The stabbing that has put Facebook in the crosshairs
A teen stabbing in Vancouver has caused a flurry of activity on Facebook, which has led the police to appeal for calm. The reason...
View Article$10.6m vote of confidence in crowd powered news
The Vancouver-based “citizen journalism” site, NowPublic, has attracted US$10.6m from a range of venture capital firms. According to co-founder and CEO Leonard Brody, large...
View ArticleUniversity lockdown showcases power of citizen media
A couple of days ago, the University of British Columbia campus was under lockdown following a threat against students in the Bio Sciences building....
View ArticleWhy Olympic hockey showdown drew record TV viewers
In a telephone call on Monday evening, a reporter for The Globe and Mail asked me if I was surprised that Sunday’s Canada-U.S. hockey...
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