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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…

Simon Owens

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…

Steven Davy

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…

Craig Silverman

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…

Mark Glaser

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…

Martin Moore

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…

Mark Glaser

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…

Harry Dugmore

DEMOfall 09

Location: San Diego This well-established event allows tech start-ups to pitch their company and products. The coming edition also includes…

Craig Silverman

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…

Mike Rosen-Molina

Linuxcon

Location: Portland This event explores all things Linux with talks by top field experts, contents, and networking opportunities. Speakers include:…

Mike Rosen-Molina