Jumping Back on the Entrepreneurial Horse
The irony was deliberate when Steve Outing and Steve Kearsley soft-launched their new online comic strip, techGRL, a week ago today. It’s…
The Long Shelf Life for News Games
People who run news sites can be resistant to encouraging the developing games and other interactive feature. Perhaps it’s that…
Fire Eagle and the Future of Citizen Media
Buenos Aires Leads the Way Two months ago I was back in my old stomping grounds, Encinitas, California. It had…
“Serious Game” Design 101
As we continue to develop the “Playing the News” game, we wanted to share the inside workings of the process.…
It’s Time for Newsrooms to Walk the Talk of Change
Seems like nearly every day I get a notice in my in-box about a new conference, a new initiative, a…
Journalism Education and Social Networks
Citizen journalism, the blogosphere, YouTube, Facebook and more…what do these social networks and new media forms have to do with…
Good Night, and Good Luck
Versión en español abajo What is it that journalism needs? That the people can put their trust in it; many…
How Will We Find the Programmer- Journalists?
Thanks to the Knight News Challenge, the Medill School of Journalism can offer full scholarships to our master’s program to…
Human Rights Video in a Participatory Culture
One of our goals at the Center for Future Civic Media is to identify best practices from existing projects which…
Maps That Bring Issues & Places to Life
In a recent seminar I helped to facilitate, health organizations and online mapping experts came together to discuss how mapping…