UN Report: Encryption is a Fundamental Right
Last Wednesday, Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye presented his report on international legal protection for…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: June 22 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Remix: Teaching Students to Verify Social Media Content
Misinformation can spread like a disease on social media. Journalists and news organizations have taken the bait, reporting inaccurate information gathered…
Daily Must Reads, June 19, 2015
1. Twitter is killing Twitter to save Twitter (David Pierce / Wired) 2. The future of college media: How do…
Mediatwits #165: Apple Makes Waves with News App, Ad-Blocker in Mobile
Outside of iTunes, Apple hasn’t had much of a presence in digital content and news. But that changed in a…
How Periscope Could Be Used for Context Delivery
This piece was initially published on Storybench, a cookbook for digital storytelling. Storybench is a collaboration between Northeastern University’s Media…
Futures Lab Update #110: Gathering Visual Content via Stringr and YuVue
This week we explore two tools that help newsrooms get photos and video from outside contributors. PART 1: Stringr Having…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, June 18, 2015
1. MOOC provider pledges 'open' license option (Sean Cavanagh / Education Week) 2. Students in free courses study, but not…
Daily Must Reads, June 18th, 2015
1. YouTube launches YouTube Newswire, a channel featuring verified eyewitness videos (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch) 2. In the wake of…
How Student Media are Approaching a Tipping Point on Print
In the fall of 1986, I was one of a group of young upstarts who thought we would take on…