How to Put a Startup Idea on Paper
Our idea has gone past an idea, and it’s terrifying. In the past months, we’ve changed our prototype again and…
Mediatwits #137: What’s the Long-Term Business Model for Long-Form Journalism?
Long-form journalism is seeing something of a resurgence on the web. While many people believe digital media has pushed people…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, November 13, 2014
1. Infographic: 30 ways Google Glass works in classrooms (D. Frank Smith / EdTech Magazine) 2. A look at edtech's…
Daily Must Reads, November 13, 2014
1. Does Twitter have a secret weapon for silencing trolls? (Sarah Jeong / The Verge) 2. Latterly, an ad-free publication…
Futures Lab Update #83: Pushing Forward With Long-form, Interactive Multimedia
This week we explore how documentary video and interactive technologies can be combined to tell new kinds of immersive, in-depth…
Bringing Democracy into the Digital Classroom
Like many journalism educators, I spend a significant amount of time in my classes drawing what I hope is an…
Relive Collab/Space DC Through Coverage, Photos, Storify
With the U.S. midterm elections still fresh on people's minds, the timing couldn't have been better for PBS MediaShift to…
Daily Must Reads, November 12, 2014
1. Obama’s call for an open Internet puts him at odds with regulators (Brian Fung & Nancy Scola / Washington…
Applying ‘Yes, And…’ Improv Rule to Open Data Projects at Collab/Space DC
“Yes, and...” is the closest thing improv comedy has to a cardinal rule. The rule goes like this: When the…
How Journalists Can Avoid ‘Spear Phishing’ Attacks After FBI Revelations
The following is a guest post from CPJ. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. The revelation that the FBI…