*Credit: Moblogic.TV* Lindsay Campbell is not a journalist, or at least she claims she isn't. The former host of Wall Strip and the current host and producer for [MobLogic](http://moblogic.tv) (a new web series produced by CBS Interactive) wasted no time before disclosing this pe

*Credit: MySpace* For most people, updating your MySpace or Facebook profile is not news. Sure, it might appear in your news feed on the site, but that's just about as far as the story is likely to travel. For Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the woman who reportedly worked as an escort a

**Update: ** *Credit: Reporters Without Borders*

*Credit: Reporters Without Borders* Wednesday has been announced by the French organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) as the first [Online Free Expression Day.](http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=26086) In recognition of its announcement, the

His name is Timothy Goeglein, and, as [Paul Kiel at Talking Points Memo](http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/white_house_aide_plagiarizes_i.php) points out, it is quite ironic that Google should be the cause of his professional demise. Goeglein is a White House aide

The Clinton campaign is counting on Texas to stay alive, but as [David Domke describes in his account at the Crosscut Seattle](http://www.crosscut.com/idaho/11938/Here's+one+reason+students+Barack+the+vote:+respect/), they haven't exactly reached out to student journalists to kee

On , I wrote about how David Little at the Chico Enterprise-Record issued a decree in his January 20 column declaring that Britney Spears would go unmentioned for at least an entire month in the newspaper's print publication. After salvaging my e-mail from quarantine (neither one

At the time of this writing, [a search for "Britney Spears" at news.google.com](http://news.google.com/news'q=%22britney+spears%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title) reveals 23,600 articles. By compa

The First Amendment of the US Constitution has protected the rights of the press in many legal battles throughout history, but last week, when [US District Judge Jeffrey White signed a permanent injunction (PDF)](http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/images/Dynadot-injunction.pdf) ordering wi

During protests outside the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968, activists took up a rallying cry shouting *[The whole world is watching](http://www.jofreeman.com/photos/convention68.html)* as news cameras captured the police violently overtaking the crowd. Indeed the whole wor

*Credit: Shooting War* Back in 2006 it seemed unlikely that John McCain would earn the Republican nomination for President of the United States, but when journalist [Anthony Lappe](http://anthony.gnn.tv)and artist [Dan Goldman](http://dangoldman.net/) set out to create a near-fut

While some may contend that the primary role of college newspapers is to prepare students for work in the establishment press, school newspapers also serve a vital role in keeping the community informed. In fact, college newspapers have broken stories on many occasions that reso

In a memo from the Tribune's owner Sam Zell, which was recently posted by [Jim Romenesko at Poynter](http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp'id=13063), Zell announced that employees at the company's newspapers would no longer be hindered by the internet filters that so many compan

Steve Jobs' [keynote](http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/keynote/) at this year's MacWorld included the announcement of four new products: the new [MacBook Air](http://www.apple.com/macbookair/), Time Capsule, an update to the [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) and [iPod Touc

Mac fans across the world are eagerly awaiting Steve Jobs keynote at Mac World with [bingo cards](http://macapper.com/2008/01/14/keynote-bingo-macworld-2008-version/) in hand, but despite all the rumors of the "[MacBook Air](http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/breaking-macboo.h

Moore was asked by Rolling Stone to interview the top three democratic candidates for a cover story. As he explains in a recent letter on the eve of today's Iowa caucus at [MichaelMoore.com](http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php'id=220), the story never ran. Moore o

Last month . For those outside the Green Bay, Millwaukee, or Dallas/Ft. Worth areas, the only place to catch the game was on the NFL Network. Unfortunately the station isn't offered by certain cable companies; others, such as Comcast, only include the network as part of a special

[Alive in Baghdad](http://aliveinbaghdad.org) is one of the only destinations providing weekly video of life in Baghdad from an Iraqi perspective. The reporting examines current issues facing the country, and also features evergreen material documenting what life in a war-torn co

On Thursday, David Hazinski posted a column on the Web site of the [Atlanta Journal-Constitution](http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/12/12/citizened_1213.html) suggesting that "unfettered 'citizen journalism' (is) too risky." He points out that the online med

Even though they don't have the visibility of MySpace or Facebook, the New York-based [Community Connect](http://communityconnect.com) has developed a series of niche social-networking sites that have managed to generate a significant following within the communities they represe

