KETC’s Mortgage Crisis Project Brings Public into Public Media
Facing the Mortgage Crisis, a multi-platform community outreach project spearheaded by KETC/Channel 9 in St. Louis, has become a model…
Lessons Learned From Launch of CityCircles Beta Site
In the journey to launch our CityCircles beta site, we encountered many bumps in the road that turned out to…
Can Posterous and Tumblr Boost Government Transparency?
If a present-day version of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg was looking for a way to easily release important confidential information, he…
4 Minute Roundup: The Death of E&P; AOL’s Spin-Off
Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week’s edition, I look at the recent announcement that Nielsen…
Guide to Live-Blogging and Tweeting from Court
As part of the Citizen Media Law Project’s legal guide series on documenting public proceedings and events, today we published…
Social Media for Government
Location: Washington, D.C. This conference will offer public sector managers tools, tips and techniques for integrating social media into their…
Reviewing “The Big Thaw” – Where is Media Going?
In July 2009, The Media Consortium published Tony Deifell’s The Big Thaw — Charting a New Future for Journalism. The…
Is It Legal for an Editor to Unmask an Anonymous Commenter?
On November 13, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s website, StLToday, asked readers to comment on a story titled, “What’s the craziest…
‘Climategate’ and the Perils of the Media’s Short Attention Span
There is a moment with which all stand-up comics are familiar. It comes when they release their big punchline, sometimes…
Stanford Program Breaks Down Walls Between Business, Tech Journalism
I am so used to hearing about innovation in journalism that when I first heard about the Innovation Journalism program…