
By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger Ed. Note: This week’s Diaspora is short because of the holidays. We’ll be back to full-length next week. Last Tuesday, Amy Traub dismantled a few harmful myths about immigrants for The Nation. Tr...

By Raquel Brown, Media Consortium Blogger On Wednesday, President Obama pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions “in the range of” 17% below 2005 levels by 2020. Ob...

TMCmedia: @motherjones + @tmcmedia in new Michael Miner @Chicago_Reader article on burgeoning media collaborations http://bit.ly/72X1rS
TMCmedia: @motherjones + @tmcmedia in new Michael Miner @Chicago_Reader article on burgeoning media collaborations http://bit.ly/72X1rS

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is determined to get a health care bill passed in the Senate by Christmas. This is a momentous time, as John Nichols writes in The Nation: …Harry Reid has a health-care reform bill, and it is advancing. ...

Everything about the web is becoming more “live,” from activity feeds, micro blogging, live streaming video to real-time analytics. Consumers’ demand for accessing news, in particular, has become more immediate and granular. Publ...

TMCmedia: Much of digital media's still prepackaged, but microblogging+live online video R setting trends http://bit.ly/8KnVXD #bigthaw #futureofnews
TMCmedia: Much of digital media's still prepackaged, but microblogging+live online video R setting trends http://bit.ly/8KnVXD #bigthaw #futureofnews

TMCmedia: In future, consumer demands 4 more immediate news will push limits of #journalism even further http://bit.ly/8KnVXD #bigthaw #futureofnews
TMCmedia: In future, consumer demands 4 more immediate news will push limits of #journalism even further http://bit.ly/8KnVXD #bigthaw #futureofnews

TMCmedia: RT @theAudit Unemployment: the next #economic emergency. http://bit.ly/8vZL0M w/@twi_news @gritlaura @alternet @democracynow #p2 #topprog
TMCmedia: RT @theAudit Unemployment: the next #economic emergency. http://bit.ly/8vZL0M w/@twi_news @gritlaura @alternet @democracynow #p2 #topprog

TMCmedia: Time Inc.'s Squires Assembles Team of Rivals to Harness Digital Media | The New York Observer: Some of the magazine... http://bit.ly/7XJTzk
TMCmedia: Time Inc.'s Squires Assembles Team of Rivals to Harness Digital Media | The New York Observer: Some of the magazine... http://bit.ly/7XJTzk

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Unemployment figures in the U.S. are staggering: The official rate stands at 10.2%, the highest in 26 years. A broader measure that includes people who are involuntarily working part-time or who have given up looking for work is at 17.5%...

TMCmedia: iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic: It's a rather stunning number from AdMob .. http://bit.ly/5aDYl8
TMCmedia: iPhone and Android now total 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic: It's a rather stunning number from AdMob .. http://bit.ly/5aDYl8

Progressive publishers have brought to light many important issues, including the implosion of the housing market and predictions about the Iraq War before the invasion. Independent media’s greatest value is often helping underserved communities address unmet needs. ...

TMCmedia: Progressive ideas, "my ideas" + the future of independent media: http://bit.ly/55QjYR #bigthaw #journalism #futureofnews
TMCmedia: Progressive ideas, "my ideas" + the future of independent media: http://bit.ly/55QjYR #bigthaw #journalism #futureofnews

TMCmedia: New Media Lab: A slideshow: Good 101 breakdown on the cultural/strategic shifts and 101 how to's of social.. http://bit.ly/07Vhd45
TMCmedia: New Media Lab: A slideshow: Good 101 breakdown on the cultural/strategic shifts and 101 how to's of social.. http://bit.ly/07Vhd45














