Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Dec. 12 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Futures Lab Update #86: Ideas for Election Night; How Social Shapes Breaking News
This week, we look at innovative election-night ideas from NPR and USA Today, and we see how social media tools…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, December 11, 2014
1. Harvard’s Shorenstein Center to continue Carnegie-Knight Initiative in support of journalism education reform and knowledge building with new $1 million…
Daily Must Reads, December 11, 2014
1. Strict new 'copyright law' forces end of Google News in Spain (Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land) 2. Facebook…
Bloggers Go Transparent by Publishing Monthly Income Reports
In mid-November, an entrepreneur named Pat Flynn, who runs a popular website called Smart Passive Income, published a monthly update…
An Update on ‘Hack the Curriculum’ Grant Projects, as the Second Round Opens
The Online News Association is now accepting applications for the second round in its Challenge Fund to help stimulate journalism…
Daily Must Reads, December 10, 2014
1. Free flow of government information? Yawn (Margaret Sullivan / New York Times) 2. Mother Jones’ nonprofit fix for serious…
What Freedom of the Press Means for Those Who Own One
A renowned media critic sounded the alarm in 1960 about corporate takeovers of newspapers and layoffs of hundreds of journalists.…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, December 9, 2014
1. Can Apple clear its name in the e-books drama? (Roger Parloff / Fortune) 2. Bookbaby discontinues free & standard…
Daily Must Reads, December 9, 2014
1. Americans feel better informed thanks to the Internet (Kristen Purcell & Lee Rainie / Pew Research Internet Project) 2.…