How Medium Is Trying to Bring Back the Web We Lost
Two years ago, journalist Clive Thompson was duped by an erroneous Wikipedia edit. On the day Yahoo had announced that…
DBW E-Book Bestsellers: Slight Gains for Hachette After Amazon Accord
It’s probably too early to expect any major difference for Hachette’s titles on the E-book Best-Seller List just one week after the publisher settled…
Daily Must Reads, December 1, 2014
1. If tech companies wanted to end online harassment, they could do it tomorrow (Jessica Valenti / Guardian US) 2.…
Video Production Is on the Rise – But Who’s Watching?
This guest post is part of a series from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications' "Captivate" project, which presents…
Daily Must Reads, November 26, 2014
1. Did social media make the situation in Ferguson better or worse? (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm) 2. The gaming industry's…
Refine Your Pitch By Asking Questions, Identifying ‘Data Bombs’
A recurring theme at Reese News Lab is our insatiable curiosity. The questions in the Lab are almost never-ending. At…
Forget the FOIA Request: Cities, States Open Data Portals
In almost any city you can read your local leaders’ emails if you formally ask for them. In Gainesville, Fla.,…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, November 25, 2014
1. E-books could finally inch past print In 2018 (John Biggs / TechCrunch) 2. Apple $450 million e-book settlement gets…
Daily Must Reads, November 25, 2014
1. Ferguson prosecutor blames social media and Twitter strikes back (Lorena O'Neil / The Hollywood Reporter) 2. How Ferguson protesters…
‘Do-Nothing Congress’ Poised to Enact Historic FOIA Reform
While it has often been derided as a do-nothing Congress, the 113th session of the legislative body of the United States…