Kickstopper: When the Crowd Funds Projects You Abhor
Image by @mstem Like Facebook and other corporate social platforms, Kickstarter last week was pressured to refine its policies governing…
WNYC’s Ups and Downs with Collaborations, Digital Push, Quadrupling Newsroom
Early in 2010, with the newspaper industry in precipitous free-fall, the president of the Charles H. Revson Foundation called on…
Top 10 E-book Best-Sellers; Week-Ending 6-30-13
The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across six major e-book retailers with…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, July 2, 2013
1. A win for journalism and democracy in Wisconsin (Wired) 2. USC Annenberg launches new nine-month master's degree in journalism (USC…
Daily Must Reads, July 2, 2013
1. Why Associated Press is focusing on user generated content standards and safety (journalism.co.uk) 2. Six months in, Andrew Sullivan's…
3 Ways to Strengthen Press Freedom at the U.S. Justice Department
One of the most troubling things about the politicians and pundits who are calling for Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s prosecution,…
At Oklahoma J-School, Tornado Coverage Hits Home
Oklahoma University graduate Dan Shepherd has covered numerous disasters around the world as a longtime network TV producer, but coming…
Daily Must Reads, July 1, 2013
1. How the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism kept its home (Columbia Journalism Review) 2. Twitter's new 'embedded on these websites' feature helps…
Watchup 2.0 Offers Frictionless, Personalized Video News for the iPad
Watchup, an iPad app, won a 2012 Knight News Challenge grant. Below, Watchup CEO and co-founder Adriano Farano writes about…
The Secret Behind The Turkish Protesters’ Social Media Mastery
Since the end of May, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Turkey, using social media with great…