The iPad 2 brings better content creation for journalists from Editors Weblog – all postings by Ashley Stepanek There is much hullabaloo in the media about the iPad 2, following a significant period of speculation about new features. We now know that, yes, it is thinner and lighter by way of 0.34-inches deep and 1.33 … Read more
WE DEMAND ANOTHER MEDIA Why hasn?t media changed at all, when everything else is transforming? Why is it forcing upon us the same-old bankrupt discourse one generation after the other: full of insults; executions; tirades; harassment; and a modernist feudalism? Why is it not democratizing? Where does the national media, chronically falling behind the rest … Read more
To the list below, you can also add Erkan’s Field Diary. Anyone to contribute? 🙂 Dear jammers, creatives, revolutionaries, #HUFFPUFF has touched a nerve. Now, a firestorm is developing as writers, readers and publishers of indie media are rallying to huff and puff Arianna’s AOL merger into the ground. Media activists, this is our chance … Read more
WikiLeaks looks for more partners while news organisations start to consider in-house submissions? from Editors Weblog – all postings by Emma Heald While WikiLeaks is apparently looking to enlist the help of 60 news organisations around the world to cover the secret US diplomatic memos, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has written a … Read more
A Facebook page is founded for those who were fired from Haberturk… And a blog that covers the strike at Sabah daily…
Watch live video from sakaerka on Justin.tv Etkinlik sonrasında Medya Derneği’nden yapılan açıklama: Değerli meslektaşımız; İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Medya ve İletişim Sistemleri Yüksek Lisans Programı işbirliğiyle düzenlediğimiz Yeni Medya Yeni Fırsatlar eğitim seminerini dün (16 Ocak 2011) Bilgi Üniversitesi Santral kampüsünde gerçekleştirdik. Seminere ilgi yoğundu, 60’ın üzerinde medya çalışanı katıldı. Programın açılışını dernek Genel Sekreteri … Read more
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Data Journalism: a new gateway at the Guardian from Editors Weblog – all postings by Federica Cherubini The Guardian announced yesterday the launch of a new gateway to its data journalism and visualisations. “DataStore: Fact are sacred” is the subhead on the new data site, and that is the exact statement CP Scott, the Guardian … Read more
Julian Assange answers your questions The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, answers readers’ questions about the release of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables Calling Time on Assange from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza The other face of Wikileaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Amazon and WikiLeaks – Online Speech is Only … Read more
Cables show undiplomatic US take on world leaders from Hurriyet Dailynews Diplomats are known for the niceties of their public statements, but documents leaked Sunday show US officials can be merciless behind closed doors. US dubbed Russian leaders as ‘Batman and Robin,’ according to WikiLeaks from Hurriyet Dailynews Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ‘plays Robin’ to … Read more
5 Emerging Trends That Give Hope for Public Media 2.0 from MediaShift The Public Media 2.0 series on MediaShift is sponsored by American University’s Center for Social Media (CSM) through a grant from the Ford Foundation. Learn more about CSM’s research on emerging public media trends and standards at futureofpublicmedia.net. Public media is facing the … Read more
Augmented Reality Invades Newsrooms, Kids’ Shows, Ads from MediaShift You point your wireless device — cell phone, iPad, whatever — at a graphic on a box of unassembled furniture and then the instructions, complete with 3-D diagrams, instantly appear on-screen. Point at a piece of paper and it’s suddenly a game board shared by friends … Read more
I was invited to a breakfast to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Infomag magazine. This is an in-depth business analyses magazine. There are not many quality magazines in the Turkish media. Infomag claims to be one. Editor in chief is now talking about “art of writing”. In depth work goes hand in hand with good … Read more
FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – An obvious end Many have called the resignation of Hürriyet daily chief columnist Oktay Ekşi from the paper, in the wake of insulting the prime minister and other ministers, a tragic and exemplary case. Löning Criticised Legal Proceedings against Journalist Ekşi from Bianet :: English The German Human Rights Commissioner, Markus … Read more
$5 million to encourage innovation in digital journalism from The Official Google Blog by A Googler Journalism is fundamental to a functioning democracy. So as media organizations globally continue to broaden their presence online, we?re eager to play our part on the technology side?experimenting with new ways of presenting news online; providing tools like Google … Read more