Google and OLPC’s Move to Create Global Pen Pals
Google, UNICEF, and One Laptop Per Child recently announced the launching of the Our Stories project. The effort records the…
Primer on Immunity for User Content
As a lead up to the launch of the Citizen Media Law Project’s Legal Guide in January, we are putting…
The Universal Language of Facebook
It’s been just four short years since a college student named Mark Zuckerberg launched a new social network with a…
Your Guide to Hyper-Local News
From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of…
Making Maps Work with Geo-Filtering
It’s finals week here at Carnegie Mellon, and now more than ever I don’t want to spend unnecessary time digging…
Twitter Posse for Reporters
Jon Funabiki of SFSU and Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube The just-ended Roundtable on Mobile Media and Civic…
Meet the First Two Journalist- Programmers
The first two “journalist-programmers” — experienced Web developers who won Knight News Challenge scholarships to attend the one-year master’s program…
How to Make Smartphones Smarter
The cell phone industry in the United States is at a crossroads. Verizon announced it would open up its networks…
How important is digital media in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign?
As the U.S. presidential primary season quickly approaches, the question remains just how important the Internet and new media have…
Why the Slow Uptake on the Mobile Web?
According to a just released report by Jupiter Research, only 16% of U.S. subcribers are browsing the mobile web. According…