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Local Gets Hyper! NBC and Huffington Post to Launch New York Sites This Summer

Daisy Whitney | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

To sustain its hyper local strategy of "city Web sites," NBC relies on its stations, content from partners like Politico and a freelance network of 60 writers and video journalists.

What Is There About Glass Houses?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


Norman Horowitz

There is a very old story that is set on a freezing treeless plain about 150 years ago during the coldest winter on record in the Ukraine. A bird, ne...

Human Rights Watch Condemns Congolese Army for Atrocities: Kagame Backtracks on Nkunda's Arrest

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.19.2009 | World


Georgianne Nienaber

It is a "problem" for the innocents being burned alive in Congo. A problem for the Congolese women who are raped on a daily basis.

Hybridizing Newspapers with the Internet: a New Model

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media


Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

The rapid and messy evolution in communications has led us to propose the creation of a symbiotic relationship between newspapers and the Internet.

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

Follow HuffPost World On Facebook, Twitter!

Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


No, this isn't your typical news alert, but we thought you'd want to know: HuffPost is now breaking the latest world news and opinion on Facebook and ...

Take Me to Your Editor

Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


Peter Y. Sussman

Massive, unfiltered exercises in citizen journalism can tilt public understanding as surely as the rush of passengers from one side to the other can threaten the stability of a small boat.

Miss California Means No Offense When She Says You Should Be Put To Death

Juliet Jeske | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy


Juliet Jeske

My Favorite Hate Email From the Religious Right

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The Religious Right has seduced millions of Americans with titillating hatred and lies.

Drowning in Twitter World

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media


Geri Spieler

OK, so maybe it's just me, but all this Social Networking is just too much pressure!

Ken Lerer, Huffington Post Co-Founder on the Future of Journalism

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media


Martha St Jean

Lerer said, "Traditional media outlets could have developed online," but four things came together creating what he termed the "perfect storm."

Self-Googling Enhanced by Blogging Regularly

Danny Groner | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media


Danny Groner

Thanks to news aggregators that have picked up my recent HuffPost pieces, my dreadfully written college newspaper stories are now buried deep inside the annals of double-digit pages on Google returns.

Ashton Kutcher, Susan Boyle and the Power of the People

Michelle Lamar | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media


Michelle Lamar

You might think Ashton's challenge to CNN is silly. Susan Boyle is a singer on a reality show. But they are both examples of the power of the people to make something happen.

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Huffington Post/SurveyWriter.net | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media


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Is the Chamber of Commerce Using Bailout Money to Attack Workers?

Adam Green | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Adam Green

There's a natural question for taxpayers to ask: Is the Chamber of Commerce using bailout money to attack workers?

Huffington Post World On Facebook, Twitter

Huffington Post | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Get the news first. Become a fan of HuffPost World on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We'd also love your help with our coverage. Sign up here to ...

NATO Leaders Focus On Afghanistan, But Most Reject Obama's Plea For Troops (SLIDESHOW)

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


STRASBOURG, France — On the eve of the NATO summit, President Barack Obama didn't get what he wanted most from U.S. allies: significant new comm...

My Mother, the Future of Journalism

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media


Rob Fishman

The problem with online journalism is that the parts are weaker than the aspirational whole. Handouts, hobbyists and hired guns can fill short-term voids, but the dilemma of modern journalism, in the long run, remains.

Oh, The Humanity! Godless Huffington Post Commenters Wickedly Destroying Conservatism

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


Chris Weigant

Due to a genetic deformity among conservatives, they are seemingly born without being able to spot irony in all its delicious forms.

HuffPost Finally Liberates Journalism with Investigative Fund

Diane Francis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


Diane Francis

The notion of independent financing of truly investigative journalistic projects is a grand idea. It means that strings are not attached and that efforts are judged by results on a case by case basis.

Huffington Post Launches Investigative Journalism Venture

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at storie...

HuffPost's Investigative Fund: New Slice of a New News Pie

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media


Jeff Jarvis

This is where foundation and public support will enter into the new ecosystem of journalism: not by taking over newspapers but by funding investigations and other slices of a new journalistic pie.

Huffington Post Business On Facebook, Twitter

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business


Executives getting introduced via Facebook. Shareholders receiving company filings via a Twitter post. CEOs using email to publicize their latest init...

Jason Linkins

HuffPost Livechat With CNN's Jack Cafferty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media


Award-winning newsman Jack Cafferty joined me and the HuffPost readers for a chat about AIG, Sarah Palin, Fox News and the war on drugs.