The hacking of a Yahoo account used by Sarah Palin for both personal and government email is a loathsome act that damages the integrity of discovery on the Internet. Having said that, I read every word and downloaded every screenshot before Gov. Palin’s handlers deactivated the account. I guess that makes me either a voyeur, […]
Here are three web sites that allow you to rapidly scan and ingest all the data and every shred of news about the U.S. presidential election, and track the trends quantified by a relentless stream of polls.
The University of Southern California has revived the Online Journalism Review, which had shut down earlier this year.
Wash off your champagne glasses, and order your web buttons and bumper stickers to show off your webbiness on Sept. 22. That’s OneWebDay, the brainchild of University of Michigan law professor Susan Crawford. It’s a day of public events, talks, meetups and drinks worldwide intended to raise awareness of issues that are important for the […]
As the UK economy suffers its worst crisis in 60 years and some of the world’s biggest private financial institutions crumble beneath the crash of the U.S. housing market, we can’t help but reflect on the notion of enlightened anxiety. That’s a phrase Dale used in the introduction to our original We Media report, published […]
With retrenchment and job reductions — oh, let’s call them what they really are: mass firings — as subtext, three of the more influential clubs associated with the newspaper industry held their annual conventions last week. There were hopeful twists amid fear and loathing. The Society for News Design and the Associated Press Managing Editors […]
One of the fundamental tasks of design and business is to stand between revolutions and life, to help people deal with change. That’s the premise of The Right Brain Rules, a strategic vision and a portfolio of assets for creating value into the future. Voice-over and context are missing, but here’s the requested slide deck […]
Play is to our time what work was to the Industrial Society: our dominant way of knowing, doing and creating value. Now Spore has arrived in North America to mess with our gene pool. The multi-genre “massively single-player online game” allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a […]
[We like to use, celebrate and design products that are both useful and beautiful. Here’s the first in an occasional series of quick tips for improving your designs. Add yours in the comments or in a guest post.] Here are two tools I use to help select and code the right colors for my designs. […]
The Society of News Design has announced the World’s Best Designed Newspapers, an award I conceived as chair of SND’s design competition back in 1995. Once again no American newspapers. Papers in Europe, Mexico and former Eastern bloc countries have dominated the World’s Best competition, reflecting the emergence of free expression and the flourishing of […]
Of all the news organizations, the Society for News Design is the only one that is truly global, cross-disciplinary and creative. Right Brainers rule this week at SND’s annual workshop at Red Rock Resort, tucked next to the mountains about ten miles from the Vegas strip. The creative class represents the best hope for a […]
As Barack Obama took to the floor at the Democratic National Convention, it became utterly apparent to me that this is the year that will change everything. You see, I was perched on my couch in Boston in a familiar position; cross-legged, with my MacBook on my lap, ears perked up, attentive to every word. […]
This spring we noted the launch and alpha testing of SocialMedian, a new link aggregator that five months ago looked something like a more social version of delicious or Diigo. It has been undergoing continuous development since then – and the newest release should be especially noteworthy for bloggers, researchers, journalists, marketers and activists. If […]
Awards honor people, projects and ideas that use media to change the world. An international panel of pioneers from media, technology, business, social activism and blogging will judge nominees for the new We Media Game Changers Awards. The awards recognize people, projects, ideas and organizations leading change and inspiring a better world through media. Winners […]