas Daily Journal, and then freelanced stories from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Guatemala. He speaks fluent Spanish and worked as an editor and reporter in Latin America for nearly three years. David won a Pulliam Fellowship that helped him start his career at the Arizona Republic in 1987.

He writes about media and technology for several blogs, including LA Voice and Hard News Inc. David’s interest in online communications dates back to the early days of Prodigy and 2400 baud modems.

For more information, email Dave at DavidLafontaine.com.