Did you catch the Packers-Cowboys game Thursday night? According to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2007-11-28-nfl-network-cover_N.htm'loc=interstitialskip), less than 40 percent of the United States was able to sit at home and watch as[the Cowboys edged o

While San Francisco's plan for municipal wifi may have stalled after [Earthlink decided to abandon the project amidst corporate restructuring](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi'f=/n/a/2007/08/29/financial/f193633D05.DTL), the city's desire for free city-wide wifi was affi

The conversational nature of blogs allows editors to ask their readers to weigh in--even decide--issues that affect the publication. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Michael Arrington at [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/25/should-izea-advertisements-be-accepted-on-tec

Edward Burns' latest film, *[Purple Violets](http://www.purplevioletsmovie.com/)*, won't be coming to a theater near you, but you won't have to go far to see it. [The movie is available to anyone with $13 and an account at iTunes](http://www.macrumors.com/c.php'u=http%3A%2F%2Fpho

The news that [home run record holder Barry Bonds had been indicted](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi'f=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNQ1TDKSG.DTL&tsp=1) came as a shock to much of the bay area yesterday. For several years, Bonds' legal struggle has made headlines and helped shed a l

With the writer's strike 10 days in, many of those employed by talk shows and other programs are beginning to feel the financial effects of the silent set, but some folks have been spared the impact (at least for now). David Letterman, who hosts the *The Late Show with David Let

We've all heard the story of [Warren Jeffs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Jeffs), the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who was recently convicted of two counts of rape and is facing life in prison, but there is another legal saga tha

*Credit: Comedy Central* On October 16, Stephen Colbert announced that [he is seeking the presidential nomination from both the Republican and Democratic parties](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_presidential_campaign%2C_2008) in his home state of South Carolina. Thou

Though almost everything Google touches seems to turn to gold, there is one project that never quite became ubiquitous (at least here in the U.S.). [Orkut](http://orkut.com) may have [found a following in Brazil and Asia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut), but I don't know anyo

Ever since Napster found its way into every college dorm room in 1999, the defenders of intellectual property have been perplexed at how to best deal with peer-to-peer file transfer. Last week's news that [Comcast's servers were interfering with BitTorrent traffic](http://www.sfg

An open government is central to democracy; most people would argue that certain information must be kept secret to protect national security and to preserve privacy rights, but the government should not be able to remove important details simply because they might make them look

It isn't often legal nightmares are resolved quickly. In fact, anything pertaining to the law tends to drag on tirelessly. But for the two executives at Village Voice Media who spent a night in jail last week, their legal woes were abated before the weekend arrived. On Friday aft

Just days after the House of Representatives passed the Free Flow of Information Act, [The New York Times reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/business/media/19cnd-arrest.html'ref=us) that two executives from Village Voice Media were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, for reveal

The House of Representatives is considering a federal shield law which would recognize the right of reporters to legally refuse to reveal sources or testify about cases in court, under first amendment protection. 33 States plus the District of Columbia have some form of shield la

Al Gore has proven that there can be life after politics. He's written several best-selling books, received an Oscar for *[An Inconvenient Truth](http://www.climatecrisis.net/)*, helped develop [Current TV](http://current.com), a cable television station focused on getting young

**Update: After writing this blog post, I spoke to The League of Women Voters, and SFGTV and the City Attorney's office. After making these phone calls, I was assured that the public would in fact be able to videotape the debate and on Thursday night, I did see plenty of cameras

I've been tracking the progress of the *Free Flow of Information Act of 2007* for months. Having spent time in a federal prison for protecting my source material, it's natural that I would be interested in a law that would prevent others from enduring this same fate. The last

When [Apple](http://apple.com) announced that it was dropping the price of the [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) by $200, some jumped for joy and immediately headed out to their nearest Apple store. For others--early adopters who had already purchased Apple's gadget--the pri

*Credit: peralta.TV* Senator [Hillary Clinton](http://hillaryclinton.com) paid a surprise visit to [Laney College](http://laney.peralta.edu/) today to announce that Oakland's mayor, Ron Dellums, has pledged his support for Clinton's bid for president. As an employee at [peralta.T

