Daily Must Reads, January 29, 2014
1. The FCC will monitor peering fights to ensure innovation prevails (Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOm) 2. Journalists offer different perspectives…
Pitch Perfect: Selling Startups at Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
When Dan Gillmor was planning a five-day media entrepreneurship training program for journalism educators, he didn’t want participants to leave…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, January 28, 2014
1. State Dept. blocks access to MOOCs in countries with economic sanctions (Carl Straumsheim / Inside Higher Ed) 2. Are…
Daily Must Reads, January 28, 2014
1. How CNN is prepping for the majority-mobile audience coming in 2014 (Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab) 2. Inside’s news…
J-School Educators Dive into Startup Culture
When 15 educators from around the world went back to school -- metaphorically speaking -- at the third annual Scripps…
Special Series: Teaching Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
Every semester in my introductory course in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's journalism school, I ask the students to introduce themselves…
Want to Innovate in an Established Newsroom? Get Used to Messy
The Poynter Institute’s Rick Edmonds recently cited Michelle Holmes as one of the few top U.S. newsroom editors who has…
Daily Must Reads, January 27, 2014
1. Ezra Klein is joining Vox Media as web journalism asserts itself (David Carr / New York Times) 2. What…
#EdShift Chat: Tips for Journalism Educators to Get Grants for Innovation
Finding and getting grants and funding for journalism educators can be difficult -- especially in navigating all the grant requirements…
SF Chronicle Hopes Incubator Will ‘Turn Around Legacy Media Company’
After two decades of being pummeled by savvy tech companies that have stolen its readers, its advertisers and perhaps even…