Top 5, August 26, 2011
Steve Jobs steps down Iconic leader of Apple will be hard to replace Romensko, Jack Shafer depart Poynter columnist in…
Mediatwits #17: Ch-ch-changes: Steve Jobs Out; Romenesko Semi-Retires; Shafer Laid Off
Staci Kramer Welcome to the 17th episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s…
Poderopedia Keeps Track of Chile’s Most Powerful and Influential
In December 2008, almost a year before Sebastián Piñera was elected president of Chile, the millionaire businessman and politician got…
How e-Textbooks, Online Modules Could Keep Journalism Education Current
Journalism textbooks can be a challenge (or as one commenter on my recent post on the subject called them, an…
Zeega Enables Communities to Create Interactive Documentaries, New Forms of Storytelling
We at Zeega want to enable anyone to create interactive documentaries and invent new forms of storytelling. For inspiration, we’ve…
Publishers Doing an Apple End-Run to Deliver to iPad
Major publishers are starting to deliver content to the iPad outside Apple’s App Store, avoiding the company’s rules and restrictions…
Andy Carvin’s Twitter Feed Swerves from Libya to Earthquake
NPR’s Andy Carvin has been the star of the Twittersphere during the Arab Spring, even sending out an eye-popping 1,200…
In Denmark, a Citizen Journalism Experiment Heads to the Soccer Field
For me, June has always been a conference month — and this year was no exception. On my way to…
5 Lessons Learned Building The Daily Dot, a Media Startup
This is the third and final post in a series from Nicholas White, the co-founder and CEO of The Daily…
NextDrop Tackles Water Availability Issues in Urban India
In Western countries, we take it for granted that we have access to clean water 24 hours a day, 7…