Net Reporting riskier as Yahoo!, Microsoft turn in bloggers

Blogging and online journalism has become the most dangerous section of media to be working in. At least 56 online journalists are jailed around the world.
That issues has been compounding as Yahoo!, Microsoft and other companies make money by helping governments hinder their citizens’ access to the Web. Worse, they  turn in bloggers and Internet-based [...]

The Future of Internet Taxation

Just announcing my latest article out in U.S.News & World Report, on a topic that hasn’t gotten a lot of mainstream in-depth media coverage: Internet taxation. I have the usual reporter’s complaints: they cut it down a lot and don’t offer much in the way of visuals — but it is a topic that needs [...]

NewsTrust: teasing out good journalism

Unfortunately you really do have to dig around, and sometimes deep, for some quality journalism. With so much of the news thriving on updates and infotainment, it’s nice to see an admittedly small group of news junkies coming together to point out the good stuff so we all can savor it, rate it and pass [...]