I have a odd obsession: For the past few months, I have been strangely interested in the development and potential of mobile technology in Africa — yes, I’m weird.
So you can understand how excited I was when I heard about the documentary produced by UZI called “Hello Africa.” The documentary was filmed in Zanzibar and [...]
‘Hello Africa’ Fails to Explore Complexities of Mobile Technology
60-Day Report on Cyber Security Preview
Last night I attended a lecture held by the New York Press Club on the state of Cyber Security. It was an informative night and extremely interesting to look at something I think and write about regularly from a national security prospective.
Dale W. Meyerrose of Harris Corporation spoke for roughly an hour on national security [...]
Summer Plans, UWire 100 and BarCamp Philly
This past week was a busy one with lots of personal achievements and fun times.
First, I found out that I will be interning in the Web department BBC America in their NY offices. I am beyond excited about the opportunity to be working with some very talented people and some fellow anglophiles. I can already tell I will learn a lot and love working there.
Also this week: UWire, a free membership organization for college student media, announced today their list of top 100 student journalists in the country:
From 5Across: An Afterlife of Newspapers
An interesting roundtable discussion hosted by Mark Glaser of PBS’s MediaShift on what is next - after newspapers.
TNTJ March: Give Us Time To Flesh It Out
This post is in response to the March question posed at Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists. It asks: “We’ve talked plenty about the future. But what traditional skills are we ignoring, or letting slip? What’s the downside of new media?”)
What we’re gaining is obvious: endless new possibilities in story telling, new technologies and new ways [...]
Book Review: Letters to a Young Journalist
Although the book is several years old, I recently had to re-read “Letters to a Young Journalist” for class. When I announced that I was writing a book review of the book on Twitter, @srubenfeld was quick to request a reading of the review. I thought I would post the review on my blog for [...]
INTERVIEW: Short but Effective Interview with Paul Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw, creator of Online Journalism Blog and Senior Lecturer in Online Journalism, Magazines and New Media at Birmingham City University’s (UK) School of Media agreed to partake in a short interview about the status of online journalism. Here’s what he said…
What got you interested in online journalism?
I used to edit Internet Monthly magazine, which [...]