Journalism, Technology, History

Facebook, meet Friendster

OK, not exactly, but daily time spent on Facebook declined by 3 minutes by U.S. users in 2018 and usage is forecast to be flat to down to the horizon.

Poynter's Al Tompkins coming to Knoxville

If you’re a journalist in East Tennessee, this is a “can’t miss” event, a chance to attend a workshop led by Al Tompkins for free! (Make sure to RSVP.)

Sugar Daddy Google

Google is funding news projects with up to$300,000 per grant.

It's about distribution, stupid

While everyone agrees media is being disrupted, it’s the distribution model, rather than the content itself, that’s changed. Alex Sherman *[]: 2007-12-12T15:21:48+00:00

Diversity of choice in the Google Age

What if the Internet is providing us not with seemingly limitless choices of news sources and a diversity of viewpoints, but with about as many as we got in the early days of cable and everyone watched TV news on...

Flooding in Knoxville

Just seven days ago, Knoxville was flooded by historic rainfall, more than five inches on in a day on top of 10 days of continuous rainy days. Here is what it looked like just outside my subdivision.
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