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When is a Riot a Riot?

By now almost everyone knows that a group of demonstrators protesting against the killing of a young father by a…

Dori J. Maynard

Inaccessible Pothole Data in Chicago

Recently in Chicago, as the weather warmed inordinately from a deep freeze, with a 70-degree swing in temperature, the attention…

Daniel X. O'Neil

Can Blog Awards Identify Quality Online Content?

I met the news that my blog, Bloggasm, had been nominated for a 2008 Weblog Award with a mixture of…

Simon Owens

Beanstockd Players Give Feedback on Beta Test

Happy 2009! Here at Beanstockd we’re kicking off the new year with a bigger and better Beanstockd Game. 2008 ended…

Sandra Ekong

California Schools Guide: Database of Scores With News Hook

The MediaShift Innovation Spotlight looks in-depth at one great mash-up, database, mapping project or multimedia story that combines technology and…

Megan Taylor

Consumer Electronics Show

Location: Las Vegas The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth…

Mark Glaser

Unrest in Oakland: Who’s On The Case?

My friend and fellow citizen-journalism thinker Amy Gahran once asked, "Was Zapruder a journalist?" Zapruder’s home-movie camera captured the famous…

Lisa Williams

Ushahidi Platform Used to Document Congo, Gaza Crises

Bloggers have always been timely in their response to local, regional and international crises and Kenyan bloggers were no different…

Sokari Ekine

Digital Media Insider

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada This is a conference bringing together top people in the digital media field, held at the…

Mike Rosen-Molina

GlobalPost Aims to Resuscitate Foreign Correspondents Online

Mr. Powers: How would you like to cover the biggest story in the world today? Johnny Jones: Give me an…

Mark Glaser