BrooWaha: Mobilizing citizen journalists

BrooWaha founder Ariel Vardi talks about how his publication utilizes Web 2.0 applications to make news media more inclusive.

Anna Nicole Smith, DEAD

"The first lady of our bastard celebrity media nation has died today... apparently from a lethal dose of methadone and antidepressants on the floor of a room at the Hard Rock Hotel, and was there any other way for...

Killing whales in Southern CA: U.S. Navy uses lethal sonar

Last week in Long Beach the CA Coastal Commission, by a vote of 8 to 1, agreed to approve two years of proposed U.S. Naval exercises off of Southern California only if the U.S. Navy implements mitigation measures to protect marine mammals from the potentially lethal...

He's going the Distance: An Interview with Harry Perry

He appeared in the films Gift, The Doors ,Dragnet, and Point of No Return, played rhythm guitar for System of a Down, has a statue of his likeness installed at Disneyland in Anaheim, plays the guitar...

The Good Shepherd (REVIEW): De Niro Delivers on Telling of CIA Beginnings

Could Robert De Niro be the next Clint Eastwood? Both were workhorse actors for most of their careers, but Eastwood later in life stepped behind the camera and became known more as a prolific director. He has two...

Los Angeles Times: BrooWaha and Citizen journalism

Across the country "citizen newspapers" are springing up, full of promise, energy and atrocious spelling errors. They're largely written by unpaid, untrained and unedited citizen reporters, who say they "commit acts of journalism" more for kicks than out of a sense of...

Wii! The future of gaming?

"Nintendo is opening the gaming world to a much wider public. Interacting with the wiimote is much more natural than with traditional controllers: your little sister or father may now very well beat you at a game of bowling even if they have never played a video game before....

For Prime Minister Olmert and Likud leader Netanyahu, Iran must take center s...

"For the 5,000 plus attendees gathered in Los Angeles, California this past week for the United Jewish Communities General Assembly, it was that one quote, repeated numerous times by Former Israeli Prime Minister, and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu which shook the...

The First Five Minutes...

"I remembered my problem with the recently-replaced sound-byte-obsessed get-all-your-news-in-five-minutes version of the news, and realized that this new media revolution has the exact same shortcoming, wrapped in...

AIDS in Black- Heroes in the Struggle

The Black AIDS Institute held its 6th Annual “Heroes in the Struggle” gala on Thursday, November 16th at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. The night began with a reception and silent auction, with the requisite food, drink and mingling. It was a festive...

Top Five Things to do with your TiVo

Here are the top five things to do with your TiVo (this doesn’t include fast forwarding through that annoying Chevy commercial—that’s just a given).More after the jump!

Myspace: outer space, out of place, or in taste?

Fox interactive media made headlines a year ago when it announced its half a billion dollar purchase of Myspace. Industry analyst estimate that there investment has doubled if not tripled thanks to aggressive marketing leading to more corporate sponsorship and a base of...

Strong Leonid Showers Expected Saturday

"Amazing Leonid showers are expected to begin tomorrow Saturday 18th around 9 p.m. in Los Angeles(12 a.m. EST). "

UCLA student tasered by campus police

A UCLA student who didn't show his ID and refused to leave the campus library was tasered by the UCLA police Tuesday around 11.30pm, according to the university newspaper, the Daily Bruin.More after the jump!

Plenty to Do, See on Third Street

Yes, people walk in L.A. Well, Santa Monica to be more specific. Actually, the Third Street Promenade to be exact. Hey, it’s a start. While the car is still king of southern California and the sidewalks for...
 

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