How CIR is Shepherding a Collaborative NJ Investigation
At the Dodge Foundation, we just gave a first-time grant to the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) for a collaborative…
Study: Mobile Power Users Less Likely to Block Ads
The following piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more about…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, August 4, 2015
1. Japanese readers spend the most money on e-books (Mike Kozlowski / Good e-Reader) 2. Surveying small publishing's data on…
Daily Must Reads, August 4, 2015
1. Attempts to obscure data collection and preserve anonymity (Mary Madden & Lee Rainie / Pew Research) 2. Sunlight Foundation,…
Amazon’s Policies Rile Self-Published Authors
Amazon looms large when it comes to selling traditionally published books: 67 percent of all e-books and 41 percent of…
Upcoming Training and Courses: Aug. 4 Edition
Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people — with a focus on…
5 Things Students Want from Online Classes
Online classes are to classrooms as the Kindle is to a physical book – convenient, readily accessible, but undeniably not…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Aug. 3 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Daily Must Reads, August 3, 2015
1. How Vice’s feminist channel ‘Broadly’ plans to get women right (Julia Greenberg / Wired) 2. Netflix becomes the 800-pound…
Special Series: Teaching Online
It was the mother of all educator ironies. I was in a class to learn how to effectively do "blended…