Craig Kanalley‘s Breaking Tweets mashup site helps highlight the central role that Twitter has played in revealing information about the election and protests in Iran. 

In an e-mail exchange, Kanalley, who is a journalism graduate student at DePaul… Read more

Google announced new Search Options at its second Searchology event last week. The new features range from “it’s about time” to impressive, but will feature creep be a problem for the search giant?… Read more

When the ailing news industry is discussed, an often-asked question is: who will cover local politics if newspapers go out of business? In Chicago, where both the major news organizations have filed for bankruptcy, WindyCitizen.com (WC), a local news… Read more

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, and Tidbits contributor Kim Pearson has forwarded a list of upcoming State Department sponsored Web chats being held all week to commemorate the occasion.

You can check the Co.Nx:See… Read more

Craig Kanalley began 2009 with a Twitter project in mind. He was starting Breaking Tweets, a journalistic enterprise that incorporates Twitter. BreakingTweets.com is a Web site that publishes edited and organized news from Twitter. It is associated with the… Read more

Sharesleuth.com, the investigative news site funded by Mark Cuban, blogger, entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner, announced a new feature called “short takes” last week. “Sharesleuth.com is independent Web-based reporting aimed at exposing securities fraud and corporate chicanery,” according to… Read more

Aneesh Chopra’s nomination by President Obama as America’s first Chief Technology Officer signals good news for journalists and news organizations. Lowering the cost of access to data is one way of bringing down the cost of reporting, without laying off… Read more

Most consumers agree that they can “make a positive difference by purchasing products from socially or environmentally responsible companies,” according to a report from the Center for Media Research. Yet 1 in 4 say they can’t tell if a… Read more

A 30,000-word, online compendium of reporting and resources on religion and Web 2.0, created to assist congregations with social networking tools, could be a lifeline for the reporter who must suddenly cover religion.

The project, “The Networked Congregation:… Read more

Peggy Olson, a character from AMC’s popular series “Mad Men,” twittered last month, “Preparing for a big client presentation. Had to work all weekend. People think advertising is glamorous, and it is, but it’s also hard work.“

Since… Read more