Boston Marathon Cover It Live

Boston University Students Live Coverage of the Boston Marathon

More Twitter News

Glam Unveils Twitter-Style Tinker for Journalists, PR Pros

Job Search Via Twitter

Interesting AdAge article & Tips on how one company is using Twitter for recruiting.

Newspaper Becoming Local TV

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has launched its own online newscast and the site is full of video reporting. The future of newspapers?

Jon Stewart on Twitter

In case you missed this, Jon Stewart's take on Twitter.

Multimedia View of the end of the Rocky Mountain News

Rocky Mountain News: The End Will Be Televised
Article from AdAge and link to the multimedia production about the end of the newspaper.

Superbowl Map & Twitter

Thought this map of Tweets from Twitter on the Superbowl was apropos in light of our class today on mapping.

Check out the interactive timeline as well. Steve Garfield passed this along.

Boston Pothole Mappings

Interesting use of mapping to track Boston Potholes from Boston.com

BU Grad Blogging on the Superbowl

BU grad David Tanklefsky blogging on the front page of Broadcasting and Cable website about John Madden and the Superbowl.

For the Love of Madden
The goal is not simply to get to the Super Bowl. The goal is to win the Super...

GMAIL Offline

Gmail is offering offline capabilities similar to Outlook now. Interesting inovation. Google is looking for input on this.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-offline-gmail.html

College Student User Generated Contest

THE POLITICUS: USER GENERATED CHALLENGE
The Politicus invites college students from around the United States to participate in our 1st annual user generated challenge. Contestants are asked to create smart, sophisticated and topical full length articles about politics. The article can cover any subject from education, gay rights, environment, energy, government reform and any other subject related to politics. Contestants are encouraged to submit multiple articles if they would like. Articles are due February 20, 2009 at 9am.

User Generated Challenge Winners:
- 1st Place: $1,000 • 2nd Place: $500 • 3rd Place: $250
Also, the professor of the winning student’s will receive a cash prize:
- 1st Place: $500 • 2nd Place: $250 • 3rd Place: $175

The concept of The Politicus was developed in 2000. The Politicus is the first fully-integrated, politically-based, user-generated social network on the web. We are dedicated to building a community of political enthusiasts and encourage our users to aid us in the development of The Politicus. Users have the ability to submit full-length articles, blogs, video and much, much more.
The mission of The Politicus is to provide an open forum for our users to exchange ideas and opinions. We hope to give our users a broader view of politics through collaboration and understanding.
Article Guideline:- Article length must be a minimal of 200 words- Must focus on politics
How to Enter:- Send an email to dcherry@thepoliticus.com- Subject Line: Article Topic (ex, Education)
Winners:- The winners will be picked based on how popular their articles are on our site. The top three most popular articles will win
Winners will be announced on April 20, 2009

CNN, Facebook and the Inauguration

Interesting how CNN and Facebook teamed up so you can watch and comment on the inauguration with your Facebook friends.