How Can We Adequately Fund Independent Journalism?
On the one hand, we live in the best of times for freelance journalism, with seemingly more—and more varied—sources than…
The Past, Present, and Future of Pay-for-Content
The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more…
Media and Journalism Fellowships: Sep. 10 Edition
Here’s a list of current media and journalism fellowship programs, including the deadlines for applying. If we’re missing any major…
Daily Must Reads, September 9, 2015
1. The Washington Post has developed 8 apps for quizzes and games (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter) 2. Why PBS and…
Inside Bloomberg’s Interactive Look at Feminism and Hillary Clinton
This piece was initially published on Storybench, a cookbook for digital storytelling. Storybench is a collaboration between Northeastern University’s Media…
DigitalEd: Smartphone Filmmaking 101
Title: Smartphone Filmmaking 101 Instructor: Kyle "Kylos" Brannon, Assistant Professor, American University Turn your phone into a feasible production camera…
DigitalEd: How to Create a Video with Impact
Title: How to Create a Video with Impact Instructor: Lisa Bream, Professorial Lecturer, American University Crafting a Visual Message For…
Upcoming Trainings and Courses: Sept. 9 Edition
Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people — with a focus on…
Overcoming the Fear of Failure at the Knight Lab
I have a fear of failure. I don’t like it when my inbox has more than five emails sitting in…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, September 8, 2015
1. Walmart carrying a self-pub POD book in-store (Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader) 2. 'Raid' on 'Star Wars: Aftermath'…