How Freelance Journalists Can Stay Safe in Protest Zones
In light of the recent protests in Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela, it’s more important than ever to revisit how freelance…
An Online Initiative to Help Journalists Gain Basic Coding Skills
I am working to improve digital awareness and skills among journalists, journalism students and faculty by developing an open-source website…
Daily Must Reads, February 24, 2014
1. Netflix and Comcast solve their web traffic problem with a long-term deal (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 2. Seeking a…
Missouri Tests Multi-Platform Storytelling Across Six Newsrooms
Clutter. Chaos. Copious amounts of content. News organizations are struggling right now. Struggling to connect with users, who are migrating…
When YouTube Videos Expose Crimes That Go Unpunished
Four years ago, a police killing in rural Buckfield, Jamaica was caught on camera and uploaded to YouTube. The fatal shooting…
How Pop Up Archive Is Navigating the Murky Waters of Digital Audio Rights
Our goal at Pop Up Archive is to make audio searchable and build an archive of sound from journalists, oral historians, and…
Daily Must Reads, February 21, 2014
1. Before Facebook deal, WhatsApp was helping BuzzFeed and Shazam go viral (Liz Gannes / Re/code) 2. Om Malik joins…
Mediatwits #110: Is the Future of Education Online, In Person, or Both?
This week, in honor of MediaShift’s launch of EducationShift, we’re turning our gaze to one of the biggest issues in…
It’s a Mobile World: How Public Diplomacy at the State Department Is Adapting
During a recent visit to IIP’s OIE, we talked of Agile at ODDI, GitHub, PAOs, and ... did I lose…
#EdShift Chat: Does a Journalism Degree Matter?
On Friday, Feb. 21, our bi-weekly #EdShift chat will focus on the question "does a journalism degree matter?" With that…