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NewsTools2008: A concept/design mashup for journalists, technologists and entrepreneurs

Technology and the New Ecology of News

How will technology innovation support journalism and participatory democracy?

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Five-10 technologies most disrupting or enabling of journalism that matters

One premise of NewsTools2008: Waves of technological change now moves so swiftly, that journalism is overtaken an its practitioners are left adrift, bewildered, unsure where to grasp for support. To help, on Wed., April 30, we'll assemble a set of "translators." They'll offer up-to-the-minute intelligence on the 5-10 technologies most disrupting (or enabling) journalism that matters.

This list is a work in progress. Right now, here are some of the technologies we think we'll be covering:

1. Live streaming mobile video from camera phones
2. Streamed and downloaded broadband video
3. Identity management
4. Social networks
5. Database mashups
6. Crowdsourcing
7. computational journalism
8. Payment systems
9. Local search

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