Emily Bell, professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism, kicked off the Future of Journalism conference discussing the many futures of journalism. Talking about how we have viewed the profession, Bell argued that journalism is becoming less defined by the businesses that support it than by the activities it involves. She made the good point that arguing who is a journalist

Vancouver-based participatory news site NowPublic.com has bought up Truemors, a rumor site launched by Guy Kawasaki in May 2007. According to CEO Len Brody, NowPublic will mesh Truemors content into its website: Truemorists are digging in the four corners of the web for the status of the rumor mill at any moment. It will drive leads to our members for stories going on around the world and give our readers

The BBC has put a figure on how much advertising it has sold on BBC.com. The controversial decision to plaster ads on the international version of the BBC News website and other properties made £1.5 million ($2.96 million) from ads and sponsorships since its November launch. The ads have been appearing on the news, weather and home pages. By comparison, the BBC earned £7 million ($13.8 million) from the distribution

The citizen journalism beat has a new kid on the block in the shape of VancouverIAM. As you might have guessed from the name, it is a citmedia site about Vancouver, based in Vancouver. The site describes itself as: The destination for people who want to know what’s going on in Vancouver. It gives you the tools and support to become a video journalist, internet TV and film producer and

While I was in Boston at the Future of Science Journalism symposium at MIT, I dropped in to see my friend, Clark Boyd, technology correspondent on The World radio show and did a short video interview with him using an Nokia N95. That was after he interviewed me for his weekly technology podcast during which we talked about the Internet was changing the media landscape. The interview is available in

NewWest.net‘s founder, Jonathan Weber, makes a compelling argument about the longevity of print. At first, this seems odd, coming from one of the people behind the Rocky Mountain community news site. But like he says, revenues from print still outweigh those from online, and this is one of the reasons why NewWest.net is launching a print magazine. Yes, we can all agree that print is in a slow decline. But,