So Catherine Cook, while in high school, became the co-founder of myYearbook.com and is already worth millions. Then she started My Mag, a myYearbook affiliated online magazine for teens, and here is what she says in an interview at...

This from yesterday's MacArthur Foundation press release: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to emerging leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of digital media...

I was on the road last week and passed by the Pew study entitled: INTERNET NEWS AUDIENCE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. Jeff Jarvis provides a quick analysis with the introduction: The latest Pew Research Center study on Americans'...

So what news do people read on the Internet? Phil Lewis, editor of the Naples (Florida) Daily News, writes a column on what folks are reading online at his paper. Top readership goes to this headline by a 3-1...

The Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten writes about what newspaper might be like in the future, saying in part: The honest answer is that nobody knows for certain, but the odds are it will be a hybrid...

Steven G. Brant, a participant at the Journalism that Matters DC conference, writes about the conference at the Huffington Post, saying in part: I call this post "Responsible Journalism" because I believe it's irresponsible for journalists to stop telling...

This from a Batten Award press release: 10 Innovators Place in 2007 Knight-Batten Awards You can view the finalists as well as more than three dozen other notable entries at www.j-lab.org. The top winner will be announced Sept. 17...

The Journalism that Matters DC session is now officially over. About 140 people attended the two-day session. Here are some ending reactions I wrote down from the people in attendance. More will be posted later at the official site:...

From 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007: Chris Peck editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal is on the stage right now for our Journalism that Matters prelude session: "The State of Citizen Media Update." Here are my rough note,...

Had a great Journalism that Matters planning, talk, talk meeting tonight with Dan Gillmor, Fabrice Florin of NewsTrust.net, Bill Densmore of Media Giraffe and our moderators for tomorrow Steve Silha and Peggy Holman. Of course, this will be an...

Tomorrow I will be helping host the Journalism that Matters DC session and probably talking up an idea I have been privately developing for the last few months. I am calling it Representative Journalism. I was hoping to have...

Minnesota Public Radio demonstrates the power of a slideshow mixed with sound in its Anatomy of a Disaster -- The I-35W Disaster. It's made possible because these are pros making and mixing the sound, but it is an example...

Russell Baker, in the New York Review of Books, has an essay/review entitled: Goodbye to Newspapers? It's eloquently written and a nice recap of what's ailing the profession. I especially like what he said about bloggers and journalism: Committed...

I was reading a Washington Post article about people who throw in their old lives and start a new life. But in the article was this very neat website: VocationVacations: enabling you to test-drive your dream job; empowering you...

Carolyn M. Byerly, a professor at Howard University, points researchers and other interested parties to an FCC public notice that states: FCC SEEKS COMMENT ON RESEARCH STUDIES ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP Byerly writes that since these researchers were picked by...

This from Wired's blog: ...citizen journalism is red hot with Associated Content landing $10 million in financing today from Canaan Partners, and NowPublic pulling in $10.6 million in financing from Rho Ventures on Monday (this time last year, OhMyNews...

Yesterday was a long day driving back to Marietta, Ga. from a vacation in Sandwich, N. H. The day ended with the news of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, where I lived for 18 years before heading south in...

Tonight I am staying in a Fairfield Inn, a Mariott hotel. The wireless is totally free as it would be a the $89 a night Comfort Inn down the road. In a week, the Association for Education in Journalism and...

Bill Densmore in anticipation of our Journalism that Matters conference on August 7-8 in Washington, D.C. has advanced three questions at Facebook's Journalists and Facebook group. They fall under the discussion: Journalism That Matters: Three essential elements. Here are...

Pat Walters has an interesting article at Poynter online entitled: Facebook: What's In It For Journalists? I especially like how he helped established a FaceBook page, Journalists and Facebook, and allowed anyone to provide editorial comments before the Poynter...