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Oui Media: It’s academic

Posted by on Feb 9, 2012 in Culture, Journalism, Reports, Social media | 1 comment

The introduction I wrote for our seminal We Media report is soon to be part of the educational lexicon in France. Here’s what I wrote...

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NewsIt crowdsources DC subway investigation

Posted by on May 26, 2011 in Innovation, Journalism, Pitch It | 0 comments

If you live in Washington, DC, and can offer a little bit of your time, sign up and check out the project details. You can go down into the subway to see how long it takes to escape, or assist with mapping data and other text, photo and video tasks. NewsIt won our 2010 PitchIt Challenge, and we've been advising the project since then.

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Will the NYTimes (paywall) matter?

Posted by on Mar 22, 2011 in Business, Features, Journalism | 2 comments

Until it becomes something else - something worthy of a genuine, heartfelt, passionate backlash - The New York Times will remain a story that no paywall can re-write, no matter how porous or protective it may be.

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Some HuffPo writers are paid for this stuff

Posted by on Feb 11, 2011 in Journalism | 0 comments

Jason Linkins explains the standards, the quality of journalism and how The Huffington Post really works. Case closed.

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More news about the news that wasn’t news

Posted by on Jan 31, 2011 in Journalism | 0 comments

Covering the news of a complex, volatile world should make you humble. It makes Bill Keller smug. What he is really saying is that something is news when The New York Times says its news.

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Knight News Challenge deadline Dec. 1

Posted by on Nov 12, 2010 in Innovation, Journalism, Noted | 0 comments

The Knight News Challenge awards up to $5 million annually for innovative projects that use digital technology to transform the way communities send, receive and make use of news and information. The deadline for the next round of grants is Dec. 1, 2010. Learn more and apply at newschallenge.org.

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SXSW seeks news apps

Posted by on Nov 11, 2010 in Events, Journalism, Noted, Startup, Technology, Venture Capital | 0 comments

SXSW Accelerator, part of the annual SXSW interactive conference, showcases new apps, products and services in front of a jury of industry experts, venture capitalists and a live audience. Info and application at SXSWi.

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Journalism’s fifth stage of grief

Posted by on Sep 24, 2010 in Creativity, Innovation, Journalism | 1 comment

Will acceptance lead to a brave new world for journalism?

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TBK: The revolution is to be determined

Posted by on Aug 9, 2010 in Business Models, Creativity, Journalism, Social Media | 0 comments

TBD lives up to its mushy ambition.

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Internet saves newspapers

Posted by on Jul 29, 2010 in Journalism | 3 comments

The Internet’s killing newspapers.  Again. We’ve heard this for over a decade and a half. Prior to that doomsayers pointed to...

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Flipboard gets the finger, needs a hand

Posted by on Jul 28, 2010 in Creativity, Design, Innovation, Journalism, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | 0 comments

One way or the other, Flipboard will make you flip. The new Pad app is either the personalized, social magazine you’ve been waiting...

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How newspapers can matter again

Posted by on Jul 20, 2010 in How To, Journalism | 1 comment

Buy Monday's Washington Post. And Tuesday's. And Wednesday's. Or go to The Post's Top Secret America. Now imagine if newspapers everywhere did this all the time.

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Lava lamps won’t save newspapers

Posted by on May 12, 2010 in Advertising, Brands, Innovation, Journalism, Leadership, Social Media, Technology | 2 comments

Google's interest in saving newspapers is all about Google. Keep your friends close and frenemies closer.

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ASNE finally makes us smile

Posted by on Apr 19, 2010 in Journalism, Leadership | 0 comments

It was in the same room in the bowels of JW Marriott’s Washington bunker that editors asked us how newspapers would look five years from...

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Now playing: The Throwdown Video

Posted by on Apr 9, 2010 in Brands, Business, Business Models, Culture, Design, Events, How To, Innovation, Investment, Journalism, Mobile, Skills, Social Media, Technology, WeThink | 0 comments

Charlton Heston channels Moses. Steve Jobs assumes a higher authority. Crazy guys throw down an iPad at batting practice. All this and...

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