How Social Media ‘Friends’ Translate Into Real-Life Friendships
When social media first gained attention, I heard many people scoff that these online connections couldn’t possibly be real friends.…
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Smartphones take over Pew: One third of all Americans own a smartphone Newspapers still rule in rural America Community and…
Stop Yammering and Start Hammering: How to Build a ‘Maker Space’ for News
Over the next four weeks, a very interesting experiment is going to unfold. The most exciting part about it is…
How to Correct Social Media Errors
In my job as the social media editor for MediaShift, I’m used to fitting big ideas into tight spaces. But…
How TileMill Improved Ushahidi Maps to Protect Children in Africa
In May I worked with Plan Benin to improve its Violence Against Children (VAC) reporting system. The system uses FrontlineSMS…
College Students Miss the Journalistic Potential of Social Media
This piece was co-written by Alexa Capeloto. A couple of days after news broke of Osama bin Laden’s killing in…
Who Is Ultimately Responsible for the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal?
The revelations coming out by the hour in the U.K. phone-hacking scandal are breathtaking. What began as supposedly a rogue…
Mediatwits #12: Facebook Gets Skype Video; Phone-Hack Scandal in U.K.
Marshall Kirkpatrick Welcome to the twelfth episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s…
UK Phone-Hacking Scandal Shows Clash of Privacy with Need to Know
British journalism has just undergone one of the most radical weeks in several decades. Rupert Murdoch “Rocked,” “chaos,” “shocking” —…
KOMU-TV Puts Google+ Hangout Video Chat on the Air
As a reporter and anchor for KOMU-TV, the NBC affiliate in Columbia, Mo., and the broadcast lab for the Missouri…