Finding Success at the Women’s Hackathon for Wearables at WVU
We were nearly halfway into the Women’s Hackathon on Wearables, and one of my team members blurted out: “Our idea…
Republicans Dominate Facebook, Democrats Take to Twitter in Midterm Elections
With midterm elections around the corner, ShareThis has taken a deep dive into what people are sharing about; what are…
J-Lab Launches Journalism Grant Program for Baby Boomers
Company downsizing or early retirement doesn’t have to mean the end of a journalism career for Baby Boomers in the…
3 Lessons from the Hack the #GenderGap Panel
It’s no secret that there’s sexism in the tech world. Many of us have grown up looking at (and then…
Mediatwits #136: Friend or Foe? Facebook’s Growing Power in Online News
Last year, Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg said he wanted Facebook to provide the “best personalized newspaper in the world.” No…
7 Strategies for Teaching Student Journalists to Cover Midterm Elections
Historically, journalists generally behaved as though political scientists’ focus on the state of the economy and presidential approval had little…
How Messaging App FireChat Broke Through the Great ‘Firewall’ of China
With mid-term elections in our own country less than a week away, the recent protests in Hong Kong over proposed…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, October 30, 2014
1. Before the “teaching model” of journalism education: 5 questions to ask (Katherine Reed / Nieman Lab) 2. 'Out of…
Daily Must Reads, October 30, 2014
1. How Harvard Business Review beats bigger rivals on social media (Lucia Moses / Digiday) 2. As journalism and documentary…
Creating a ‘Virtual Space’ for Community News
The inewsource “virtual space” idea started with a simple goal: get more eyeballs on inewsource content. But as we started…