Testing Immersive Classroom Innovation With Drones
Co-Authored with Avery Holton Drones seem to be up to no good lately. Cast by the news media as pesky…
MuckRock Brings Together Journalists, the Public to Keep Government Transparent
You might think of FOIA requests as something a single, intrepid reporter does in a vacuum, completely unaware of other…
Daily Must Reads, September 11, 2015
1. Facebook is now offering journalists the same tools as celebrities (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter) 2. A four-hour window into…
#EdShift Chat: Using Social Media to Get a Job
Getting a job has always been about who you know. But now, savvy use of social media networks allows job…
Futures Lab Update #121: Helping Readers Take Action, and a Tool for Correcting Style Errors
This week we see how the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism is helping its audience act on the issues they…
Research Project Explores Nexus of Citizenship, Democracy and Journalism
One of the cornerstones of journalism, and therefore of journalism education, is the principle of the Fourth Estate, or even…
Mediatwits #171: Valuations Gone Wild in Media with BuzzFeed, Vox Investments
Here at MediaShift, we write a lot about how media and technology intersect. The last couple of months we've talked…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, September 10, 2015
1. Knight is giving UNC’s J-school $3 million to focus on local news innovation (Kristen Hare / Poynter) 2. 14…
Daily Must Reads, September 10, 2015
1. How 4 publishers are approaching the Apple News app (Lucia Moses / Digiday) 2. Apple TV heads in a…
How J-Schools Can Promote Local Journalism Innovation
Co-authored with Josh Stearns Editor's Note: This post was written before a big announcement: The University of North Carolina at Chapel…