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Articles tagged Occupy Wall Street (13)

Susan E. McGregorNovember 10, 2014

Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news?

From the protests in Hong Kong to Occupy and Sandy in New York, a new generation of tools is allowing communities to connect without using the Internet. Can they have a use in news too?

Adrienne LaFranceJune 12, 2012

Netroots Nation grows up, and in some cases goes pro

The liberal blogosphere isn’t what it used to be, becoming both more institutionalized and more atomized.

Adrienne LaFranceMay 3, 2012

On World Press Freedom Day, the spread of mobile and publishing technology shifts the playing field

As we honor journalists who struggle in oppressive environments, the definition of “journalist” keeps expanding.

Alt weeklies eye an AP of their own with a content exchange

The new system will allow members to share stories, video, and photography and potentially make money licensing to other media. Justin Ellis

Burt Herman: In the coming year, social media journalists will #Occupythenews

In the real-time news cycle, social media can — and should — be about much more than conversation. Burt Herman

Mark CoddingtonDecember 2, 2011

This Week in Review: Citizens Occupying journalism, and solving the copyright problem

Plus: The admirers and detractors of Facebook’s “frictionless sharing,” and the rest of the past two weeks’ most important stories and conversations.

Megan GarberNovember 21, 2011

Image as interest: How the Pepper Spray Cop could change the trajectory of Occupy Wall Street

Images can convene attention; they can also distribute it.

Mark CoddingtonNovember 18, 2011

This Week in Review: An Internet censorship threat, and news orgs’ one-way Twitter use

Plus: Journalists arrested at Occupy Wall Street, more fallout over Romenesko and attribution, Amazon’s Kindle Fire release, and the rest of the week’s future-of-news reads.

Megan GarberNovember 15, 2011

In which Occupy Wall Street (though not #occupywallstreet) finally trends on Twitter

More evidence that Twitter’s algorithm rewards spikes over steadiness.

This Week in Review: Good news for paywalls, and Yahoo joins the personalized news app parade

Plus: Julian Assange faces extradition, public radio continues to struggle with political opinions, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news. Mark Coddington

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