Yesterday, I off-handedly had an idea that could be a business model for news organizations: vetting advertisers. Under the assumption that an organization practicing journalism builds its credibility though truthfulness, transparency, and accuracy, there exists the possibility that they could then monetize that credibility by taking product claims through the ringer. Not selling out, per [...]

CoPress, an initiative on its way to becoming a non-profit organization, has submitted another grant application. We’re building a better technical eco-system for student news organizations, which means that we’re creating the tools and means for the techie kids at student newspapers to share ideas, collaborate on code, and generally work together to develop really [...]

Amy Sample Ward just alerted me that “Mobilizing Mobile Records in Resource Poor Settings“, a project Isaac and I pitched for the NetSquared/USAID Development 2.0 Challenge, has made it into the top 15!  Wow. So sweet. I’m not entirely sure what the next steps are, but this is a huge stride forward for bridging the [...]

The cool thing about grants is that they will often fund the neat idea you have. The not-so-cool thing is that they generally take a lot of work and luck to be accepted. My good friend Isaac Holeman and I entered an application on Friday to NetSquared/USAID’s Development 2.0 challenge. They’re looking to give $10,000 [...]