Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Aug. 24 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
In Memoriam: Dan Reimold, The Voice for College Media
The MediaShift team is shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Dan Reimold, a contributor, friend and inspiration…
Daily Must Reads, August 21, 2015
1. Why Gene Demby, lead blogger for NPR's Code Switch, considered quitting (Jim Warren / Poynter) 2. Race and ethnicity,…
Mediatwits #169: Can the Kiva Micro-Finance Option Help Journalists?
Kiva has been a star in online micro-finance for the past 10 years, and co-founder Jessica Jackley was a driving…
The Importance of Collaboration Between Journalists and Technologists
The launch of the Kenya Open Data Initiative in July 2011 led to the release of hundreds of data sets…
Futures Lab Update #118: Audience-Driven Journalism via Grasswire and Hearken
This week we look at two startups that make the audience a central part of the journalistic process. PART 1:…
Journalism & Digital Journalism Roundup, August 20, 2015
1. How some professors deploy mobile technology in their teaching (Mary Ellen McIntire / Chronicle of Higher Education) (Subscription) 2.…
Daily Must Reads, August 20, 2015
1. As investors circle, organized labor moves into digital media (Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal) 2. ProPublica expands…
How Bottlenecks at Journalism Schools Stretch Degrees to 6 Years
As University of Wisconsin-Madison seniors donned their commencement caps and gowns, fourth-year journalism student Polo Rocha was en route to…
Meet the 8 Audio, Podcasting Projects Presenting at Collab/Space San Francisco
MediaShift is excited to be producing our next Collab/Space innovation workshop in San Francisco focused on audio innovation and podcasting startups. The…