Do you remember the name [Stephen Glass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass)? How about [Jayson Blair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair)? Both men were hired as journalists at highly esteemed news publications but chose to write fiction instead of acting as repor

In most industries refusing to pay your labor force is not only unethical, it would likely border on slavery and be illegal as well. Apparently in the world of blogging it's considered good business practice. As reported today in [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/26

Surveillance cameras are everywhere. Every ATM snaps your mug, and each time you get into a taxi your photo is recorded as well. According to the BBC, [our images are captured an average of 300 times each day](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1789157.stm). While we've grown us

When [Creative Commons](http://creativecommons.org/) first surfaced, it was heralded as a means to share media without being ensnared by the complications accompanying traditional copyright. With [six different licenses available](http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-

There are basically only two business models for media distribution: advertising, and charging for access. Print media typically uses a combination of both whereas online media for the most part has relied exclusively on advertising. One of the few exceptions was the New York Tim

When Kathy Griffin decided to make a point by **not** thanking Jesus when she accepted the award for best reality program at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards she planned to offend people. She's a comedian and it's part of her shtick, but when people sit down this weekend to watch th

When creating a broad forum or social-networking site like [Facebook](http://facebook.com), deciding what, if any, content should be prohibited is always a difficult decision. Pornography and unauthorized copyrighted material are usually forbidden, but any other restrictions will

The debate between personal privacy and national security continues to rage on, but privacy advocates in India have recently been dealt a blow with the news that keyloggers will be installed in the approximately 500 Internet cafes serving the city of Mumbai. According to a report

According to Wikipedia, the [Department of Justice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice) is "designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for

We all remember the [massive protests that sprung up after a Danish newspaper published a series of editorial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy). Recently [another controversy](http://video.msn.com/

There's no other company quite like [Apple](http://apple.com). They have security that rivals defense contractors and there is a whole legion of websites dedicated to gathering inside information and publishing company "secrets." It's not muckraking either, most of these investig

Do you remember school fund raise drives? Perhaps you recall being a child having to sell boxes of chocolate, or maybe you recently ran into a young fund raiser outside the supermarket with candy for his band or choir. Then again you might even have the halfway-depleted box your

A reporter is sent on an unusual assignment. A distraught women claims to have a deceased man's scalp and the reporter has been chosen to cover the story. Upon his arrival, the teary-eyed women implores the reporter to take the man's remains to the coroner. It sounds like the plo

**Update: [SFGate](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi'file=/c/a/2007/08/30/MNEJRRO70.DTL) reported this morning that Earthlink will be withdrawing their contract with the City of San Francisco to provide wireless internet. It is unclear what the City's plans for future broadba

Open government is a central tenet for democracy. After all, if it's your government then you have the right to know what your money is going toward. But what about the rights of public employees' personal privacy? As reported in today's [SFGate](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/art

It was awhile ago that YouTube first allowed video comments on its service, and over time responses in video form began to populate the site--including those that address the original video and those that don't. In theory, [Friction.tv](http://friction.tv) is a Web portal built a

With the rise of social-networking sites galore, interactive web 2.0 features being incorporated into just about every enterprise and blogs becoming ubiquitous for the [young](http://worldsyoungestblogger.com/) and [old](http://mymomsblog.blogspot.com/), you'd think that internet

When radio was first pioneered, [print journalists were quick to dismiss it as inferior](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2584/is_n3_v14/ai_16424842/pg_8). This same scenario repeated itself with the advent of television and again with the rise of technologies that allowed

The war in Iraq is still the most important issue for many Americans as we prepare to vote for George Bush's replacement, but according to a recent study, the US media's coverage of the war has dropped off during the second quarter of this year. As [Reuters](https://www.reuters.c

Having spent time in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), I wasn't surprised to learn that the agency's highest security prison has denied all media requests for the past six years. Known as the ADX, the super-maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado is home

Traditional journalism values objectivity above almost all other principles. Many contracts prohibit journalists from becoming active in politics and some reporters actually decline to vote in order to avoid undermining their objectivity. Sports columnist John Canzano at *The Ore

Once a month media creators from the San Francisco area gather together for the [Bay Area Media Makers Meetup](http://current.meetup.com/1/). Each meeting is a new opportunity to meet a wide variety of creative people, and occasionally someone comes to the meetup with a truly ins

