The Working Journalist in the Age of the Internet
Last week, I visited Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, to give a couple of speeches to journalism students and…
Sunlight Foundation Mixes Tech, Citizen Journalism to Open Congress
When people talk about corporate cutbacks in mainstream journalism organizations, there’s almost a fervor about how our very democracy is…
How should the military respond to citizen journalism in the field of combat?
Ever since the advent of U.S. military personnel blogging about their experiences in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military…
Loosen Copyright Restrictions for the Internet Age
Slowly but surely, the entertainment industry is realizing that it can’t use copyright law as a blunt force in the…
Top 5 Week Sixty-One
DRM-free music EMI, iTunes deal means MP3 tracks for $1.29 Online attention spans Surprise! They’re longer than those of print…
Assignment Zero Has Birthing Pains with 800 Volunteers
Mark Glaser is traveling this week, but we’re happy to have Jay Rosen of PressThink filling in. He is the…
Escaping the Bubble in Campaign Journalism
Mark Glaser is traveling this week, but we’re happy to have Jay Rosen filling in as a special guest blogger.…
InfoWorld Leads Way as IDG Goes Head-First on Web
These are wrenching times for trade magazine publishers, especially when your trade happens to be computers and technology. These print…
How the Online Newspaper Can Become a Community Hub
I was talking with someone the other day about the future of newspapers. That seems like the topic du jour…
Picking Apart the State of the News Media Report
The Project for Excellence in Journalism’s massive State of the News Media 2007 is like a Rorschach test for media…