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iFOCOS live-blog coverage of We Media 2008, organized by panel

Posted by on Mar 10, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

As part of our on-going wrap-up of last month’s We Media Miami conference, I’m collecting here all the live-blog posts from the...

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Help us round up blogs and other coverage of We Media Miami 08

Posted by on Mar 5, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

In the previous post, I  aggregated as much online content about the conference as possible. Up top, you’ll see blog posts from...

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Digital coverage of We Media Miami 2008

Posted by on Mar 5, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

An attempt to comprehensively round up blog posts by conference participants and attending journalists (with apologies that they are...

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In case you didn’t meet them at the conference…

Posted by on Mar 4, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Last week’s We Media conference in Miami was a blur of interesting people I wish I had more time to talk to. Some people, of course,...

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Why all news is local, especially in education

Posted by on Feb 22, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Rob Park is the founder of the soon-to-be-launched Local Education Networked Newswire. He’ll be with us in Miami, and today he tells...

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Learning from ‘Global Voices Online’

Posted by on Feb 22, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

    If you need quick example of what We Media is all about, look no further than Global Voices, the citizen-media project...

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Wading through the Web: Improving online health information

Posted by on Feb 19, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

What’s the first thing many of us do when our cough won’t go away or our child has a rash? Search online, of course. ...

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An early adopter on the virtues of three-year-old cell phones

Posted by on Feb 15, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

On his resume, Travis Smith describes himself as “an experienced blend of technology, editorial and management skills in a personable...

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How We Media can save us from Britney Spears

Posted by on Feb 15, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Last night while watching the NAACP’s Image Awards, I began thinking about the connections between my personal guilty pleasure,...

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Hey non-profits and .edu folks: ‘New Voices’ deadline is Feb. 20

Posted by on Feb 14, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Next Wednesday, Feb. 20, is the deadline for applying for New Voices. Here’s what it’s all about: J-Lab: The Institute for...

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From ‘Guitar Hero’ to online musicology classes

Posted by on Feb 14, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

As director of products & content at D.C.-based Qloud — the solution for accessing music inside social networks –  Craig...

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Campaign for Tory Johnson to join us in Miami

Posted by on Feb 13, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Question: How can you tell the difference between an aloof MSM personality and a We-Media-spirited personality? Answer: A real blogger pays...

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The two-column approach to resolving life’s biggest questions

Posted by on Feb 13, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

As Andrew noted last year, Wikipedia’s neutral-point-of-view doesn’t always cut it, especially when the topic at hand is...

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The news “Good Morning America” doesn’t want to hear

Posted by on Feb 12, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

If you want a good blogosphere-meets-MSM laugh, check out this recent clip from ABC’s Good Morning America, in which work/life...

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Sidekicks on the South Side: Barbara Iverson on mobile storytelling, “hybrary” cards and cooperative news

Posted by on Feb 11, 2008 in Culture | 0 comments

Barbara Iverson is one busy professor. In addition to teaching multi-media reporting and other journalism topics at Columbia College...

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