Poynter Report: Educators Value Digital Skills More Than Professionals Do
Educators say they think digital skills are important, but how likely is that journalism schools and programs are actually teaching…
#EdShift Chat: Finding Jobs and Internships
On Friday, May 2, our bi-weekly #EdShift chat will focus on tips for students to find jobs and internships and…
Global Editors Network Summit Pushes Data, Video, Mobile
There’s no shortage of international journalism conferences these days, and there's a reason. With legacy publishers having difficulty making their…
Knight Fellowship Winners at Stanford Look to the Future of News
Following on the heels of last week's announcement of eight new international fellows, the Knight Fellowships program at Stanford has…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, April 29, 2014
1. Harper Lee agrees to e-book version of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (Associated Press / Guardian) 2. Blurb debuts Amazon…
Daily Must Reads, April 29, 2014
1. Survey: 62 percent can’t recall anything from native ads (Lucia Moses / Digiday) 2. Netflix researching 'large-scale peer-to-peer technology'…
Fusion’s Chief Digital Officer: Hispanic Media Market is Huge and Diverse
The news about Felix Salmon's decision to leave Reuters and join Fusion.net threw a spotlight on this new digital venture…
Daily Must Reads, April 28, 2014
1. Microsoft web browser security bug could impact millions of users (Adario Strange / Mashable) 2. New challenges chip away…
CUNY to Launch Master’s in Social Journalism
Some big news at CUNY: We are developing a new master’s degree in social journalism. We’ve considered calling it a…
Daily Must Reads, April 25, 2014
1. Russia orders bloggers to 'register'; outlaws anonymous blogging (Glyn Moody / Techdirt) 2. Comcast says Netflix slowed down its…