The Bull Pen is Active at Spot Us
We raised $250 in 10 days to support a journalist. On July 3rd I announced that Spot.Us created a wiki…
Report from the Knight conference at MIT: 2nd and 3rd day
I apologize for posting this so late, but I’ve had some problems retrieving my password to post on the blog.…
Sharing the Same Space: News and Advertising
The Innovation Incubators project is moving into the industry testing phase. Teams of students from seven institutions, Ithaca College, Michigan…
ASL video of journalism as community building
Note: This is an entry that I created for my website, providing some explanation to the deaf community of how…
Rebooting the Connection: The Deaf in the News Industry
Deaf people have an interesting relationship with the news. For over 100 years, the Deaf literally made the news. That…
Polymeme Diversifies the Echo Chamber
The iPhone is released. The world stops. While surfing around on the Internet today, you would be entirely forgiven for…
Is a CNN For the Base of the Pyramid Possible?
When we and our NGO partners initiate community members—young men and women from the slums and villages of India—into their…
Who Killed the Online Journalism Review and Will It Live Again?
For more than 10 years, the Online Journalism Review was published by the Annenberg School for Communications at the University…
What Gets Talked About Most on Idea Lab
Rather than trying to talk about what is being talked about and covered most on this blog, here’s another way…
Getting Closer to SMS Journalism
In August, we start some initial workshops with high school learners, to discuss with them what it takes to be…