Weekly News Roundup Feb. 23-March 1
There’s just one week left until SXSW Interactive, so let’s set the stage with one more look back at the week in tech and digital media news.
Megan Kilgore
Preview: Global News After the Twitter Revolutions
Citizen journalism is nothing new; it has But it was during the Arab Spring in early 2011 that this phenomenon became an undeniable force in our media landscape. Jim Frederick, editor of Time International, says he had been aware of citizen journalism for many years, but the Arab Spring really made him sit up and […]
Preview – Fresh Prince + Downton Abbey: A Perfect Engagement
Composer Cheryl B. Engelhardt will explore how original music can enhance and strengthen quality and branding in Web videos in her panel “Fresh Prince + Downton Abbey: A Perfect Engagement.” Engelhardt said she came up with the idea for the panel after working on a parody video for CollegeHumor.com that combined the theme music from […]
Preview – ‘Sensoring’ the News: Detector-Driven Journalism
If you want something done right, do it yourself. John Keefe will discuss how data journalists can use new mobile technology to gather their own data and better cover issues that affect their communities on a panel at SXSW Interactive. As senior editor for data news and journalism at WNYC-New York, Keefe works the station’s data […]
Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 2-8, 2013
From football teams to creative teams, former vice presidents to shareholders, it’s been a big week in digital media and tech news.
SXSWi attendees meet up in Austin
Austinites attending SXSW Interactive gathered at the White Horse honky tonk on East Comal Street Monday, Jan. 28 for free drinks, live music and a chance to connect with others who will attend and participate in the festivities come March. But this party wasn’t just for badge holders. John Wagner, a business development manager at […]
Top 5 Big Data Sessions
Big data has become a major topic of conversation across several industries. Journalists, advertisers, politicians and programmers are all talking about it. But what is big data to you? To your field? Each of these five sessions looks at a different aspect of big data and how it relates to a specific field. 1. Big […]