Is Media Becoming Device Dependent?
Not long ago, I heard Hearst Corp. Magazine Chief Executive David Carey relay a remarkable development: Since the debut of…
Poll: What Mode of Communication is Safe from Government Snooping?
The right to privacy seems to be an illusion these days. Feds are snooping on AP reporters and editors. Feds…
Wisconsin Lawmakers Try to Remove Investigative Reporting Center from University of Wisconsin
Update, Monday, July 1, 2013: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Sunday vetoed the legislative measure that would have evicted the Wisconsin Center for…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, June 6, 2013
1. US vs. Apple e-book case could go to the Supreme Court (Fortune) 2. Guy Kawasaki makes the case for self-publishing (Publishers Weekly) 3. Are…
Daily Must Reads, June 6, 2013
1. National Security Agency collecting millons of phone calls of Verizon customers (Guardian) 2. Value of social media apparent after failure of local media…
Developers, Knight Fellows Mingle at Matter Event
About 20 Knight Alumni and Fellows recently converged on a big-windowed workspace in San Francisco’s South of Market district. Sure,…
10 Tips to Filming in an Epidemic: ‘Hit and Run History’ Hits Cape Verde
Only days before the production crew for "Hit and Run History" was to board a flight to Africa, I got a…
Daily Must Reads, June 5, 2013
1. Turkish protesters use Indiegogo to raise over $50k for full-page New York Times ad (Mediaite) 2. Penguin CEO takes stand in Apple…
Mona Lisa Stopped Smiling: A Conversation on the Phenomenology of News
Last September, Gideon Lichfield wrote a post on a new phenomenology of news he wanted to try with Quartz. The…
6 Ways to Survive an ‘Internet Drubbing’
In February 2012, Lisa Khoury met the Internet. Foregoing a handshake, the meeting began with the digital equivalent of a…