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MediaBugs, Berkeley-based start-up, launches today

Today marks the launch of MediaBugs, an online error-reporting service based in Berkeley which will  help to monitor Bay Area media for errors and problems.

MediaBugs is the brainchild of Berkeley resident Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon, and author of two books: Dreaming in Code and Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming and Why It Matters. Advisers on the project include Dan Gillmor, Bill Gannon and Lane Becker.

Unlike fact-checking operation Politifact, which … Continue reading »

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The Berkeley Wire: 11.3.09

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Berkeley’s Corso Restaurant named a Top 10 East Bay foodie haunt [Diablo Magazine]
The audacity! And how did they lift them? The Elmwood’s traditional giant pumpkins are stolen [Daily Californian]
Berkeley’s Kermit Lynch on why he’s like Paris’ Gare de Lyon [The Oregonian]
Scott Rosenberg to speak about blogging,  journalism and his new baby, MediaBugs [Wordyard]
West Berkeley residents living near steel plant to be tested for pollutants [Daily Californian]

[Photo of Halloween dragon on Russell Street: Tracey Taylor]

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