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(This guest posting comes via Lauren Gelman, deputy director of the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School.) UPDATED When we asked for your questions, we never expected that 80% would be about taking photographs or videos at the polls. Research by student fellows at the Stanford University Law School’s Center for Internet […]

The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society asked you for your questions about Election Day legal issues, and you responded. Below are some questions and answers, which will become a “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) page, and we will be adding more soon. NOTE: If you’re planning to take photos or videos, please look […]

Tom Evslin asks: “VoterStory.org – What is the Story?” This site is asking citizens to keep an eye on electronic voting machines tomorrow, Election Day. Specifically: Tom wants to know who’s getting the data the site seeks from voters, who’s keeping it and for how long. He notes that there’s a lot of personal information […]

Wired News: Gannett to Crowdsource News. Other large publishers are already experimenting with bringing readers into a more participatory role, and a host of citizen-journalism projects like NowPublic and NewAssignment.Net have sprung up in the last few years. But because of its reach, Gannett’s move could bring these issues into the mainstream. This is truly […]

The Sunlight Foundation asks, “Is Congress A Family Business, Round Two: Once again we’re looking at the House of Representatives, this time investigating what I like to call the Sierra Dominion phenomenon—that of congressional spouses who work for a firm that in turn works for the member’s campaign. Sierra Dominion Financial Resources is the name […]

Jay Rosen has put up a test site at NewAssignment.Net, and it’s looking good. This is a vital experiment for our digitial news future. (Note: Jay and I are on each others’ advisory boards.)

Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal: Radio station may build public media center. Preliminary plans call for the center to have and develop forums, Web sites, conferences and other training sessions for public-radio and television journalists, students of Wake Forest University and members of the community. The preliminary plan also calls for it to teach ethics, mechanics […]

AP: Daily Circulation Falls at U.S. Papers. Circulation declines accelerated at major U.S. newspapers for the six-month period ending in September, according to figures released Monday, in the latest sign of struggle for an industry that is continually grappling with changing reader habits. This news is not just bad. It’s the grimmest yet. We’re seeing […]

Daniel Glover (National Journal): A Guide To Enterprise Blogging. The great thing about FOIA is that it’s not just for journalists. Any citizen can use it, and that includes bloggers.

Greg Verdino reports that the Nielsen BuzzMetrics Consumer Generated Media Summit is a no blog zone: “Off The Record: the CGM Summit is off the record, so please no blogging, reporting, recording or broadcasting.” If this was television, it would deserve a laugh track. Good grief.