Two years ago, Google partnered with Earthlink to offer a [plan for San Francisco](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi'file=/c/a/2005/10/01/MNGG9F16KG1.DTL) to provide free wireless access without dipping into the municipal budget. The City bit and today, San Franciscan's are s

[](https://blip.tv/file/get/Insurgent-AnnouncingRUNtv336.mov) [Click To Play](https://blip.tv/file/get/Insurgent-AnnouncingRUNtv336.mov) Are you a videoblogger, a You Tuber, filmmaker, or a video journalist? If so, check out [RUNtv](http://riseupnetwork.com/RUNtv), a new

For anyone who's ever been quoted in a newspaper, you've likely read over the article with great anticipation only to conclude that the reporter completely missed the mark, *Credit: Google*

Today's [Boston Herald](http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg'articleid=1016122) reports that Americans consumed less media in 2006 than they did the year before. Are we losing interest in media or are we just becoming more efficient consumers? The *Herald* cite

A Murray Energy Corporation coal mine in Utah [collapsed Monday morning](https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWRI71716020070807?pageNumber=1) leaving six miners trapped. Two days later rescuers still haven't been able to reach the trapped miners, and though they [anticipat

Asking if your hairdresser is a journalist may seem a bit absurd, but the reality is that for many people a trip to the salon is also an opportunity to pick up the latest dirt on who's dating who and other town gossip. We don't usually think of gossip as being journalistic; howev

As Engadget recently [reported](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/02/senators-wyden-and-brownback-promise-to-push-internet-radio-equa/) , senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) have pledged to move forward with the [Internet Radio Equality Act](http://www.digitalmus

Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of the [Free Flow of Information Act](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z'c110:H.R.2102:). If passed, the act would shield reporters from having to testify about information they obtained through their journali

First it was [Friendster](http://friendster.com), then it was [MySpace](http://myspace.com); now [Facebook](http://facebook.com) seems to be the center of every other conversation on the Internet. Several of the writers at [Poynter Online](http://poynter.org) (a resource that pup

If you search the [New York Times](http://query.nytimes.com/search/query'frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=%22mychal+bell%22&srchst=nyt&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=sub&hdlquery=&bylquery=&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=07&day2=31&year2=2007) or the [LA Times](http://www.

[NowPublic](http://nowpublic.com) emerged onto the Web proclaiming, "The news is Now Public." Two years later they've embraced the tagline "Crowd powered media" and managed to secure significant funding in the process. According to [VentureBeat](http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/29/

Nearly three million people have watched on You Tube as Mika Brzezinski [refuses to report on the Paris Hilton story](https://www.youtube.com/v/6VdNcCcweL0); until yesterday I was not one of those people. I had heard about the encounter and rejoiced in her defiance, but I only st

If you visit www.vivoleum.com today you'll find nothing, but last month the site was the home of [the Yes Men](http://www.theyesmen.org)'s latest experiment in political theater and a [protest](http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/06/19/its-new-its-disgusting-and-it-fooled-an-oil-indust

We all heard the stories about the Recording Industry Association of America lawsuits and the mostly college students who found themselves in the crosshairs several years ago. Many people are opposed to music piracy, but far fewer actually agreed with the RIAA's heavy-handed l

The average half hour sitcom runs about 22 minutes, but for some people that's simply too long. Most successful web videos average between 2 and 5 minutes, and the folks at Sony Pictures Television have found a new way to deliver classic television to this shortened-attention-spa

When I first heard that [CNN](http://cnn.com) had partnered with [YouTube](http://youtube.com) for two upcoming [presedential debates](https://www.youtube.com/debates) I was intrigued. For the first time in history, on July 23 at 4:00 p.m. (PDT), the general public will have a ch

As everyone knows, you only get one shot at making a first impression, and my first impression upon visiting [Searchles](http://searchles.com) was one of bewilderment. I received a couple e-mails from an employee at Searchles and decided to check out what the site was about. I wa

*Credit: Crackle* Online video is all the rage and everyone wants in on the action. One year ago Sony acquired Grouper for $65 million dollars and today that enterprise is known as [Crackle](http://crackle.com). In an effort to distinguish itself from the crowded competition, Cra

