Futures Lab Update #105: Apps For Collaborative Mobile Video; A Follow-up Button for Stories
This week we see how several mobile apps are making it easier to piece together video footage from multiple contributors,…
Meet the New Class of Stanford Knight Fellows for 2015-16
How do we engage Brazil’s emerging middle class? Can we leverage technology to empower women in newsrooms? What can we…
How to Foster Frank Dialogue in Class on Sensitive Subjects
Recently I had the opportunity to facilitate delicate conversations with my students after the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism…
Daily Must Reads, May 6, 2015
1. Man arrested for threatening another Virginia Tech massacre on Yik Yak (Patrick Howell O'Neill / Daily Dot) 2. How…
CivicArchive – An Open Library of Local Government Records?
How would you use the CivicArchive – an open, aggregated, searchable, and accessible national collection of municipal records? Prototyping a…
Do Student Newsrooms Still Need Physical Space for Newsrooms?
Late last month, the University of Tampa planned to kick the Minaret student newspaper out of its longtime newsroom, relocating…
Daily Must Reads, May 5, 2015
1. Twitter has a short-term Periscope problem and a long-term media mess (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 2. The Upshot uses…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, May 5, 2015
1. Tor and Bitlit offer discounted e-books to print-book owners (Cory Doctorow / BoingBoing) 2. President Obama unveils plan to…
Upcoming Training and Courses: May 5 Edition
Each week, PBS MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people — with a focus…
Media and Journalism Fellowships: May 5 Edition
Here’s a list of current media and journalism fellowship programs, including the deadlines for applying. If we’re missing any major…