NYU Professor Stifles Blogging, Twittering by Journalism Student
After New York University journalism student Alana Taylor wrote her first embed report for MediaShift on September 5, it didn’t…
Top 5 Week Two Hundred Six
Palin email hack Anon group uses Wikileaks to reveal Yahoo mail Napster sold Best Buy pays less than annual revenues…
How Greenwald’s Brave New Films Spreads Its Political Message Online
Last month, Politico’s Mike Allen asked presidential hopeful John McCain the seemingly innocent question of how many houses he owned.…
Activists Face Obstacles Online in Winning Women’s Rights in Iran
Lucie Morillon Women in Iran have learned to unleash the Internet’s potential to promote freedom. In the country that has,…
Meet The Printcasting Team
One of the most exciting times in the development of any new product is when concepts begin to give way…
Journalism Grads Need Basic Skills Plus Openness, Flexibility
At journalism schools, professors like myself are trying to figure out what we should be teaching students so they can…
iamnews: A Global DIY Newsroom
As one of the very early members of the Online News Association, I’ve attended my share of ONA conferences over…
Can the Political Press Self-Correct? Spinewatch Hopes it Can
Fellow IdeaLabber Jay Rosen, an NYU journalism professor and PressThinker, mounted a campaign this weekend to encourage the political press…
Start with the Low Hanging Fruit with Software Development
A key component of Freedom Fone is the software development we will undertake over the next two years. Last weekend…
Are the Info Needs of Local Communities Being Served?
Last week, the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy arrived in Silicon Valley to hold…