Daily Must Reads, June 24, 2015
1. Why does local matter? Let’s ask our audience (Melody Kramer / Poynter) 2. Instagram gets newsy with trends and…
Why Virginia Quarterly Review Is Funding Instagram Journalism
This past December, Instagram announced that it had eclipsed 300 million active users, which means that if it were a…
HoloLens Brings 3D Media Into the Physical World
Those who follow me know that over the last year, there’s one technology that has been my obsession: Virtual Reality…
DigitalEd: How to Teach Media Entrepreneurship
Title: How to Teach Media Entrepreneurship Instructor: Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab; Entrepreneur in Residence, American University A Primer for…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, June 23, 2015
1. Understanding e-book production (and why you might want to) (Rich Bellis / Digital Book World) 2. Relaunched self-publishing platform…
Daily Must Reads, June 23, 2015
1. Verizon completes its acquisition of AOL for $4.4 billion (Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch) 2. The Internet that was (and…
Study: Freelancers See Career Improvement, Despite Added Stress
A new study released Monday by the content marketing platform Contently on the State of Freelancing in 2015 has found a conundrum…
5 Steps to Making a Great Data Story
After working on many data stories over the years, I've figured out a good set of best practices that I…
Upcoming Training and Courses: June 23 Edition
Each week, PBS MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people — with a focus…
Daily Must Reads, June 22, 2015
1. Taylor Swift criticism spurs Apple to change royalties policy (Ben Sisario / New York Times) 2. How Renée Kaplan,…