MSNBC.com on embeddable video
July 20, 2008
MSNBC.com President and Publisher Charlie Tillinghast talks about why the site is allowing other sites to embed their video.
Seven Myths of Innovation
July 16, 2008
Krisztine “Z” Holly, Vice Provost for Innovation and Executive Director of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, introduced “Seven Myths of Innovation” to newspaper editors at the Knight Leadership Conference this week. Read more »
EveryBlock launches two new cities
July 1, 2008
EveryBlock has launched sites for two new cities, Charlotte and Philadelphia.
Newspapers create public notices Web site
June 23, 2008
South Dakota’s weekly and daily newspapers have created a free, text-searchable Web site that includes thousands of government public notices from across the state, The Brookings Register reports.
The site, www.sdpublicnotices.com, is a database of public notices such as the minutes of school boards, city councils and county commissions. Once the public notices are published in the local newspaper, The Brookings Register says, they are uploaded to the Web site where viewers can search by keywords, county , city or newspaper.
Boston.com does good
June 12, 2008
Boston.com has launched a new Do Good site, which helps people get involved with various community organizations and nonprofits across New England. Read more »
The perfect Google News?
June 10, 2008
What Google News would look like in a perfect world.
American Public Media’s Budget Hero game
June 9, 2008
The Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public Media has launched a great new game, Budget Hero, which lets people decide how taxpayer dollars should be spent and focuses on the major issues in the 2008 election - like the war in Iraq, the Bush tax cuts, expanding health care, and stimulating the economy.
The first EveryBlock ’special report’
June 3, 2008
Adrian Holovaty has released the first Everyblock.com special report, an analysis of Chicago addresses mentioned in the recent federal investigation “Operation Crooked Code.” He explains the project here.
New York Times to create open API
May 27, 2008
The New York Times plans to release an open API that will allow users to mash-up New York Times data and information, MediaBistro reports. Read more »
Front Porch Forum uses closed email forums
April 3, 2008
PBS MediaShift looks at the closed email forums run by Front Porch Forum in Burlington, Vermont.