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Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, January 21, 2010]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...
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Video: The Social Media Revolution

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Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?
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Social Media Can Open Door to Philanthropy's Future

[Source: Philanthropy News Digest, by Larry Blumenthal; November 4, 2009] In retrospect, I'm not sure I would try this exercise again.
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The Big Thaw: Charting a New Course for Journalism

October 22, 2009 - What form will journalism take in the future? Can independent media producers adapt and lead, or will they disappear with journalism’s Ice Age?
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Yes, Journalists Deserve Subsidies Too: In Defense of Journalism Policy

[Source: The Washington Post, by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols; Friday, October 30, 2009]

Building a Viable News Ecosystem Around Hyperlocal Bloggers: Hopeful Results from Running the Numbers

There is a future for news – a sustainable and once-again profitable future with the prospect of expanding and improving journalism by taking it deeper into our communities with increased ...

The Open Zones of CommonWealth: A Review of NAMAC's 2009 Conference

These meditations on the biannual conference of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, were originally posted on the blog of the Finger Lakes Enviromental Film Festival.

Changing the Law to Save Newspapers: Some Modest Proposals

[Source: MediaShift, by Jeffrey Neuburger; July 21, 2009]

Highlights from Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the Field

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A Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldMEETING HIGHLIGHTS – JUNE 23 & 24, 2009, AT OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE