Becky’s Saturday at SXSW
Becky gives a short synopsis of a fast, and incredible day at SXSW
Journalism and Media
BIG Health Data & HIPAA
When trying to understand the many different view points on Health data being at a place like SXSW is very helpful. The panel Why HIPAA Won’t Save You covered a verity of topics ranging from the patients, the health care companies to the scientific researchers who will use this data. How to keep everyone’s health […]
Social Media: Breaking News or Fixing News?
In today’s SXSW Interactive panel, “Social Media: Breaking News or Fixing News?” AP Social Media Editor Eric Carvin succinctly summed up a new sentiment many legacy news organizations are realizing regarding social media: “Social networks need us more than we need them.” Joined by fellow panelists Allison Lichter, social media editor of the Wall Street […]
Preview: Our Focus Determines Our Reality
“When I was in college I would talk a lot about Mars.” When talking to Michael Solana about science fiction and human progress, it becomes quickly apparent that one article about his views on the future are simply not enough to cover everything. Fortunately, he is presenting Science Fiction IRL and Our Road Map to […]
Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 15-21, 2015
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This week saw the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. Mark Zuckerberg welcomed the new year with a video post in, what Business Insider calls, “vastly improved” Mandarin Chinese. Post by Mark Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, Tech Crunch reports that our friends at Buzzfeed have ventured further into mobile territory this […]
A Texas Filibuster: How Streaming Politics Beat TV
On June 25 at midnight, nearly 200,000 people worldwide were watching the Wendy Davis filibuster. Zero of those viewers were watching on CNN or Fox News or MSNBC. Instead, anyone that wanted to watch the most interesting political story of the summer, and quite possibly the year, tuned in to the Texas Tribune livestream. Rodney […]
Social News Ethics: Did You Ask Permission to Use That?
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