What’s Wrong with the Stringer System in Rural Areas?
One area that has recently started occupying our attention at VV is the business of newspaper stringers in rural areas…
Online Community Unconference East 2010
Location: New York Online community professionals will gather for this one-day unconference. Speaking topics include “Leveraging the “Wisdom of the…
Journalism Fellowships Adapt to Meet Economic, Digital Challenges
For years, journalism fellowships have afforded young and mid-career journalists the opportunity to hone their craft, pick up new skills…
Using Text Messages to Combat Identity Theft in South Africa
Information access is on the move in Africa. Let me paint you a picture. The person is fictitious, but the…
Can Crowdfunding Work for Narrative Non-Fiction?
In 1978, in the middle of a deep economic recession, an 18 year-old girl named Dolly Freed wrote a book…
How the iPad Can Save the News Industry
Do you remember the disappointing iPad media event of 2010? You know, the one where Apple announced their magical, revolutionary…
Bloggers Face Death Sentence in Iran; Some Escape to France
Iranian authorities are once agan cracking down on the Internet. Internet connection speeds were degraded in several cities in advance…
Top 5 Feb. 9, 2010
Google Buzz Integrates social sharing features right in Gmail Facebook referring news traffic Sends more people to news sites than…
How Digital Marketing Helped ‘Avatar’ Break the Box Office
Do you remember August 21, 2009? Moviegoers in more than 100 IMAX 3-D theaters worldwide watched 16 minutes of footage…
What Can Virtual Goods Teach Us About Paying for News?
Why will people spend $1 to send you a virtual beer on Facebook, but not to read a news story…