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  With YouTube Direct, Everyone Makes the News

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:07 PM ET

  above the stupid animal tricks to bring viewers how-to instructions, consumer critiques and breaking news. This spirit of serious video work is what YouTube is hoping to capitalize on with its new YouTube Direct program, which will connect such "citizen journalists" with actual TV and Web new Read More

  More like this in: Reuters, Film, Cameras, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Volunteerism, Activism, TV, DIY
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  DJ Spooky's 'Sinfonia Antarctica' Pushes the Boundaries of Cool

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 PM ET

  music composed from the different geographies that make up the land mass."And the trailer for Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica comes to us by way of YouTube, providing a tasty teaser for what looks to be a terrific and thought-provoking performance: Photo courtesy of Joe Mastroianni/Nationa Read More

  More like this in: Music, Travel, Science, New Scientist, Hip-Hop, Antarctica, Brooklyn Academy of Music
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  Jack White Sends Symphony of Science Sagan Song Surging

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:56 AM ET

  here. An apparently prolific independent musician, Boswell's compositions may additionally be found at his Colorpulse project Web site and at his YouTube page. It's an impressive and broad body of work that spans the range from the stirring to the downright silly. The latter variety is perhap Read More

  More like this in: Technology, The Telegraph, White Stripes, Jack White, Science, Entertainment, Space, Physical Sciences, Music
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  Soldiers Come Home To Very Excited Dogs

  By Erin Green | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:30 AM ET

  coming home from your office — you're coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan. Would your dog even remember you after your deployment? If these YouTube videos are any indication, the answer is a resounding, tail-wagging, yelping, slobber-fueled, "YES!" Grab your hankies and enjoy. Hat ti Read More

  More like this in: Afghanistan, Smile File
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  Shooting for Social Change

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:46 AM ET

  The org Video Volunteers is on the leading edge of the next social change revolution: giving the poor a voice for change via digital media. Read More

  More like this in: Education, India, Television, Asia, Film, mtv, Entrepreneurship, Cameras, Domestic Violence, Third World and Developing Countries, Social entrepreneurship
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  Help the Hungry With a Video Camera

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:36 AM ET

  households were food insecure, says Feeding America. So basically, a lot of people are hungry, and this is the season to get busy helping them. The YouTube Video Volunteers program is taking up the charge. In the new round of its citizen-video-making-for-good challenge, the program seek Read More

  More like this in: Feeding America, Robin Hood Foundation, Volunteerism, Movies, Thanksgiving, Feeding America, Hunger, Robin Hood, Food Banks, Food Banks
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  Go Ahead, Laugh a Little. It's No Joke That It's Really Good For You

  By Jac Chebatoris | Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:29 AM ET

  responses."  The brainwave activity gets spread around to other hemispheres of the brain, engaging them while you "get" the joke.With myriad YouTube videos out there with all manner of things to make you giggle, turns out that laughter might be the medicine after all.Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Health, Humor, The Huffington Post, Life & Style, Health & Fitness, Relationships
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  Let's Squish Our Fruit Together!

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:08 AM ET

  they are watching something that the food store or the food court organized."I say, bah-humbug!As of this writing, the Grocery Store Musical on YouTube has only snagged aslmot 73,000 views. I propose an East-West musical war. Come on East Coast couch potatoes — let's crank that up to Read More

  More like this in: Music, Los Angeles, Queens, Cameras, Broadway, Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd
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  Everyone Poops - The Trailer

  By Annie Scott | Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:56 PM ET

  TV, "Everyone Poops" is immortalized in the style of "Where the Wild Things Are." They even pretend that it's directed by Spike Jonze. Their YouTube blurb says: "Spike Jonze wastes no time adapting another 10 page children's book into a film. Featuring Selena Lombardo, Justin Akin, Ro Read More

  More like this in: Children, Where The Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze, Online Videos, Entertainment, Movies, TV
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  Colleges Combat Coal

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:59 PM ET

  some of the more radical rallies include dumping piles of coal outside administration buildings.Today, Sierra Club released a witty video on YouTube and Hulu. The video showcases the slogan "Coal is too dirty. Even for college:" To learn more about the environmental degradation caused b Read More

  More like this in: Sierra Club, Non-Profit, Global Warming, Hulu, US, Science, Education, Politics & Policy, Energy, Environment, Activism