E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, April 8, 2014
1. Amazon’s vision for the future of self-publishing (Digital Book World) 2. E-book distribution solutions emerge from Africa (AllAfrica) 3.…
Infographic: Sharing via Twitter Surges in Q1
Each quarter, the social sharing platform ShareThis releases a report that looks at the sharing landscape -- data that the…
#ISOJ Highlights: Drones, Wearables, Ethics and Startups
As journalists representing more than 40 countries descended upon Austin, Texas, over the weekend for the 15th annual International Symposium…
Daily Must Reads, April 7, 2014
1. Vox takes melding of journalism and technology to a new level (Leslie Kaufman / New York Times) 2. Microsoft…
Mobile Apps Push the Olympics Further Into the Interactive Spotlight
If the London Summer Olympics were called the Twitter Olympics, the Sochi 2014 Games were definitely the Instagram Olympics. (Though…
Takeaway from Journalism Interactive: Time for Educators to Go Full Bore
It took the Journalism Interactive conference fully three minutes this weekend to grab me by the scruff and inspire me…
12 Projects Grab $420,000 to Hack Journalism Education
When we put out the call to J-school educators for the first round of experiments to #hackcurriculum for the Challenge…
Daily Must Reads, April 4, 2014
1. Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich resigns as CEO, leaves foundation board (Kara Swisher / Re/code) 2. Leaked NSA documents will…
6 Takeaways From the Digital News Revenue Summit
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- On Thursday, media professionals, researchers and academics gathered to address the increasingly tricky, ever-present question looming over…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, April 3, 2014
1. European Commission wants MOOCs providers to help boost regional web skills (Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch) 2. No silver bullets:…