Experimentation (Not Stagnation) Should Flourish at J-Schools
Some journalism academics may be even more scared of new technology and more resistant to change than the worst print…
Two Coders Head Off to ‘Fix Journalism’
There are a lot of words I could use to describe Ryan Mark and Brian Boyer, but perhaps the first…
Rising Voices: 2008 in Review
In 2007 Rising Voices, an outreach initiative of Global Voices aimed at bringing under-represented voices from the developing world to…
Vodafone’s Child Porn Filter Blocks Innocent Czech Tech Blogs
Last summer, the British cell phone carrier Vodafone announced it would be offering a new filtering service for its Czech…
Gates Foundation Invests $2 Million in Chilean Social Web
Back in March last year I pointed to Contenidos Locales (“Local Content”), a program of Chile’s national library network, as…
More Time for Blogging! The Future Is Already Behind Us
At Mediafin, we started the year with some ambitious plans for our blogging activities. We want to create new blogs…
Digital Community Builders Can Roll Their Own Economic Stimulus Package
I come from the “citizen” side of citizen media and work a lot with community building online. Everyday, I an…
Legal Guide to Covering the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
Heading to Washington, D.C., to attend the Presidential Inauguration? You’re bringing your camera with you, right? Well it shouldn’t come…
Top Five Two Hundred Eighteen
Waflood Twitter collaboration Journos team up to cover Wash. floods on Publish2 Delicious development Delicious founder Joshua Schachter joins Google…
Populous Is Adopting News Mixer (And More)
We’re chugging along over at Populous, and getting closer and closer to a public release of our CMS beta and…