AP-Google Offer $20,000 Scholarships to Aspiring Tech Journalists
Love technology? Love journalism? Well, the AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program might be right up your alley. The initiative, announced earlier this week, will offer $20,000 scholarships to six graduate or undergraduate students working toward a degree in any field that combines journalism, new media and computer science. Geared toward aspiring journalists pursuing projects [...]
Read MoreBookLamp Launches a Pandora For Books
You don’t want a book recommendation from someone who hasn’t read the book. So why, asks a new project called BookLamp, would you want to rely on an electronic recommendation based on marketing data rather than book content? BookLamp is launching a new kind of book recommendation engine today that scans the texts of its [...]
Read MoreMTV is Back With Second O Music Awards Celebrating Technology and Music
The O Music Awards (OMA) are back! MTV is preparing for the next big show only 5 months after the last one. The first OMA’s took place in Vegas earlier this year with performances by Lupe Fiasco, Lil B, Philadelphia’s own Chiddy Bang that broke the world record for longest freestyle ever, and many [...]
Read MoreThe Race to Close the Digital Divide Works Toward Closing the Gap in California
The Race to Close the Digital Divide is gearing up in California for its statewide campaign to promote computer literacy and internet use among under represented communities throughout the state. Working with faith based organizations around the state, the race educates families about economic, educational and social benefits of the internet and helps connect them [...]
Read MoreSketchworks Tackling Online Interactive Marketing
With the boom in startups and people taking the entrepreneurial approach, there is one important thing that is absolutely necessary; marketing. Sketchworks is taking marketing and the web to help companies with that aspect of their business. Sketchworks is a black owned interactive marketing company founded by Mark Kennedy in 2007. Alongside the Creative Director [...]
Read MoreOpinion: HBCUs Falling Behind in Digital Media
Technology and social media have become the driving force in just about all businesses, but most likely have affected the media industry the most. Social and multimedia are changing the way society consumes news, therefore it only makes sense the way media is taught in our schools be changed too. Communications at universities recognize the need for new [...]
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