Daily Must Reads, April 23, 2015
1. Freelancer safety coalition has nearly tripled in 2 months (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter) 2. Is there any such thing…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, April 23, 2015
1. Arizona State and edX will offer an online freshman year, open to all (Charles Huckabee / Chronicle of Higher…
Marketing’s Visual Revolution
The following piece is a guest post. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. Every marketer is responsible for two…
Futures Lab Update #103: Choosing a Crowdfunding Platform; the Shuffle News App
This week we look at three crowdfunding platforms to help you decide which to use; then we see how an…
Meet the INNovation Fund Grant Winners for the Third Round
From a statewide civic forum to a mobile app for veterans to share their stories, the latest round of the…
Daily Must Reads, April 22, 2015
1. 'Aaron's Law' is back to fix the 'worst law in technology' (Kevin Collier / Daily Dot) 2. Political fact-checking:…
Innovation at #ISOJ: Mobile, Native Ads, Virtual Reality and Data
Innovation took the stage at the 16th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) April 17-18 in Austin, Texas. ISOJ…
Why is Media Business Innovation Dominated By Advertising?
The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more…
Migrahacks Bring Greater Diversity to Hackathons
“You have middle-aged people at your hackathon?!” That was the reaction of a couple of 20-something developers when they saw…
Daily Must Reads, April 21, 2015
1. Journalists shouldn’t lose their rights in their move to private platforms (Adam Ragusea / Nieman Lab) 2. Twitter now…