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State of the News Media: Newspapers Need Initiative, Innovation and Investment
When I saw that the media industry's annual report card had been released late Sunday night, I clicked and scanned through the key findings for newspapers -- the industry that has been my daily passion...
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Mediatwits #43: Pew's State of the News Media; Yahoo Sues Facebook
Welcome to the 43rd episode of the Mediatwits podcast, this time with Mark Glaser and the Rachel Sklar as co-hosts. Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur, and is filling in for Rafat Ali. She is...
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FTC: If It's Your Computer, You Should Own Your Data
If you own your computer, you should own the data that's on it. That's the message from Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz. At a Washington press conference -- also broadcast -- the FTC...
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7 Ways to Be the Programmer No One Hates
After reading Sandra Ordonez's MediaShift post "7 Ways to Get Programmers to Stop Hating You," my first thought was: Wow, good advice. My second thought was: How can we programmers get people to stop...
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LedeHub to Foster Open, Collaborative Journalism
I'm honored to be selected as one of the inaugural AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship fellows for the 2012-13 academic school year, and am excited to begin work on my project, LedeHub. I...
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StoryCode's Hackathon Puts Transmedia Collaboration to the Test
It sounds like the start of a joke: A clown, an actress, a lighting designer, and a transmedia storyteller get locked in a room. Did I mention the clown is also a software developer? The result of this...
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Mediatwits #47: Positively Dan Rather; Future of Facebook; Rise of Snip.it
Welcome to the 47th episode of the Mediatwits podcast, this time with Mark Glaser and the Rafat Ali as co-hosts. On this show, Rafat had the honor (and early-morning wakeup call) to interview news icon...
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Mediatwits #48: Yahoo CEO Under Fire; Pros and Cons of Metered Pay Walls
Welcome to the 48th episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and the Rafat Ali as co-hosts. On this show, we turn to the chaotic soap opera that continues at Yahoo, once an Internet darling...
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Why We Killed Our College Daily Paper for a More Digital Future
We're about to close the book on the Oregon Daily Emerald. After 92 years, the University of Oregon's newspaper will end its run as a Monday-to-Friday operation in June. Yes, it's the end of an era,...
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Mediatwits #50: Facebook Face-Plant; Craig Newmark + Poynter; Crowdfunding Bible
Welcome to the 50th episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Rafat Ali as co-hosts. The joy of the Facebook IPO was quickly replaced with disdain as the stock nosedived and lawsuits...
View ArticlePoll: How Much Have You Given to Crowdfunding Projects?
We've all heard the heart-warming stories of inventors and creators who couldn't get their ideas funded, and then turned to crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise the money they...
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Mediatwits #51: Kramer, Rosen on Future of Print Papers; Brian Boyer Moves to...
Welcome to the 51st episode of the Mediatwits podcast, with Mark Glaser and Rafat Ali as co-hosts. This week we take a deeper look at the changes at various local newspapers in North America, lowering...
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5 Tips to Prevent Digital Burnout and Maintain Good Mental Health
The Internet's reach is so pervasive, it feels as though it has always been around. The reality is that the web is still in its infancy, and we don't really understand the risks it poses to our mental...
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Starting a Daily Paper Uniting a Struggling Europe: Crazy or Genuis?
Imagine a Tuesday morning in Rome. A woman dressed in business attire drinks her espresso while browsing the European Daily in a noisy cafeteria. At the same time, imagine in Stockholm, an Erasmus...
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Lessons Learned From Indie iPad Magazine Publishers
It seems like publishing a digital magazine on the iPad should be pretty easy. With some basic design skills, time, and a bit of money, publishing an independent iPad magazine is possible. But being...
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Crowdfunding Journalistic and Photojournalistic Projects
The idea of crowdfunding journalistic projects isn't new, but it's been in the spotlight recently. Take, for example, the media itself zeroing in on a successful Kickstarter project by Bobbie Johnson,...
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How New Internet Domain Names Can Shake Up Your Web-Browsing Experience
One year ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launched a program designed to transform the appearance and infrastructure of the Internet as we know it. The new generic top-level...
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Experts Parse Big Data in New Report. The Big Question: Hype or Hope?
Three years ago, we learned that a BakerTweet could automagically alert customers that fresh bread or cookies were about to come out of the oven. Today, there are more than 2 billion tweets a week,...
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Need Help Cutting the Cord to Cable? This E-Book Will Guide You
We have never really liked our local cable company. Over the years, many of us have wasted time waiting for the cable guy to show up to install or replace the box that doesn't seem to work or been...
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Tired of Text Spam and Dropped Cell Phone Calls? You're Not Alone
Think you're the only one ready to throw your cell phone out the window the next time you have a dropped call or text spam? You're not alone, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's...
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