Can Salon’s Revamp Help it Stop Bleeding Money?
Salon.com was a pioneering website launched in 1995 by former editors of the San Francisco Examiner, mixing opinion and investigative…
Video Volunteers Talks Technology and Non-Profits at TED India
I just returned from TED India, where I was one of the 100 TED Fellows invited to attend the event.…
Does Gawker’s Publication of McSteamy Sex Tape Constitute Fair Use?
Editor’s Note: new information was appended to this article on Dec. 15. It probably seemed like a fun idea at…
How Do We Categorize All Journalistic Errors?
How many different kinds of errors is it possible for journalists to make? And how would you classify them or…
Staffing Up DocumentCloud
A few months ago (three, to be precise), I quietly announced that I’d be leaving Gotham Gazette for parts unknown.…
President Obama Must Press China on Web Censorship
In China, Google is forced to censor its search engine, Facebook and Twitter are blocked, U.S. news agencies are barred…
Top 5 November 10, 2009
Murdoch snubs Google News Corp. may remove sites from Google; go ahead, says Google Google buys AdMob Purchase gives it…
Social Media World Forum
Location: Santa Clara, California The North American edition of this conference focuses on successful social media strategies for businesses, and…
How the Spot.Us Garbage Patch Story Got to the NY Times
Today in the New York Times science section you’ll find a piece written by Lindsey Hoshaw about the Pacific garbage…
Using Mobile Phones to Map the Slums of Brazil
In the favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unnamed streets meander through the hillsides. There are hospitals, coffee…