Guiding Principles for the Next Newsroom
The Next Newsroom Project began last summer with a question: If you could build the ideal newsroom from scratch, what…
A Discussion of Mobile Technologies and News Making
Here is an interesting academic review of how mobile technoligies are changing the news landscape. A number of important points…
Explore New Videos at Rising Voices
The first round of Rising Voices outreach projects have already been training participants in underrepresented communities how to use the…
When Frames Go Bad: My Apology to NYT Reporter Jens Erik Gould
A previous post of mine had an inflammatory headline unjustified by the text: “Lies about Venezuela: If NYT.com ran Related…
Why I Left Print Media for Digital
In new media circles, one of the hottest topics of recent years has been the print-to-digital shift. People pundit about…
National Night On(line)!
The other night it was -10F with a windchill of -40F here in Minneapolis. When things get that cold, we…
Kenyan Bloggers Innovate to Heal Country
The post-election crisis in Kenya has received a good deal of blogger coverage, both at Global Voices as well as…
Physical Location is Different from Physical Community
When I applied to the News Challenge last year there was a guideline that all proposals had to somehow further…
In Digital Age, Journalism Students Need Business, Entrepreneurial Skills
“We live in an entrepreneurial age, not an institutional one. That’s been true of many professions for quite a while,…
Questioning Candidates on Government Openness and Transparency – Pick your Top 5
While the mainstream media community raises awareness about open government each year during Sunshine Week, we need to push local…