Innovation

The New York Times has profiled Global Voices, a volunteer-driven organization and platform that allows bloggers around the world to translate, aggregate and link to online content.

NYT's Jennifer Preston writes: “Soon after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on Friday, the volunteer bloggers for Global Voices in East Asia put together special coverage of the devastation, sharing citizen videos and translating posts on Twitter, including calls for help from people stranded on the upper floors of buildings. Over the weekend, with fears fueled by the prospect of a second explosion at a nuclear plant, they monitored the conversation on the social web, reporting how people were exchanging information to keep safe and questioning the use of nuclear energy in an earthquake-prone region...”

From covering the uprising in Egypt to gauging the public's reaction to a proposed Toronto transit fare hike, Storify allows journalists to aggregate social media as a means of storytelling, writes Adam Vrankulj.

Technology: we can't ignore it, but we can't let it replace quality journalism, either. Ira Basen, Kim Pittaway and Claire Brownell talk about social media branding, the challenge of work tweeting and why everyone will soon become freelancers. Martha Troian reports. 

Virgin Group chair and billionaire Richard Branson will unveil an iPad-specific magazine next week…