Tools the Power Geeks Use
We just wound up our Innovation Israel tour of Israel’s tech community, and I’m in awe of the Silicon Valley…
Cheap Editing Tools a Boon for Media Makers
Video, photo and music editing used to be only accessible through complicated and expensive hardware, and software programs such as…
Using a Database to Track NY Politicians
A few weeks ago, I asked a question that I’m still chewing on: what good is all this data ?…
Ten Things Journalists Should Know About Surviving In a High-Tech Industry
Journalism is becoming a high tech industry, and that means that career norms for journalists are approaching those of high…
Your Guide to Net Neutrality
From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of…
Journalism Will Survive the Death of Its Institutions
Massive layoffs with no end in sight. Wave after wave of acquisitions and mergers fueled by the excesses of artificially…
Why Paying People by Page Views is Wrong
Recently, Gawker Media, the blog empire run by Nick Denton, made two moves that were curious. One was spinning off…
Where do you draw the line between private and public discourse?
In the age of the Internet, with so many cameraphones and videophones, no one can feel like they are having…
Testing News Game Concepts
Here is another report from our research assistant Fabio Berzaghi on the progress we are making on “Playing the News.”…
Google Earth, New York Times Team Up
In early March, the amazing Amy Gahran and I presented at Knight Digital Media Center seminar talking about new tools.…