The Changing Face of War

If the ongoing conflict in Gaza is anything to go by, it’s clear that the definition of war has changed. The battle grounds have shifted — and moved online. This time with new frontiers and shinier weapons. Social media tools like Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used to express political views and rally support, [...]

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Chicago Tribune’s Masthead Experiment

In their one-day only experiment, Chicago Tribune changed the masthead of Thursday’s print edition to list the Twitter IDs of their top executives and editors instead of their names. In an interview with CNet, Bill Adee, the paper’s digital editor, says: “To show the many Twitter users among the paper’s audience that the Tribune gets [...]

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Mumbai, You’re Not Forgotten

It’s been three months since the Mumbai attack and it feels like the incident has already slipped into the amnesiac conscience of society. Not for those who lost their loved ones. Not for those who lost their city. I think about the fear that paralyzed many of us as we watched Mumbai fall prey to [...]

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Regular people. Everyday tools. An influential voice.

Five years ago, Dan Gillmor chronicled the rise of an emerging social movement called citizen journalism in his book, ‘We the Media.’ The Internet was being used to disseminate information and it had changed the way we created and received news. Technology had given the ordinary man the tools to become a journalist, one with [...]

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