Rising Women’s Voices
A few weeks ago I interviewed Cristina Quisbert of the Voces Bolivianas project in El Alto, Bolivia. She made the…
Traditional Tagging is Important Too
There has been a lot of talk about Geo-fillintheblank on this blog. Much of it is coming from me, so…
10 MediaShifting Moments of 2007
As the year 2007 sets in the distance, we can take some time to consider the year that was. I’m…
Top 5 Week Eighty-Six
Think Secret shut Apple settlement leaves rumor site dead Bubble trouble Richter Scales parody video knocked by photog RIP Al-Moussawi…
It’s All About the Maps
Today we’re unveiling some site features on ChiTownDailyNews.org that represent, in my humble opinion, a huge step forward in the…
MTV Taps 51 Citizen Journalists for Election
We’re excited to share the below announcement of our work with the Knight Foundation, and now Associated Press! MTV TAPS…
Categorizing and Contextualizing Locative Media
It’s holiday time, no projects to speak of, so we’ll talk a bit about the theory. No doubt we’ll leave…
When Will Google’s ‘Big Project’ YouTube Bring in Profits?
In its brief 22-month history, video-sharing site YouTube has become a cultural phenomenon. The Iraq War has been called the…
Training a New Generation of Citizen Journalists Around the World
Just three years ago, ‘citizen journalism’ and ‘citizen media’ were unknown phrases for more than 99% of the world’s population.…
Journalists, Bloggers Have a Sorry History at Startups
Robert Scoble at Le Web As a journalist covering a particular business, there is a temptation to believe that we…