Category: New Media

“Culture of Innovation” Crucial to Newsrooms, Google Exec says.

News organizations must develop a “culture of innovation” if they are to survive, Google News Product Head Robert Gingras said…

Boston WordPress Meetup: Best E-commerce Plugins

This Monday,  Boston Meetup participants applauded when organizer Kurt Eng announced that, with 1200 members, the group is now the…

What is “rich media” and what is it good for?

First heard of “rich media”–not to be confused with rich text or smart media– at a recent Public Relations Society…

Columbia & Stanford Form Media Innovation Ctr with $30M from Cosmo Mag’s Gurley Brown

As a Columbia Journalism School grad, I’m pleased to  learn that my alma mater and Stanford have received a $30M…

With 4 days to go, Boston filmmaker sweats it out on Kickstarter

With just four days to go, Boston independent filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein needs to raise another $34,000 in order to receive…

Is SEO Dead? Content strategy to drive traffic to your Web site

Hubspot’s  SEO Scientist Dan Zarrella  definitely caught my attention  when he asked in a recent Webinar if search is dead. He concluded…

New and Mainstream Journalists Face Off at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center

  I recently had the great pleasure of attending the 25th anniversary celebration of  Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the…