Announcing the PitchIt Challenge finalists
Here they are - introducing nine awesome ideas we'd love to see come to life, and we're going to do our best to help them. Meet the 2011 finalists of the We Media PitchIt Challenge.
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Final Jeopardy: A machine that questions what it means to be human
The battle over intelligence is popular culture’s longest running show. Are computers smarter than people? Is the brain a...
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Bring it on. Calling all technovators, gamechangers and mediamakers to We Media 2011
Here’s how We roll in 2k11: We’re issuing a We Media challenge to create the brilliant city of the future; We’re awarding $50k to the best start-up ideas; We’re holding a boot camp for would-be entrepreneurs; We’re bringing the We Media conference back to New York; We’re adding new ways to think, create and change everything. There’s more coming. You should be, too.
Read MoreHow newspapers can matter again
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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Now playing: The Throwdown Video
Charlton Heston channels Moses. Steve Jobs assumes a higher authority. Crazy guys throw down an iPad at batting practice....
Read MoreWhat, You Don’t Have Any Good Ideas?
[UPDATE: We are aware that the application for the Pitch It competition is not working properly at the moment. What great...
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Esquire’s e-ink cover: The future blinks
Back at the turn, print publishers tried to persuade us the future was in electronic ink — a fusion of chemistry,...
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Rising: Journalism from everywhere, funded by nonprofits
Two related announcements today from a U.S. journalism institute reflect the changing nature of how journalism is produced,...
Read MoreChutzpah: Why Craig can’t save classifieds
In an open letter to craigslist, Steve Outing asks its founders and operators to help save the newspaper industry from...
Read MoreThe We Media News Gap: Help dream up better journalism for Silicon Valley
What would you do to provide a better news service for your community? Or for any community? David Cohn, one of our We Media...
Read MoreTake Action: Help launch a blog about poverty in Washington, DC
Here’s a chance for members of the We Media Community to get involved in something new, practical and ambitious. Bread...
Read MoreConference Bay auctions from Singapore
From Singapore: Conference Bay, an eBay-style auction marketplace for buying seats at conferences worldwide. Nothing new...
Read MoreTwo thirds of Americans View Traditional Journalism as ‘Out of Touch’
For the second year in a row we’ve documented a devastating lack of satisfaction with journalism in American –...
Read MoreBeing and nothingness
washingtonpost.com’s “On Being” project is simply stunning: real stories from real people based on the simple...
Read MoreA mighty wind
You have to admire the chutzpah of any group that seeks to save journalism from itself by blowing with the wind. But inspired...
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