How to Stay Safe While Reporting from Hostile (and Not So Hostile) Environments
On my first trip to Iraq in 2005, I remember being very aware of my security situation. At the time,…
#EdShift Chat: How to Do Field Reporting with Mobile Devices
On Friday, May 16, our bi-weekly #EdShift chat will focus on how to do field reporting with mobile devices. The chat…
It’s Time for News Outlets to Help with Insurance for War Zone Freelancers
On September 16, 2013, journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were traveling in Northern Syria along with four rebel…
Daily Must Reads, May 13, 2014
1. 'He said/she said' is a failure to understand the media market (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm) 2. Sources: Xbox Live…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, May 13, 2014
1. Much at stake in Amazon-HBG fight (Publishers Weekly) 2. Oyster tops half a million titles, looks to get social…
Are We Starting to See a Tech Backlash?
At the White House Correspondents Dinner -- the annual opportunity for the president to engage directly, and humorously, with reporters…
Guardian’s Janine Gibson: Storytelling Is Going Real-Time or Long-Form
Janine Gibson was editor of the Guardian US and she led the paper's New York coverage of the Edward Snowden story to industry…
How Virtual Reality Can Transform the News
Recently, several Knight fellows visited the offices of Palo Alto, Calif., startup Jaunt, which produces virtual-reality software that is, in…
Daily Must Reads, May 12, 2014
1. Saving community newspapers? Don’t start with layoffs (Jim Bach / American Journalism Review) 2. FCC won't let firms segregate…
The Creative Power of Frustration: Lessons from Arizona State’s PIN Bureau Startup
Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is partnering with American Public Media on a new…