The Power of Us

WE MEDIA-ZOGBY POLL: Interview with John Zogby

Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

“Are blogs really that important?” asks Jemima Kiss in this post. That’s the question renowened pollster John Zogby...

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Craig Newmark on the Sunlight Foundation Initiative

Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

During the panel discussion about “The Power of Us”, Craig -aka Craig of Craigslist- mentioned his support for a brand new initiative...

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WE MEDIA –ZOGBY POLL: Most Americans say bloggers and citizen reporters will play a vital role in journalism’s future

Posted by on Feb 15, 2007 in Culture, Reports | 0 comments

Online survey finds general public, media conference attendees agree that traditional news outlets could do a better job FOR IMMEDIATE...

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Pitch this!

Posted by on Feb 8, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

The “pitch this!” session is unlike any other. The tension is palatable, as people are sitting around the table, as if in a...

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Why Media? How we get media literate

Posted by on Feb 8, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

Last night at a Miami/We Media bloggers dinner (hosted by Alex deCarvalho of Scrapblog)  Andy Carvin and I got into a discussion about...

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Global Voices: New Directions

Posted by on Feb 7, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

Those of you who’ve visited the Global Voices web site are probably familiar with our core mission, and the ways in which we’ve...

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Apple reimburses bloggers $700,000 in legal fees

Posted by on Feb 2, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

What does it really mean to be an independent journalist, reporting on the activities of the titans of industry? Well, it means that you...

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Yelvington Earns NAA Innovator Award

Posted by on Jan 30, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

Congratulations to Steve Yelvington for being named 2007 Online Innovator of the Year by the Newspaper Association of America. I like...

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Blogging, Podcasting change lives in Belarus and Uzbekistan

Posted by on Jan 30, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

The modern world powered by technology has drastically altered our traditional understanding of what a community is. However, in a shift...

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Should You Pay Your Community’s Contributors?

Posted by on Jan 30, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

From The World Economic Forum comes the news that YouTube will start paying those who upload videos. First of all… at the World...

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Wii Have a Community

Posted by on Jan 27, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

I find the phrase “citizen journalism” is in some cases far too weighty a label for the most interesting examples of the...

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