The Role of Predictive Markets in Storytelling

In 2004, I took a position at MIT’s Technology Review, the nation’s oldest technology and science magazine published out of one of our countries most venerable institutions. My job: oversee the redevelopment of the magazine’s website from a simple placeholder for some of its articles into a fully-functional, modern news operation.
The site was a wreck, [...]

returning…

After a long, protracted absence, TMJ will be returning. I’ll be giving the site an overhaul this summer as well as we speed towards the book’s publication next year through Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press.
Now, on with the show…

The World is One Big Location

I’m working on a story about Dash — which I wrote about last week on the blog — for TechNewsWorld. Along the way, I came across a company called Where, which makes software widgets for you mobile phone that enables people to locate a variety of businesses thanks to GPS.
I’ve stolen a list of things [...]

The State of the News Media Report

I’m working on a story for ECT News right now about a new report by the Project in Excellence in Journalism research organization. The State of the News Media report is enlightening, and quantifies much of what the digerati have been discussing.
But there’s even more that we don’t discuss, such as the financial implications of [...]

Off To Pittsburgh

I’m headed to the Region 4 Society for Professional Journalists’ convention, where I’m delivering remarks on the future of journalism. I should arrive approximately 5 pm this evening, and I’ll be updating the site as I finish up the presentation.

Where am I?