A certain search giant might as well get it over with and release some sort of product mashup called Google Election. In the meantime, though, YouTube and Google Moderator have come back into the spotlight as important tools in a series of political interviews.
Virginia Schools To Teach Internet Safety
In an effort to prepare children and teens for the potential stranger danger on the Internet, Virginia is the first state to make Internet safety classes for all grade levels.It’s hard being first and one might imagine all 49 pairs of eyes (assuming one set of eyes per state, of course) will be on Virginia to see how educators implement the program, the messages used, and the methods by which the program is evaluated.
Yes, Virginia, Bloggers Can Be Journalists
A recent lawsuit judgment provided evidence for two things: a blogger may qualify as a journalist; and just because you’re a lawyer doesn’t mean you have to act like one. Advice: being mean is no way to get through court.
Virginia Tech Tragedy Spurred Online News Boost
People searching for information and an understanding of the events surrounding the shootings on Virginia Tech’s campus hit online news sites in droves.
The Crowd Reports on Virginia Tech
As horrific as the circumstances at Virginia Tech were, as a journalist it was fascinating to watch the information about the shootings filter out through the students and faculty at the college, by way cellphones and webcams, blogs and Facebook accounts, Flickr photos and LiveJournal updates. The Wikipedia page was updated minute by minute (the page of edits makes for interesting reading). Another example of “crowdsourcing” the news.