What Newspaper Cartoonists Can Learn from Web Comics
Earlier this month, Randall Munroe, creator of the hugely popular web comic xkcd, announced on his blog that he would…
Local Politicians Use Social Media to Connect with Voters
When television cameras panned across the room full of senators and representatives during the recent presidential address to a joint…
Top 5 Sept. 29, 2009
CNN’s pay iPhone app Charges $1.99 for streaming, news alerts, updates, iReport features Newspapers exit bankruptcy Three companies emerge from…
4 Minute Roundup: Bay Area News Project; FCC and Net Neutrality
Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week’s edition, I look at the new Bay Area News…
What Both Sides Are Missing in the Pay Wall Debate
Arguments about paywalls around news content are becoming increasingly dogmatic and ideological. As a result, lots of sensible ideas about…
Daylife, Getty Give Aggregation Tools to Publishers (for a Price)
Daylife photo gallery with Getty Images shot This is one in an occasional series on MediaShift where I discuss issues…
New Citizen Journalism Newsroom Launched in South Africa
During the massive Highway Africa conference, two Knight Foundation funded projects, the Iindaba Ziyafika (‘the news is coming’) Citizen Journalism…
DEMOfall 09
Location: San Diego This well-established event allows tech start-ups to pitch their company and products. The coming edition also includes…
Social Networking World Forum Asia
Location: Singapore This is a new media event featuring discussions about social networking and social media and including key speakers…
Linuxcon
Location: Portland This event explores all things Linux with talks by top field experts, contents, and networking opportunities. Speakers include:…