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Now Playing: Night of the Living Tech

[Source: The New York Times, by Steve Lohr, August 21, 2010]
Life in the media and communications terrarium, it seems, is getting increasingly perilous. The predictions of demise are piling up. Phone calls, e-mail, blogs and Facebook, according to digerati ...

Hacking the Policy Space

[Source: CultureWork, by Helen De Michiel]
I am sitting with a group of public media and community arts leaders at a recent lunch meeting hosted by Charles Benton, CEO of The Benton Foundation. We are here for the annual media reform ...

Join ZeroDivide for Free at Netroots Nation 2010 Conference

ZeroDivide, in partnership with Netroots Nation, is hosting a competition to send 12 individuals to the upcoming Netroots Nation 2010 Conference July 22-25 in Las Vegas.  Their goal is to increase ...

Internet Access Ignites the Blogosphere

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism]

Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, January 21, 2010]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...
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Video: The Social Media Revolution

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Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?
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Social Media Can Open Door to Philanthropy's Future

[Source: Philanthropy News Digest, by Larry Blumenthal; November 4, 2009] In retrospect, I'm not sure I would try this exercise again.
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The Big Thaw: Charting a New Course for Journalism

October 22, 2009 - What form will journalism take in the future? Can independent media producers adapt and lead, or will they disappear with journalism’s Ice Age?
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Yes, Journalists Deserve Subsidies Too: In Defense of Journalism Policy

[Source: The Washington Post, by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols; Friday, October 30, 2009]

Building a Viable News Ecosystem Around Hyperlocal Bloggers: Hopeful Results from Running the Numbers

There is a future for news – a sustainable and once-again profitable future with the prospect of expanding and improving journalism by taking it deeper into our communities with increased ...