Daily Must Reads, June 11, 2013
1. Majority views NSA phone tracking as acceptable anti-terror tactic (Pew Research Center) 2. Opinion: NSA is doing what Google does (Washington Post) 3. Apple's new promises…
How Newspapers Can Make Augmented Reality Sexy (and Profitable)
Publishers in the United States have been slow to embrace augmented reality (AR), technology that lets people hold smartphones or…
Angry About Tape-Delayed Tony Awards? One Theater Company Provides Tape-Delayed Tweets
Sunday night wrapped up another year on Broadway with the 67th annual Tony Awards hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, showcasing…
7 Ways Newsrooms Can Boost Citizen Reporting
In my previous post, I argued that established, traditional newsrooms tend to be most comfortable accepting citizen reporting or user-generated…
Daily Must Reads, June 10, 2013
1. Edward Snowden: The whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations (Guardian) 2. Google to buy crowdsourced navigation app Waze (AllThingsD) 3. WDRB on why 'breaking…
Finally: A Guide for Journalists to Navigate Fair Use of Copyrighted Material
Last year, a former student contacted me to ask if her news outlet, a network affiliate, could use a video…
Pew: Non-Profit Journalism Sites Need Diversified Revenues for Survival
A new study of non-profit journalism sites declares that “achieving revenue diversification...is still a formidable task” for the sector, which…
How to Organize A Successful Hackathon
As Simon Sinek says in "Start with Why," great leaders inspire action because what motivates them is the meaning of…
Daily Must Reads, June 7, 2013
1. Documents: U.S. mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad, secret program (Washington Post) 2. What we don't know about spying…
Mediatwits #82: NSA Snooping with Help from Tech Titans?; Sun-Times Fires Photo Staff
Government snooping has been a recurring theme on our podcast, and this week the biggest revelation of all came out:…