My personal highlight of the Scoopcamp 2010 conference in Hamburg on September 29 was definitely Aron Pilhofer ‘s keynote. (last year it was the keynote of Everyblock founder Adrian Holovaty). Pilhofer leads a team of ten programmers and interactive news … Weiterlesen →
It finally happened - the famous Mission Chickens Elvira, Chiquita, Frida and Dolores who got their names through crowdsourced suggestions on their blog Mission Chicken are now official name bearers. Thank you to Tanja, Donna, JP and Frank for a … Weiterlesen →
Cynthia Typaldos from Mountain View, California (renowned as world headquarters of Google), is the woman behind Kachingle. That’s the name of one of several social micropayment systems, whose medaillons and buttons are popping up on more and more blogs and … Weiterlesen →
This is an interview with Jeff Jarvis who teaches entrepreneurial journalism at City University of New York. His main points: Journalists must learn and understand the business side of journalism, even if they don’t want become entrepreneurs. Traditional media companies … Weiterlesen →
(switch to the German version) Everyblock has facilitated access to hyperlocal information since January 2008. The database journalism project, founded by the journalist and web programmer Adrian Holovaty, was financed initially by by a 1.1 million dollar grant from the … Weiterlesen →
(switch to the German version) Most journalists would probably agree with the following statement: it’s a professionally written story which turns raw data into a journalistic gem. Adrian Holovaty thinks out of the box: At the Hamburg Scoopcamp, the 28-year-old … Weiterlesen →
At the web conference next09 in Hamburg I interviewed Jeff Jarvis about the new opportunities for media in the digital age and the link economy in the US and in Germany. (switch to the German version) Your current book has … Weiterlesen →
A special event at the Global Media Forum hosted by Germany’s global broadcaster Deutsche Welle is the symposium “Re-Inventing Journalism? Journalistic Training in the Social Media Age”. I will be discussing the topic of social media journalism on a panel … Weiterlesen →