The Fallacy of the ‘Print Is Dead’ Meme
Common sense tells us that print is not going away. If print is no longer an important part of your…
4 Minute Roundup: Pirate Bay Case; Oprah-geddon on Twitter
Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. This week I look at the recent ruling in the Pirate Bay…
Maps for Social Change and Community Involvement
2008 was the year of aggregating data related to local communities and displaying that information on maps. Knight News Challenge…
Your Guide to Local Watchdog News Sites
From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of…
NAB Show
Location: Las Vegas This National Association of Broadcasters confab is a meet-up of 100,000+ citizens, and a market made of…
Coalinga Newspaper Not Liable for Running MySpace Rant
A post on a social networking site like MySpace could end up anywhere, and depending upon where it ends up,…
Tech Design Decisions Behind Gram Vaani’s Radio Platform
This is a post more for the technology minded, but even others should find it interesting to get an inside…
How Can We Improve Information Needs of Local Communities?
With some fanfare, the Knight Foundation and Aspen Institute announced a new Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities…
NYU J-School Students Unsure of Future in Changing Industry
I have no idea what I will do when I graduate. I am majoring in journalism at New York University…
Top Five Two Hundred Thirty Two
Filibusted Mashup tracking Senate votes wins Sunlight’s Apps for America contest Public input on public info Knight Commission wants your…