Daily Must Reads, October 29, 2015
1. Newspapers in Turkey publish on Twitter after government seizure stops presses (Kristen Hare / Poynter) 2. Analyzing Facebook lead-in…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, October 29, 2015
1. The online college that's helping undocumented students (Claudio Sanchez / NPR) 2. 6 lessons academic research tells us about…
Designing Journalism for Discovery and Engagement
Current’s “The Pub,” which is hosted Adam Ragusea, is quickly becoming one of my favorite media podcasts. Recently Ragusea rebroadcast…
CMSI Study: Public TV Leads in Diversity for Docs, but Not in All Areas
An audit by the Center for Media and Social Impact of different documentary series on commercial and public TV has…
‘Story Arc’ Workshop Connects Story with Community
On Wednesday evening, University of Oregon master’s student Stephanie Essin and her team began with a story idea about a…
Media and Journalism Awards: Oct. 29 Edition
Here’s a list of current media and journalism awards, including deadlines for applying. If we’re missing any major awards, please…
Daily Must Reads, October 28, 2015
1. A drone’s vantage point of a melting Greenland (Josh Haner / New York Times) 2. How NPR cut its…
RJI Study: Cleaner Web Design = More Engaged Readers
Does page design affect the way the brain processes news stories? Yes — and we have experimental lab results that prove it.…
Can WordRates, PitchLab Flip the Script for Freelancers vs. Publishers?
Award-winning investigative journalist, author and anthropologist Scott Carney thinks that writers are getting paid too little. Way too little. His…
Media and Journalism Fellowships: Oct. 28 Edition
Here’s a list of current media and journalism fellowship programs, including the deadlines for applying. If we’re missing any major…