2014 Was a Chaotic Year for Free Speech in the Middle East, North Africa
With the rise of the Islamic State (or “ISIS”) and increasing repression in several countries -- including Egypt and Saudi…
Daily Must Reads, Dec. 22, 2014
1. How the Hacking at Sony Over ‘The Interview’ Became a Horror Movie (David Carr / New York Times) 2.…
An Epidemic of False Video Footage Swamped Big News Stories in 2014
The instinct to believe what we see has made video a driving force in news coverage, but it has also…
How North Carolina, Syracuse Students Teamed Up on Ebola Mapping Project
While many university students were finding routine in another fall semester, a group of students at University of North Carolina…
Daily Must Reads, December 19, 2014
1. Facebook’s popularity among teens dips again (Sarah Frier / Bloomberg) 2. Washington Post & Texas Tribune enter into a…
Mediatwits #141: Unpacking the Sony Hack, and Free Speech in Hollywood
It's been a rough month for Sony. Especially for Sony Pictures Entertainment's chair Amy Pascal. Following terrorist threats from the…
7 Top News Apps of 2014
On the whole, news apps aren’t just web and print carbon copies shrunk down to screen size anymore. Thank goodness.…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Dec. 19 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, December 18, 2014
1. Journalism schools add courses in sports, emerging technology (Emily Wordsman / American Journalism Review) 2. How big is digital…
Daily Must Reads, December 18, 2014
1. U.S. said to find North Korea ordered cyberattack on Sony (David E. Sanger & Nicole Perlroth / New York…