E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, October 14, 2014
1. French watchdog accuses Scribd of e-book piracy (Mike Kozlowski / Good e-Reader) 2. Book publishers sweep YouTube for a…
Lessons Learned in Building Image-Comparison Tool JuxtaposeJS
This post originally appeared on Northwestern University Knight Lab’s blog. Just in time for last month's Online News Association Conference,…
How Gigaom Built a Media Business Around Free Content
Last month, Paul Walborsky stepped down after seven years as chief executive of Gigaom. During that time, the tech site…
Daily Must Reads, October 13, 2014
1. Edward Snowden’s privacy tips: “Get rid of Dropbox,” avoid Facebook and Google (Anthony Ha / TechCrunch) 2. AJ+ hires…
Remix: How to Illustrate Audio with Photos
Remix is a segment of education content on MediaShift, featuring interesting and innovative journalism assignments, courses and curricula. Writers will…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Oct. 10 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Daily Must Reads, October 10, 2014
1. President Obama publishes Medium post encouraging America’s entrepreneurs (Taylor Soper / GeekWire) 2. Christian Science Monitor plans Passcode, a…
Lessons Learned from a #GenderAudit on Twitter
I preach diversity. It is woven throughout most of my work. I work on projects aimed to help diversify our…
Mediatwits #133: Ye Olde Email Newsletter Makes a Comeback
In an era of instant updates and constant streams of information, the email newsletter is making a comeback. Traditional media…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, October 9, 2014
1. Edtech companies pledge to protect student data privacy (Charley Locke / EdSurge) 2. A MOOC that is a ‘replica…