With rhetoric escalating between the United States and China over recent cross-border hacking attacks, Tea Leaf Nation editor David Wertime sat down with an all-star panel at Huff Post Live to discuss what to do next. He was joined by former U.S. Director of National Intelligence and retired U.S. Navy Admiral Dennis Blair, as well as [...]
This article also appears on ChinaFile, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. Tea Leaf Nation editor David Wertime spoke today on Public Radio International’s The World about NBA star Kobe Bryant (@KobeBryant), who has recently opened an account on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter. The full two-minute interview is available above. Bryant has been a beloved [...]
Tea Leaf Nation’s David Wertime spoke on January 22 at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. The topic: “Redefining the Quote: Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China.” Our thanks go to the fellows and staff at Berkman for the kind invitation. Please have a look.
It’s the offensive tweet that ricocheted around the world in just days. After a spate of recent incidents of sexual harassment and indecency, the Shanghai subway system took to Weibo, China’s Twitter, to tweet word of warning. But there were directed not at the perpetrators, but would be victims. As TLN reported, the tweet showed [...]
It’s the offensive tweet that ricocheted around the world in just days. After a spate of recent incidents of sexual harassment and indecency, the Shanghai subway system took to Weibo, China’s Twitter, to tweet word of warning. But there were directed not at the perpetrators, but would be victims. As TLN reported, the tweet showed [...]
What is the future of journalism? How do you even define “journalism”? Why is Weibo, China’s Twitter, an important part of this discussion? Tea Leaf Nation editor David Wertime sat down this morning to discuss these important questions with speakers from Global Voices, GlobalPost, Upworthy and The Awesome Foundation at this year’s MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. Luckily, MIT’s Stephen Suen [...]
What is the future of journalism? How do you even define “journalism”? Why is Weibo, China’s Twitter, an important part of this discussion? Tea Leaf Nation editor David Wertime sat down this morning to discuss these important questions with speakers from Global Voices, GlobalPost, Upworthy and The Awesome Foundation at this year’s MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. Luckily, MIT’s Stephen Suen [...]
“If we were to start CNN today, it might look more like one of the networks featured in this panel. We take a whirlwind tour of new news networks and new models for reporting and sharing information in our connected age.” Aw, we’re blushing! On Tuesday at 9.00 a.m. Eastern U.S. time (or 9.00 p.m. [...]
Editor David Wertime joins BBC World News to discuss the likely impact of Sina Weibo’s new user agreement, which was implemented on May 28, 2012. You can read Tea Leaf Nation’s complete analysis of the likely impact of the agreement here.
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