Special Series: Blended Learning
I remember the exact moment I got sold on blended learning. My multimedia boot camp course met Monday mornings, most…
Daily Must Reads, August 22, 2014
1. Why we need a global paywall (Matthew Taub / Medium) 2. Cable, Twitter picked up #Ferguson story at a…
Mediatwits #127: Is Amazon Pushing Publishers, Authors Too Far?
Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer, a one-stop shop for books, streaming movies, and even toilet paper. And they…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, August 21, 2014
1. That’s not #funny: Higher ed’s least clever Twitter accounts (Steve Kolowich / The Chronicle of Higher Education) 2. Colleges…
Daily Must Reads, August 21, 2014
1. Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time (Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman…
Do Student Internships Really Work? Digital Tools Can Help Evaluate Them
Each semester, many of us ship our students outward toward internships. We hope they are headed to places that will…
How Matter Leverages the Community to Help Entrepreneurs Think Bigger
I joined Matter, the startup accelerator backed by the Knight Foundation, PRX and KQED, in January of this year. At…
At-Risk Journalists Need More Than Words from the UN for Protection
The delegates, journalists and observers gathered at the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council were focused on…
Daily Must Reads, August 20, 2014
1. Twitter to suspend accounts of anyone tweeting graphic images of journalist's alleged execution (Siraj Datoo / BuzzFeed) 2. How…
In Iran, Is the Honeymoon Over for Press Freedom?
On July 31, a prominent Iranian journalist tweeted, “Saba's mother has now joined Twitter.” Saba's mother Akram Mohammadi, had just given…