The boundaries that divide most communities are usually based on race, language, religion or socio-economic differences. At the U.S. – Mexico borderline where I live, the separation between people is physical and political – government policies that create walls and other barriers to the free exchange of travel, business, education, ideas and personal relationships. Unfortunately, traditional news media (newspapers, broadcast television, […]
In May 2006, Salem Communications, a conservative talk-radio company, purchased Townhall.com and on July 4, 2006, launched a new web presence that combines the grassroots mediums of talk radio and the Internet. How do you merge an existing online community with a national fan base of radio listeners? How do you grow the community […]
(Updated Jan. 19, 2007) Thanks if you’ve already registered – or if not, what are you waiting for? Register here. Here’s a look at who is coming to We Media Miami (subject to change at any time): Randy Abramson, Executive Producer, Discovery Robertson Adams, Communications Associate — Webmaster, Knight Foundation Chris Ahearn, President, Media, Reuters […]
A novel approach to collaborative filtering launched a couple of weeks ago and is worth a look. NewsTrust is tying to develop a more reliable means of finding the most trustworthy news and information for specific stories – not simply by relying on your hunches and experience with your media, but by relying on the […]