Top 5 February 3, 2011
Social media sparked Egypt protests? Somewhat, says Evgeny Morozov; Gladwell weighs in The Daily launches NY Times plans social, tablet-only…
Social Media, Facebook Help People Stand Up in Tunisia, Egypt
Even though they’re far away from the center of the action in Cairo, Chinese web users felt the impact of…
Why Huffington Post’s ‘Predict the News’ Game Is No Galaga
Fellow Knight News Challenge winner Chris O’Brien recently posted on this site about “gamifying” the news. The idea behind the …
The Yes Men’s Bichlbaum Discusses Ethics of WikiLeaks
In my first post on MediaShift, I laid out how the digital media revolution was compelling organizations to become more…
Social Media Insider Summit
Location: Key Biscayne, FL This second annual MediaPost conference is a combination of panels, speakers, roundtable discussions, and face-to-face networking…
NY Times Defends WikiLeaks Collaboration, Metered Pay Wall
“All the News That’s Fit to Print” is both the slogan of the New York Times and the title of…
U.S. Local News Experiments Leagues Ahead of U.K.
It is easy to overestimate the similarities between the U.S. and the U.K. As Oscar Wilde wrote back in 1887,…
Top 5 February 1, 2011
Egyptians crowdsource search for missing Plus, journalists using social media to report on Egypt Super Bowl ads go social But…
News Organizations Should Stop Being Neutral on Net Neutrality
Many news organizations have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. While the abundance of free, online news has helped wreak…
Macworld 2010
Location: San Francisco This conference Macworld offers access to hundreds of Apple-related products and services. There will be software, hardware…