Best Online Resources for Following Haiti News, Taking Action
In the face of devastating news happening far away, there is comfort in making a connection. And those connections often…
Local Bloggers Step Up to Watchdog Local Government
Traditionally, newspaper reporters were dispatched to cover the mundane proceedings of a local government in action: the city council meeting.…
Q&A 2.0: There’s More Than One Way to Answer a Question
Since ReportingOn launched with a new Question & Answer format in July 2009, a few new entries in what I’ll…
Molo and Kubatana’s Partnership Helps Get Information to Zimbabweans
Kubatana, a Zimbabwean non-profit organisation committed to democratising access to information, was awarded a Knight News Challenge grant in May…
8 Lessons Journalists Can Learn From Scientists
The ScienceOnline10 conference starts this Thursday, and about 275 scientists, educators and science writers from around the world will gather…
How Gotham Gazette Redesigned a Decade-Old Website
Gotham Gazette, our website about New York City policy and politics, unveiled its redesign recently. (Please take a look and…
How WSJ Uses Social Media from Behind a Pay Wall
We’re not even a month into 2010 and The Economist has already declared it to be “The year of the…
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Google reconsiders China censorship After hack attack of dissidents’ Gmail accounts, search giant reconsiders policy Google News holds AP stories…
2009 Was a Terrible Year for Free Speech Online
2009 was an unprecedented year for online repression. For the first time since the Internet emerged as a tool for…
Lessons Learned When Expanding Video Volunteers to Brazil
Video Volunteers recently started a new program in Brazil that is focused on using video as a way for young…