Daily Must Reads, August 22, 2013
1. Manning to request a pardon from Obama for 35-year sentence handed down for WikiLeaks disclosures (Guardian) 2. Digital to…
What Hacker Journalists Can Learn From Texas Tribune’s Travis Swicegood
This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Northwestern University Knight Lab and originally appeared on the Lab’s blog…
Forcing Students to Step Outside Their Comfort Zone in Jerusalem
As a journalism professor at San Francisco State University in one of the most diverse cities in the world, I…
Daily Must Reads, August 21, 2013
1. British newspaper has advantages in battle with government over secrets (NYT) 2. Fear of NSA surveillance is having a…
A Multitude of Platforms Give Educators Tools to Showcase Student Work
Whether teaching magazine production or other types of journalism, educators sometimes want to create magazine-like collections of students' work, sometimes…
Top Ten E-book Best-Sellers; Week Ending 8-18-13
This week, we see an e-book from a small, independent publisher reaching the No. 1 spot. Soho Press’s The Boy…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, August 20, 2013
1. Study: More than 25 percent of journalism grads wish they had chosen a different career (Poynter) 2. Female founders…
Daily Must Reads, August 20, 2013
1. Guardian bombshells in an escalating battle against journalism (Columbia Journalism Review) 2. Apple betting that a golden touch can…
Outsourcing Journalism 101: NewsU’s Experiment Falters, But Signals a Change
Most journalism professors are probably familiar with the Poynter Institute’s News University, an online training ground of webinars and self-directed…
Visualizing How the Brazilian Government Underspends on the Public Good
This post was co-written by Neil Ashton, writer for the Open Knowledge Foundation's School of Data blog. How can Brazilians…