Daily Must Reads, August 2, 2013
1. How free should speech be on Twitter? (The New Yorker) 2. The NYT's $150 million-a-year pay wall (Columbia Journalism…
Mediatwits #89: Google Glass: Revolutionizing News or Public Annoyance?
Google Glass could have a transformative effect on journalism, especially as we watch Tim Pool from VICE use Google Glass…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, August 1, 2013
1. Self-publishing an e-book? 4 ways to leave Amazon's 30 percent tax behind (Forbes) 2. Amazon, Overstock race to the…
Daily Must Reads, August 1, 2013
1. NSA using top-secret program to mine online data of millions of Americans (The Guardian) 2. Google Now and Google…
Measuring Non-Profit Newsroom Impact Easier Said Than Done
Non-profit newsrooms, and the organizations that fund them, stand to gain a great deal by knowing the impact of their…
6 Things to Know About Successful (and Failed) Open-Source Software
In the community of media and journalism innovators, it is commonly accepted that releasing software with an open-source license is…
Daily Must Reads, July 31, 2013
1. Review of Google's new Chromecast (AllThingsD) 2. Google flip-flops on network neutrality (Wired) 3. Facebook said to plan to…
Big Data Not Big Enough? How the Digital Divide Leaves People Out
The utopian hype over Big Data is being critiqued on many fronts. After all, it isn’t that new. The Romans and…
For OpenBlock, Big Improvements From Small Newsrooms
A little more than five months after NBC News shut down its hyperlocal product, EveryBlock.com, the original open-source application has…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, July 30, 2013
1. CUNY J-school brings ethnic media out of the shadows with their Urban Reporting Program and more (Nieman Lab) 2.…