10 Questions to Answer Before You Join Another Social Network
Co-written by Kate Myers of NPR and Libby Peterek of KLRU. It begins with a tweet or a status update…
Public Lab’s ‘Spectral Challenge’ Promotes Open Source Spectrometry
This post was co-written by Public Lab organizer Chris Fastie. During the BP oil spill in 2010, as aerial mappers…
E-Books and Self-Publishing Roundup, March 7, 2013
1. One year after rebranding, Google Play offers over 5 million e-books (TechCrunch) 2. Copyright reformers launch attack on DMCA’s…
Daily Must Reads, March 7, 2013
1. The future of journalism: It’s time to pick a side (PandoDaily) 2. The media’s double standard for women at…
The Pros and Cons of Remotely Covering the Mobile World Congress
Last year I wrote that I had “gone naked” at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This year I went further…
WSIS+10: The Global Information Boom Leaves Billions Behind
After the death of Hugo Chavez was announced this week, individuals across the globe — from everyday Venezuelans to Barack…
Nate Silver on Baseball, Online Poker, Politics and NY Times
Statistician and political polling analyst Nate Silver recently came to MIT’s Communications Forum at Comparative Media Studies to discuss his…
Daily Must Reads, March 6, 2013
1. The problem with online freelance journalism (Reuters) 2. Pay walls for digital content are getting higher, starting sooner (paidContent) …
4 Questions for Andy Carvin on Being a Social Media DJ
Andy Carvin is the “war reporter who never attended the war.” And indeed, NPR’s senior social media strategist came to…
Pop Up Archive and PRX Launch Audio Archiving Service
This post was co-written by Bailey Smith, co-creator of Pop Up Archive, with help from Jake Shapiro, CEO of Public…