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10 Incredible Iran Election Crisis YouTube Videos
June 23, 2009
Mashable reports: “Thousands of Iran-related videos are being uploaded to YouTube every day, revealing first-hand accounts of the crisis to the world. “Some are incredible, some are eye-opening, and other shock you to your very core. We’ve included ten of these incredible videos, in a chronological order that helps provide context to the crisis in Iran.” Click here to watch the videos.
How many tweets about Iran at #iranelection ?
June 21, 2009
Social Media blog Mashable.com says there have been nearly a billion tweets on Iran’s political upheaval, with between 10,000 and 50,000 per hour mentioning the country. At the peak, 221,744 tweets were sent in one hour. wow.
How to inspire journalism grads entering a ‘dying industry’
May 31, 2009
Chicago Now: New network of blogs
May 28, 2009
Chicago Now is a new site featuring a network of blogs “connecting passionate experts on a wide range of uniquely Chicago topics” that the Chicago Tribune will be launching this summer. You can see a preview of the site and homepage here.
Nightline incorporates Twitter into new Web show
May 12, 2009
ABC News’ “Nightline” is launching “NightTline,” a new half-hour digital program hosted by the show’s anchors and correspondents during which viewers can debate the news of the day through Twitter. It will be available for viewing on the “Nightline” page at ABCNEWS.com. The first episode of “NightTline” will be broadcast today at 12:30 p.m. ET. New, unique visualization of Twitter using Pixel touch screen technology will be employed for the first time on the site. “Nightline” and its anchors and correspondents have more than 1 million Twitter followers.
CNN.com’s ‘Freshman Year’
May 12, 2009
What’s it really like to be a new member of the world’s most powerful legislature? CNN.com will be telling the story of the Freshman Year in 2009 through videos and commentaries about two new U.S. representatives. Read more »
Winners of the 2009 EPpy Awards
May 7, 2009
The winners of the 2009 EPpy Awards, the competition sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, were announced today. Sites that won two awards include ESPN.com, CNN.com, the Boston Globe and the Las Vegas Sun. Read more »
Real-time swine flu updates using Twitter
May 4, 2009
Check out this very cool mashup using Twitter and Google Maps. Read more »
Guide to local watchdog news sites
April 23, 2009
PBS MediaShift has published a guide to all the newish local watchdog news sites that have popped up over the past few years as online-only places for original journalism — from New West to the Arizona Guardian to MinnPost to Voice of San Diego. Read more »
J-Lab Announces 2009 New Voices Grantees
April 21, 2009
Eight hyperlocal community media projects from across the United States have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners. Each will receive up to $25,000 in start-up funding over the next two years. Read more »