9 March 2010, 10:37 am
There is quite a bit of media news to keep up with these days, what with the constant threat of local newspapers become a thing of the 20th century, new pay models being introduced by major online news sites like the Wall Street Journal, just to keep afloat, online video becoming the new “televisi... Read More »
9 March 2010, 9:52 am
WASHINGTON: The PBS NewsHour Extra announced today that it has received a $300,000 grant from Corp. for Public Broadcasting for the Student Reporting Lab, a new journalism project in six schools throughout the country.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 8:27 am
That Republicans lie and adopt positions that directly contradict positions they've previously adopted. is bad enough. Much worse is the liberal media treating falsehoods as if they're merely just a "side" in a debate about politics.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:25 pm
As Rupert Murdoch turns 79 and the Times relaunches, it's worth remembering how much he has done to support print journalism Happy birthday? Rupert Murdoch turns 79 on Thursday, prematurely festooned in (mostly New York) articles and blogs setting him somewhere between King Lear and the Emperor Ming... Read More »
8 March 2010, 8:00 am
It took just two years for Gabe Rivera to have four verticals, including tech "front page" Techmeme, running off his algorithm for discovering and highlighting news. The fourth site, BallBug, launched for opening day in 2006.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 1:01 am
With Bankrupt newspapers and an abundance of job losses among reporters, most people have turned to the Internet or blogs to get their daily news. But two men are determined to change that and save the dying journalism industry. The two authors of “The Death and Life of American Journalism” came... Read More »
7 March 2010, 9:19 pm
Today we're launching our spring Membership drive, hoping for your financial support for our work here at Crosscut. We are a nonprofit and we depend on our annual membership donations for a significant part of our operations. Please consider joining. Memberships start at just $35. You'll be helping ... Read More »
7 March 2010, 4:58 am
The Web Guide for the New Economy represents the latest world wide web resources for discovering new knowledge and understanding the latest developments with regard to the New Economy.... Read More »
6 March 2010, 12:43 am
Everybody knows about the Academy Awards for movies, but that's old school in this new, ultra-fast era of new media. Ceremonies were held this week for the Shorty Award, the "Oscars of Twitter." The Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences award, now...... Read More »
5 March 2010, 4:49 am
Editor’s note: Peter Wylie is a researcher at Three Ships Media , a social media marketing company in Raleigh, N.C. He was previously an editor for an online business journalism company in Washington, D.C. He graduated with degrees in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at... Read More »