Futures Lab Update #58: Two New Tools For Newsrooms On the Go
This week we introduce a new app for connecting reporters with stories, and we learn about a mobile video studio…
DIY Ethics Can Help Journalists and Students
The Online News Association this month is launching its “do-it-yourself” ethics code project. It’s a mechanism to help news organizations,…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, May 6, 2014
1. McDonalds Happy Meals now offer e-books instead of toys in the UK (Rachel Pincus / PSFK) 2. Americans still…
Daily Must Reads, May 6, 2014
1. Brown Moses, his alter ego, and the rise of the self-trained journalist (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm) 2. Reporters' pay…
How MinnPost Raised $160,000 While Having Fun With Its Audience
MINNEAPOLIS — The downtown State Theatre boomed with laughter, applause and satire-drenched showtunes on the last Friday in April during…
8 Lessons from the Financial Times’ Digital Success
From a business perspective, the Financial Times is one of the most successful traditional newspapers in the world in the…
Daily Must Reads, May 5, 2014
1. Tasneem Raja on pair programming for better data journalism (Alexander Howard / Tow Center) 2. The great unwatched: More…
A Push for Closed Captioning in the Digital Age
As digital video continues to disrupt the traditional TV world, there are complications beyond just those affecting the business model.…
On World Press Freedom Day, A Look at New Media’s Double-Edged Sword
Saturday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. The following is a guest post from FreePress to mark the day.…
The ‘Holodeck’ Arrives in Newsrooms. How Will VR Influence Storytelling?
It’s not every day that you stumble across a fundamentally new form of storytelling, but that’s exactly what’s happened in…