Every day on my way to work, I pick up the three free daily newspapers that are distributed in San Francisco, and once a week I grab the two (also free weeklies). Even though I can get the San Francisco Chronicle for a quarter at the BART station, it's the rare occasion when I ac

*Credit: FreePress* Love the new iPhone, but hate *the New AT&T*? You're not alone. Long before the iPhone hit stores, a backlash was developing against this unholy union. A few clever souls have devised methods to [bypass AT&T](http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2007/07/04/dvd-jon-

If you visit [ctzn.tv](http://ctzn.tv), you won't find anything beyond the company logo. But according to an e-mail I received from Ken Krushel, the president of CitizeNews, ctzn.tv will soon become a portal aggregating "the very best work of the very best video journalists in t

I was quite intrigued this morning when I read Elinor Mills recent article [ Pay-for-blogging raises questions](https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/pay-for-blogging-site-raises-questions/) on news.com. In essence, Mills story examines whether or not [Associated Content](http:

Before YouTube became ubiquitious, and long before they were snatched up by Google, Vice President Al Gore launched his own experiment to democratize television: [Current TV](http://current.tv). Initially introduced to the public with a series of gatherings at bars and colleges a

As a student, I struggled to keep my notes organized and I have only faired better as a journalist through my abandonment of pen and paper. Over the years I've encountered many other people who have also struggled to keep their notes organized and for many of us a notebook comput

With Bush's pardon commutation of Scooter Libby's 30 month prison sentence dominating the news this morning, the San Jose Mercury News published an [article](http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_6287785) announcing 31 lay offs from their newsroom. This news, along with 15 recent

Lauren Turner is a blogger. Unlike many bloggers out there, she does not blog for herself, she blogs for her employer. As a writer for the [Google Health Advertising Blog](http://google-health-ads.blogspot.com), Ms. Turner decided to make a post about her reaction to Michael Moor

While I'm sure you have all heard about the tragic [murder-suicide](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/26/wrestler_reportedly_killed_family_self/) in which professional wrestler Chris Benoit slaughtered his wife and son before killing himself, an assortment of str

Every morning reporters from across the country file into work at their local office of the [Wall Street Journal](http://wsj.com) and begin the task of tracking leads, writing copy, and sorting through the plethora of press releases that came in the night before. This morning was

*Credit: Justin.TV* I am sitting in the *San Francisco-Style Video Innovation* panel at the Web Video Summit, listening to [Justin Kan](http://justin.tv), who's been live-casting his life for 100 days now. As some of you may have heard, Justin turned off his video feed a few wee

I'm in San Jose today attending the [Web Video Summit](http://www.webvideosummit.com/index.php) today and tomorrow, and have been scoping out the latest innovations and learning more about online video for a few hours now. In typical conference fashion, there are too many simult

Although the story behind [Morse v. Frederick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_v._Frederick) is quite humorous and littered with absurd details, the ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision goes beyond entertainment and is far more than a joke. After five years Joseph Fre

Early this morning, [Free Press](http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php'id=244) announced the introduction of a new bill in both the House and Senate that would remedy legislation from 2000 which prevented low power FM stations from obtaining licensing in major media markets.

There's something kind of funny about a blog entry around a recent article in one outlet indicating that another newspaper is working on an expose about yet another media outlet, but that really is what this post is about. According to Michael Calderone at the [New York Observer]

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*Credit: Flickr: AndrewJ* Back in April of last year, you probably read in [Wired](http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619) or some other publication about how AT&T had a secret room in its San Francisco office where the NSA was "listening" to every communicat

I recently started reading Al Gore's latest book and have found his analysis on the role of today's media elites to be particularly insightful. Gore writes: > If the forum is not fully open, then those who control access become gatekeepers. If they charge money in return for acc

After Matt Smith at the [SF Weekly](http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2007/06/josh_wolf_goes_corporate.php)first reported on this project last week, a broad swath of engaging questions about this endeavor began to spring up. While I don't have all the answers quite just yet, I

*Credit: Photo Courtesy of John Shinkle at The Politico* I headed to Washington DC last month to meet with members of Congress and their staff about the [Free Flow of Information Act of 2007](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z'c110:H.R.2102:) which had just been introduced day