General McChrystal has no idea what’s going on in Afghanistan

McChrystal and Eikenberry’s plan for measuring progress is absolutely required if we care at all about the truth in Afghanistan. However, the variable in this plan is not necessarily the ability to produce these assessments, but access to the reliable, accurate information sources which provide the backbone of these assessments. [...]

A message to the students of Timberland High School

From the Team McCandless Facebook Page:

“[Because of censorship] Coach Mac has tendered her resignation and as far as we know, no effort was made to retain her in this position. The job has now been posted as open for the next school year. Several students on both the newspaper and the yearbook staff [...]

Community-invested news and the Somalia pirates

Josh Mull, who posts here, also blogs at Read or Alive. He wants to take real-time, community supported journalism to new levels and unexplored areas.

Imagine if you could tweet your own questions for Somali pirates and have them answered via audio or perhaps even video within a few days? We can do that [...]

Small World News: What’s the Future of Online Journalism?

What do you want to see from journalists and newsmakers in the future? What do you desire most that’s not available in your news currently? What might convince you to pay to support journalism that matters to you? [...]