Suu Kyi Set Free But Media Still Held Captive in Burma
Burma has in recent weeks been one of the top world news stories. The country’s November 7 general election was…
Medill Students: Audience Research Should Drive Hyperlocal Revenue Strategy
At the Block By Block “community news summit” in September, operators of locally focused websites came together to share what…
Apps World
Location: London This two-day event is designed as a platform to bring together the next generation of app developers, network…
Top 5 November 30, 2010
Google to buy Groupon? Some wonder if $6 billion offer is too high Salon seeks print partner Pioneering site lost…
From Fighting in Afghanistan to Blogging for Basetrack
ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] -noun 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting…
Fundly + Facebook = Millions in Micro-Donations for Campaigns
Political campaigns and non-profits must constantly “feed the beast” with their fundraising efforts. While traditionally that chore has meant going…
Why We Gave Our Students Droid Smartphones to Capture News
Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell…
MIT Unveils Civic Tools for Communities Affected by Natural Gas
Last Friday, MIT Center for Future Civic Media’s director Chris Csikszentmihalyi formally released extrAct, a suite of Internet-based databasing, mapping…
8 Key Lessons the CBC Learned Working with Citizen Journos
Click here to read the entire series The 2010 G20 summit in Toronto marked the first time the Canadian Broadcasting…
Last Minute News Challenge Tips: Tell a Story, Be Realistic, and More
Planning to spend the long weekend finalizing your Knight News Challenge application? It’s too late for my favorite bit of…