Forbes Q&A: Alberto Ibargüen

Worth a read at Forbes.com: Knight Foundation Head Alberto Ibargüen is bankrolling dozens of experiments to save the news business. Can he rescue newspapers? You may recall Knight was one of the winners of our We Media Game Changer Awards earlier this year, for reasons cited by Forbes: the foundation has pledged to invest $100 […]

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Alan Webber and Dan Pink in conversation

We Media members, readers, fans and friends are invited to breakfast and a conversation with Fast Company magazine founder Alan Webber and best-selling author Dan Pink. When: 8 am – 10 am Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Where: The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons Blvd. McLean, VA USA To register: Click here. The Washington Board of […]

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How big is your audience?

From our friends at NakedMedia, tune in May 19 for a webcast on how marketers and media producers are measuring their audiences. What: The Battle Over Media Measurement With: Todd Juenger from TiVo and Jon Gibs from Nielsen Online Date: May 19 Time: 12pm ET Details here. Register and post questions here. Andrew NachisonAndrew Nachison […]

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How about world press freedom EVERY day?

There’s a media and technology feeding frenzy in Washington. Failing U.S. newspapers are looking for a bailout from the government; nonprofits, telecoms and policy wonks are scrambling to have their say and get their piece of the economic stimulus action – a few billion dollars – to expand broadband networks AND create more content and […]

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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 people who were shot, he was the only one to survive. Last week, the newspaper laid him off. “My family is obviously really not happy that I took a bullet for a […]

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MediaStorm: 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 learned along the way and what’s next. (Here’s the rest of the series). Somehow, amidst the flurry of conference preparations, this one slipped through our crack(ed) editorial process. But it’s important, so here […]

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Sunlight’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 a look. The foundation supports projects that use technology to make government more transparent – meaning more open, more visible and more subject to public scrutiny. The foundation’s focus is strictly on U.S. policy and government, […]

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