Futures Lab Update #71: Digital Strategy at New York Public Radio
This week we get an inside look at one media organization's successful digital strategy. New York Public Radio, which operates WNYC in…
Can a Laser-Cut Vegetable Tell a Story About Food Security?
Can a vegetable tell a story about food access in Somerville? Yep. “70% of Somerville Public School students receive free…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, August 19, 2014
1. 1,000 European authors sign open letter to Amazon over e-books (Carolyn Kellogg / LA Times) 2. Inkshares looks to…
Daily Must Reads, August 19, 2014
1. How St. Louis’ alt-weekly is covering the chaos in Ferguson (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter) 2. The newest important person…
The Guardian’s Contributoria Takes Off, Mixing Collaboration, Crowdfunding and Print
Matt McAlister, who serves as director of digital strategy at Guardian Media Group, had a vision for collaborative, crowdfunded journalism that…
Daily Must Reads, August 18, 2014
1. View of #Ferguson thrust Michael Brown shooting to national attention (David Carr / The New York Times) 2. In…
Inside ‘The 9/11 Project’: How Visual Storytelling Helped Tell Children’s Stories
Though "9/11 Stories: The Children," an iBook produced by Rutgers University, began as an ordinary conversation between two seasoned journalists,…
Daily Must Reads, August 15, 2014
1. Peretti: Deleted BuzzFeed posts were created before company chose to become journalistic (Will Oremus / Slate) 2. How social…
Mediatwits #126: Broadband Internet Costs Rising; Zuckerberg to the Rescue?
There’s something upside-down about broadband Internet service in the U.S., the country that helped invent the Internet. Americans in cities…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: Aug. 15 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…