Rob Ford ‘Crackstarter’ Campaign: Checkbook Journalism Out of Control
As recently as five years ago the story by Toronto Star reporters that they had seen a video purporting to…
Top 10 E-Book Best-Sellers; Week Ending 6-2-13
The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across five major e-book retailers with…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, June 4, 2013
1. Coursera partners with 10 US universities to bring MOOCs into their classrooms (The Next Web) 2. 6 technology challenges facing education (The Journal)…
Daily Must Reads, June 4, 2013
1. Apple denies conspiracy in e-book pricing trial (paidContent) 2. Abramson, Woodward and Brokaw speak out about DOJ media investigations (Poynter) 3. Netflix, Hulu dominate…
Pew Report on Teens and Social Media Looks at Privacy, Race, ‘Social Media Divide’
Teens are using more social media and sharing more on those platforms, says a major report from Pew Research Center.…
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Haddad on His Journey from Computer Science to Data-Driven Storyteller
This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Northwestern University Knight Lab and originally appeared on the Lab’s blog…
Daily Must Reads, June 3, 2013
1. Average American spends an hour a day of quality time with their smartphone (AllThingsD) 2. Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to Myanmar…
The Best Apps for Educators
In a speech 30 years ago, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs envisioned a computer-as-book, wirelessly connected to others. And the first-generation…
Daily Must Reads, May 31, 2013
1. Chicago Sun-Times lays off its photo staff (Chicago Tribune) 2. Attorney general to media re: AP phone snooping: I get it (Politico) 3. Netflix…
Top 5 ‘Second Screen’ TV Apps
You just finished "Deadwood" or another buzzy, binge-worthy show, after all your friends told you that you had to watch…