Inside the NewsHour’s Multi-Platform Election Night Bedlam
Elections test how much information a news organization can process and then quickly and accurately share it with an audience.…
Overcoming the Challenges of Using Ushahidi in Low Bandwidth Areas
With the increased adoption of Ushahidi around the world, we are finding that one problem (which we anticipated in the…
Top 5 November 9, 2010
Google takes aim at Facebook Blocks import of Gmail contacts GOP used online ads to tip key races Won at…
Paid Content: Battle for the Digital Home
Location: London, England As the Internet becomes less about the web, how will broadband change households? Leaders address emerging connectivity…
What Is The Future Of Media?
Location: New York City This CUNY Graduate Center event will feature a conversation between Tina Brown, Andrew Sullivan, and Jeff…
Balancing Positive and Negative of New Media for Political Activism
In my previous post for Idea Lab, I began examining how new media has and hasn’t proven effective in helping…
Can Social Sharing Survive the Rise of Rewards-Based Campaigns?
Left alone in a room, a group of people were given a complicated seven-piece puzzle, known as a Soma cube,…
Geekend 2010
Location: Savannah, GA The mission of this interactive conference is “to bring together the brightest geeks, designers, artists, social media…
Social Media Day: Finding the Future of Journalism
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL During this one-day event, the Poynter Institute will tap into the broader creativity of influential thought…
L2 Innovation Forum 2010
Location: New York City The forums, sponsored by digital innovation think tank L2, take place at NYU’s Morgan Library. They…