Couch Potatoes and Journalism Culture
Journalism requires not only a business model, but a culture. At the Center for Future Civic Media, we sometimes take…
Public-Access TV Fights for Relevance in the YouTube Age
Public-access television is a sometimes bizarre world where anyone with the time and inclination can appear on television. It’s where…
Can U.S. Laws Protect Online Speech from Foreign Libel Suits?
“…in cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.” That’s a remark famously made in 1997 by John Perry Barlow,…
Freedom Fone Interviewed on the BBC
Freedom Fone’s technical director, Brenda Burrell, was recently interviewed by Digital Planet, the BBC’s weekly world technology update. Read the…
The Day Print Didn’t Stand Still
Last week, after 6 months of planning and hard work, we officially launched Printcasting, our Knight News Challenge project, in…
‘News Mixer’ Offers Better Engagement
The Crunchberry Project — six graduate journalism students, including two "programmer-journalists" attending the Medill School on Knight News Challenge scholarships…
Innovative Web Video Series Shows Real Life in Gaza, Israel
One sense of fear, two armies, and three rows of electrical fences separate Israel and the Gaza Strip. For the…
Study on Digital Inclusion and Civic Engagement
Hey folks, I wanted to tell you all about a study I am wrapping up with Peter Funke, Dan Berger…
Top Five Two Hundred Sixteen
Google fast lane WSJ says Google weakens on Net neutrality; others call foul Real names law? Idaho lawmaker wants bloggers,…
Beanstockd Internal Beta Test
Last week, members of the Beanstockd Team participated in the inaugural Beanstockd internal beta test of the Beanstockd Game. Members…