How Do We Liberate the U.S. National Archives?
The following is an MIT Center for Civic Media lunch live-blogged by the Center’s Nathan Matias and Rahul Bhargava. Today,…
Daily Must Reads, February 25, 2013
1. How Google did the right thing with the NASCAR crash, and why it matters (PaidContent.org) 2. Penguin profits fall,…
Increasing Cyberattacks Threaten Free Press in Burma
Cyberattacks on news websites and apparent government hacking into journalists’ email accounts have raised new questions about the integrity of…
Bringing New and Open Mapping Technologies Into the Government
Next week [200-plus people will meet](http://fedgeoday.com/) in Washington, D.C., to talk about the latest geospatial technologies and how to break…
Daily Must Reads, February 22, 2013
1. Who will buy the Boston Globe? (Poynter) 2. Google Journalism Fellows announced (Google – Official Blog) 3. What the…
Mediatwits #69: Boston Globe, Time Inc. For Sale; Guy Kawasaki on Self-Publishing
We are back with the Mediatwits podcast, revamped in a roundtable format with “regulars” and occasional special guests. This week…
Where the Journal News Went Wrong in Mapping Gun Owners
Technology activists often invoke the maxim, “information wants to be free.” In one way, the line is intended to undercut…
How Journalists Can Think Like Programmers
I’m working on a fun little project at the moment that involves pulling data out of a Google Spreadsheet that…
E-Books and Self-Publishing Roundup, February 21, 2013
1. Paperight: Books on demand (TechCentral) 2. Independent booksellers sue Amazon and publishers over e-books (NYT) 3. Researchers explore e-books…
Daily Must Reads, February 21, 2013
1. Exposé of Chinese data thieves reveals sloppy tactics (MIT Tech Review) 2. FCC proposal hopes to grow WiFi spectrum…