I'm senior strategist at NPR - a title that doesn't explain much, because the type of work I do didn't exist 10 years ago and they're still trying to figure out what to make of it. I'm a journalistic test pilot - I try out new platforms and services that can improve our journalism, particularly if it can involve contributions from the public. Since late 2010, I've spent a lot of energy using social media to cover the Arab Spring, and it's resulted in my first book: Distant Witness. The book explores how I became an embedded reporter among revolutionaries in North Africa and the Middle East - yet I did it all remotely via social media. The book tells the stories of some of the most amazing people involved in the uprisings, whose stories might have fallen through the cracks if it hadn't been for social media. Beyond that, I live in the suburbs of Washington DC with my wife, two kids, two cats and a very large dog - a newfie, in case you're wondering.