Online media may still be tying itself in knots over the small matter of how to make money but when it comes to covering horrific humanitarian crises, it really comes into its own.
Online participation
Click the vote: politics 2.0
Can an open source government work? An electorate in NSW has $300,000 and an online public vote system for choosing which local programs get funded. Want a new oval? Get voting.
YouTube launches online training for journos
YouTube has launched their Reporters’ Centre, offering instructional videos, tips and advice from established journalists like Katie Couric, Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, Arianna Huffington and Michael Isikoff.
Hamilton: The Internet’s belligerent Brutopia
The torrent of abuse from the regular army of anonymous commenters on blogs has turned the Internet into a no-go zone for reasoned and rational debate, writes Clive Hamilton.
