Top 5 May 13, 2010
How to save the news Fallows looks at Google’s role in helping news biz Future of location in news %…
Canwest Buyers, OpenFile Bet on Value of Local News in Canada
Two Canadians took a gamble that local news still matters this week. The two represent the hopes of both old…
5Across: Athletes on Social Media
Back in the day, the only coverage of a sporting event came from the accredited media. But now, you can…
CDA Protects Newspapers from Liability for Libelous Comments
A desperate, weeks-long search in 2007 for missing Purdue University student Wade Steffey yielded a number of stories in the…
DIY Mappers Offer Remarkable Images of Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Last week, as the mainstream press reported on the worsening environmental and economic crisis that is the British Petroleum spill…
Top 5 May 11, 2010
Reuters Insider launches Video service like a YouTube for the finance world Texas Tribune at 6 months 5.3 million page…
5 Needs and 5 Tools for Measuring Media Impact
Tracy Van Slyke co-authored this article This spring, National Public Radio launched Go Figure, a new blog authored by members…
College Media in Iraq Offers Independent Voice for Students
When Namo Kaftan was 9 years old, his father, a biomedical engineer, brought a laptop from work home to the…
Social Gaming Summit 2010
Location: San Francisco, California This event examines the “intersection of games and the social web” and focuses on “helping social…
4 Minute Roundup: FCC’s ‘Goldilocks’ Approach to Regulating Net
Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week’s edition I focus on the proposal by the FCC…