3 Ways to Expand the News Ecosystem
Spot.Us founder David Cohn has convened a virtual carnival: He’s posing monthly questions that he’d like to see journalists take…
How to Fix the Tech PR Industry’s Diversity Deficit
PBS.org has recently been home to some frank and thoughtful discussions about an overlooked issue: the lack of racial diversity…
4 Insights on the Future of the Music Industry
The music industry is still in tremendous turmoil. Yet it is also full of the kind of discussions needed to…
Top 5 February 22, 2011
Al Jazeera online stream Still the best way to follow Middle East revolutions Amazon takes on Netflix Launches streaming service…
One Journalist’s Survival Guide to the Egyptian Revolution
During the uprising that eventually ended the 30-year reign of President Hosni Mubarak, I became convinced that the most important…
Help Spot.Us Find a Path to Financial Sustainability
Spot.Us recently launched a new design, so this is an opportune time to write a “State of the Spot” post…
Will it blend?
This will be a test to see which design it uses.
UPIU Mentors, Publishes Student Journalists Around the Globe
Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by the USC Annenberg nine-month M.A. in Specialized Journalism. USC’s highly customized degree programs…
MIT’s Civic Media Session Explores Data in Cities
With a redoubled focus on the community in the civic media community, the Center for Future Civic Media at the…
How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide
Every city has at least one iconic street. New York has Broadway. Los Angeles has Sunset Boulevard. Chicago has Lake…