In a crisis, how do we keep individuals from publicly sharing sensitive information which can endanger lives within minutes? Verification of facts is of utmost importance, but is it immediately possible given the scope and instantaneous nature of the internet?

People in Denver are deeply worried about the future of journalism. This week, a couple thousand media thinkers and optimistic reformers are gathering...

Getting a voice on the ground isn't easy, especially when much of that ground is underwater. But, as a matter of journalistic ethics, accurate news is the most important during the worst circumstances.

I'm not exactly sure when on Monday night that it happened, but sometime around 10 p.m. I realized that my Twitter feed and Facebook page were delivering far more interesting, consistent and complete coverage of Sandy's havoc than the televised news ever could.

LONDON - Stockholm-based Bambuser, the creator of a mobile video App and distribution platform, which has become widely used by activists in the Arab...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new study has found that YouTube has become a major platform for news, one where viewers are turning for eyewitness videos in time...

The "smart metadata" gathered using the Behavio technology could potentially provide journalists with a game-changing amount of new information about the conditions under which a certain image was captured.

The public's insatiable appetite for sensationalism and gossip, which have been around for a few thousand years, combined with today's citizens' collective cunning in exploiting the Internet and a proliferation of apps, has given the profession of journalism a hard run for its money.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The video was shocking when played for the first time: A shadowy, jumpy clip of police officers slamming their batons against a f...

* Armed with camcorders, Palestinians challenge troops * Footage key to accounts of West Bank confrontations By Noah Bro...

 As police departments around the country are reportedly mobilizing to shut down protests and actions for May Day, it's worth looking back over Witne...

Asserting his First Amendment right to take photos of police action in public, Van Kuyk refused the officers' request for him to stop taking the photos, but the officers arrested him and charged him with obstruction, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.