On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
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I’ve had a long career in online media. I don’t really know much about the print world, except that you get your hands dirty…
The continuing rise of activist media and the demise of the Fourth Estate
In a recent article, I pointed out that activist media, such as the posts, tweets, photos, and videos produced by the Occupy Wall Street…
Journalists, get yourself a geek
“Get a geek, or geekify yourself.” That was the message to journalists from storyful‘s Gavin Sheridan. He was conducting a workshop on crowdsourcing news…
Tips for live blogging with Coveritlive
When a Turkish Airlines aeroplane crashed on the runway at Schiphol Airport in February 2009, reporting started with a simple tweet by an eyewitness….
