NGOs Must Harness Social Media Beyond Disaster Relief
When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Doctors Without Borders had 1,300 followers on Twitter. Now, it boasts over…
How Partnering with McDonald’s Helped Boost SochiReporter
I’m excited about finding new ways to market and promote SochiReporter.ru that inspire the citizens of Sochi, Russia to contribute…
Is There a Master Metric for Evaluating Public Media?
This article was co-authored by Katie Donnelly Over the past few months, we’ve been presenting MediaShift readers with a picture…
Top 5 February 16, 2010
Google tweaks Buzz Responds to privacy concerns, admits flaws in testing Gawker acquires Cityfile Cityfile founder Remy Stern becomes editor-in-chief…
The Future of Public Radio — Today
Imagine you are public radio. You’ve spent the first sixty years or so of your existence focused on one output…
Macworld 2010
Location: San Francisco Lovers of all things Apple come together for this annual event, though the 2010 edition will not…
4 Minute Roundup: Google’s Mixed Buzz; Olympic Social Media
This episode of 4MR is brought to you by GoDaddy, helping you set up your own website in a snap…
Inside the Social Media Strategy of the Winter Olympic Games
In 2006, Graeme Menzies and a few colleagues travelled to Turino, Italy to watch the 20th Winter Olympics. The group…
‘Anarconomy’ and the News Industry
A good friend of mine forwarded me this essay (PDF) from the Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies, which presents an…
Can Milbloggers Give Unbiased View on ’30 Days Through Afghanistan’?
The U.S. military has had an uneasy relationship with soldiers using blogs, video and photos to offer an unvarnished, uncensored…