U.S. Supreme Court (Finally) Kills Online Age Verification Law
In 1998, the U.S. Congress enacted the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a law intended to control child access to…
Other fun stuff Beanstockd is up to..
Each week, we look forward to keeping you apprised of changes, developments, and progress happening with the Beanstockd Game. But,…
Bigger and Better Betas
2009 is already proving to be a big year for The Beanstockd Project. After a few rounds of successful internal…
College Newspapers Finally Hit by Economic Downturn
As the newspaper industry has struggled with declining revenue, some analysts predicted that college newspapers would weather the storms of…
Protests in Madagascar and the Importance of Citizen Journalism Training
As Juliana and I emphasized during a presentation at last year’s MobileActive conference in South Africa, just because over three…
Spot.Us Has Success and Failure in the Same Week
Spot.Us has just had one of its most exciting weeks chalk full of successes and failures. The most interesting lesson…
Online-News@ reborn as News-Online@ — E-mail List Nostalgia or the Best Way to Interact?
As spaces for those interested in online news like WiredJournalists.com and Poynter’s online groups go completely web-centric, my heart pangs…
The Opportunity of Public Radio
Today I write about public radio, its potential and its promise. I am not an Internet or social media native.…
Obama, Congress Enlist ‘Direct to Constituent’ Communications
Professional communicators are paying close attention to the rise of “direct to consumer” (DTC) communications. This is a phenomenon largely…
Top Five Two Hundred Twenty
GateHouse v. Boston.com Linking case settled out of court without setting precedent Social network boom Pew finds adults with profiles…