Media Decoder: Turning to Public to Back Investigative Journalism

Uncoverage.com, a website that will be announced on Monday, will allow journalists and nonprofits to seek crowdsourced funding for articles and topics like the Syrian war.

    



The Media Equation: Big News Forges Its Own Path

Major news stories increasingly find their own digital path, and no one feels the need to work with the traditional power players to make it happen.

    

Urban Dictionary Finds a Place in the Courtroom

Courts are looking to Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced Web site, as one way to define words on which a case may turn.

    

Bombings Trip Up Reddit in Its Turn in Spotlight

While Reddit has never pretended to be a news organization, as it grows bigger and more influential, the rest of the world expects it to exercise judgment.