Reporter shot in 2008, laid off in 2009
Last year Todd Smith was shot while covering a city council meeting for a newspaper in suburban St. Louis, Mo. Of the six...
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I like to complain about the state of communications – generally, and especially online. There is a ton of content...
Read MoreSusan Boyle Conspiracy Theory
I want so badly to believe that Susan Boyle is a real phenomenon. I want to have faith that someone can appear out of...
Read MoreWeMedia Pitch-it 09 Winners head to battle in San Jose
The Extraordinaries and SeeClickFix have both been voted in as finalists in the Netsquared n2y4 mobile competition. The...
Read MoreHow Much Change Can We Expect in Washington?
The White House announced today that the Cyberspace Review that President Obama ordered has been completed. Here is the...
Read MoreAnother slant on the news. But how true?
True/Slant, an “original news content network” by “new journalists” (which, in this case, are...
Read MoreLightning
It’s been four days since a frumpy, unemployed church worker who’s “never been kissed” sang “I...
Read MoreMediaStorm: Story, art, passion, purpose
A few months back we asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they have...
Read MoreMagazines: Underwhelming, not undervalued
According to the New York Times, magazine publishers are trying to figure out if they can raise their prices without losing...
Read MoreSunlight’s apps challenge for open government
The entry deadline has passed, but the gallery of entries to The Sunlight Foundation’s annual apps competition is worth...
Read MoreJoin a live interview with Larry Kramer
From our friends at Naked Media and Scribe Media, tune in at Noon ET April 14 (tomorrow) for a live interview with online...
Read MoreWords of hope in an era of calamity
Once again, the print version of a newspaper is dead. This time it’s the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, disrupting the...
Read MoreThe cigarette tax and human behavior
According to the CDC, roughly 20% of the American population, some 43 million people, smoke (and within that group 80% smoke...
Read MoreHello From SeeClickFix
WeMedia has been kind enough to offer us a place on their blog to keep their community updated about the progress of...
Read MoreMy Challenge to Google Ventures
Google announced this week that they were creating a venture capital arm whose main objective will be to turn a profit. The...
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