Internet freedom in Egypt
November 10, 2008
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
Twitter Vote Report
November 2, 2008
Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators who have teamed up to help track voting problems on Election Day. Read more »
New Scholarship Award for Bloggers
October 16, 2008
The 3rd annual blogging scholarship has been launched, offering student bloggers a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. Read more »
Twitter Election2008 page
October 2, 2008
Twitter is filtering hundreds of Twitter updates per minute to create a new source for gathering public opinion about the election and a new way for Twitterers to share thoughts.
WNYC launches ‘30 Issues Wiki’
September 22, 2008
As part of a “30 ISSUES” election series, the Brian Lehrer Show is inviting listeners to collaborate on the segments by using a wiki site. Read more »
The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time
September 17, 2008
This week Nerve published a list of “The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time.” Read more »
Wired.com’s WikiScanner Coverage Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
September 10, 2008
Wired.com’s WikiScanner coverage, which helped readers investigate and expose ego-editing and corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Read more »
Center for Public Integrity launches investigative blog
August 5, 2008
The Center for Public Integrityhas launched a new investigative blog, PaperTrail. Read more »
Cover Olympics for OhMyNews
July 19, 2008
OhmyNews is looking for Citizen Journalists in China or going to Beijing to help cover the Olympics.
Lessons From One Year of Blogging
July 15, 2008
Guest Post by Craig Stolz
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One year ago I launched this blog with a notion but no clue. The notion was that I wanted to make sense of the baffling, bad but somehow occasionally powerful stuff that was emerging under the aegis “Web 2.0.” [It has lately been usefully redubbed "social media"]. Read more »
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