News Mixer Options: Launch a Site, Use the Code or Be Inspired
What’s next for News Mixer? The demonstration Web site, launched in December by a team of Medill students, shows off…
Voces Bolivianas Makes ‘Web 2.0 for Everyone’
Despite Bolivia’s low internet penetration (among the lowest in Latin America at 4.4% compared to neighboring Chile’s 36.1%, according to…
Teens in Tech
Location: San Francisco, CA This is a conference designed to explore the contributions of and benefits for teenagers engaged in…
Endow Newspapers? Wrong Question
There’s a debate under way in the newspaper/journalism corner of the blogosphere and Twittersphere, spurred by an op-ed commentary in…
How Niche Bloggers Fill Gaps Left by Local Newspapers, Alt-Weeklies
On December 11, Ben Tribbett checked his phone messages and found two waiting for him from Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry…
ProPublica Puts Spotlight on Tracking TARP Money
The MediaShift Innovation Spotlight looks in-depth at one great mash-up, database, mapping project or multimedia story that combines technology and…
Search Congress Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain Internet marketing experts meet for a three day conference to discuss issues in online promotion, including search…
Philadelphia’s Community News Portals
As part of Our City Our Voices, Media Mobilizing Project (MMP) in partnership with Juntos has launched a new drupal…
Partnerships to Watch (and a Crowdsourcing Project I’m Envying)
A small local website from Brooklyn has partnered with NBC to build neighborhood pages for a handful of NBC markets.…
Warning: Dependence on Facebook, Twitter Could Be Hazardous to Your Business
You’ve probably heard how much the micro-blogging service Twitter can help your business, or that being on social networking site…