Daily Must Reads, July 23, 2015
1. NPR Visuals is trying to reduce the effects of privilege while hiring (Gurman Bhatia / Poynter) 2. Al Franken…
Inside the Empathy Machine: VR, Neuroscience, Race and Journalism
Ashley Rogers sat in a swivel chair, wearing a Zeiss VR One headset and over-the-ear headphones. As events in a…
Knight Announces News Challenge Winners Focused on Elections
Citizens are made, not born. Attitudes, skills, information -- these are all things we learn in our schools and communities…
Courses Journalism Schools Should Teach
I graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism. I’m currently unemployed and cover college hockey mostly for free,…
Daily Must Reads, July 22, 2015
1. How ICIJ established a new model for cross-border reporting (Jack Murtha / Columbia Journalism Review) 2. Limits at Gawker?…
Kids and Screen Time: Empowering a Digital Generation
The following is a guest post written by Azadeh "Azi" Jamalian, the co-founder of Tiggly, which makes and sells a learning…
How to Succeed with Technology Projects in Newsrooms
Implementing technology projects in newsrooms or media organizations that traditionally don’t have tech support can be quite a challenge. Here…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, July 21, 2015
1. Self-published title competes on Polari longlist (Sarah Shaffi / The Bookseller) 2. New survey tackles tax issues around books…
Daily Must Reads, July 21, 2015
1. White House to engage Iran critics through @TheIranDeal (Nahal Toosi / Politico) 2. Men who harass women online are…
Pew: Facebook and Twitter Becoming Influential Sources of News
Facebook and Twitter are increasingly becoming news sources for its users, but news is not necessarily the reason why people are logging onto these…