Daily Must Reads, February 20, 2014
1. Omidyar start-up hires Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi (Ravi Somaiya / New York Times) 2. Steve Shepard to help launch…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, February 20, 2014
1. UK's Edtech Incubator graduates first class of teacherpreneurs (EdSurge) 2. For Stanford U. MOOC instructors, trial and error breeds…
How First Look Pushes Verticals Ahead of Overarching ‘Magazine’ Brand
First Look Media has gotten plenty of coverage for its strategy of creating “digital magazines” based on the work of…
Digital Book World’s Top 10 E-book Bestsellers; Week Ending 2-15-14
Veronica Roth’s Divergent series is helping HarperCollins to a strong first quarter showing of best-sellers. Once again, the title for…
A Touch of Anarchy: WVU’s Experiment in Education
This summer as I was sitting on my front porch, I got a phone call from Maryanne Reed, the dean…
Watchup to Partner with Washington Post to Redesign the Video News Experience
For the past year we’ve worked very hard to redesign the news watching experience by offering all the best news…
Daily Must Reads, February 19, 2014
1. AP brings Olympics coverage to local news outlets with customizable, white-label microsites (Sam Kirkland / Poynter) 2. 16 essential…
Taking Action: EdShift Launches to Move Journalism Education Forward
When I do multimedia trainings for college educators with Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute, we get to a particular…
Rushkoff’s ‘Generation Like’ Explores Space Where Social Media, Teens, Brands Merge
In a documentary that debuts on PBS Frontline this week, author Doug Rushkoff explores the relationship between big corporate brands…
Course Remix: 10 Tips for Creating a Social Media Class Out of Nothing
Remix is a regular segment on EducationShift, featuring interesting and innovative journalism assignments, courses and curricula. Writers will detail their…