This is a great TED talk by Clay Shirky, who takes about how social media is transforming the way that we consume and create information about international events.
One of the most amazing things is the way twitter is transforming news coverage. Shirky notes that the BBC first learned about the earthquake through twitter, which […]
One of the cool things I discovered this past Saturday at Media Democracy Day is Megaphone, a Vancouver street paper sold by low-income and homeless vendors that provides a voice for people on the Downtown Eastside.
Street papers are a growing movement. According to Sean Condon, Editor-in Chief of Megaphone, there are over 100 street papers worldwide. The first was created in New York in 1989 when someone came up with the idea of printing a paper to be sold by homeless people as a means of employment. It worked and now there are a number of street papers all over the world in both developed and developing countries that not only provide employment to low-income and homeless individuals, but also frequently provide them with a voice.
