Activist Campaign Successfully Targets Facebook’s Advertisers
Last week I wrote up the #FBrape campaign’s strategy: to hold Facebook accountable for the misogynistic content of its users…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, May 30, 2013
1. As e-books rise, smaller book stores are still growing (Marketplace) 2. Tech-savvy parents still prefer print books to e-books for kids, according…
Daily Must Reads, May 30, 2013
1. Twitter CEO: We're a complement to news orgs, not a replacement (Nieman Lab) 2. NYT, AP will not attend off-the-record meeting with…
Top 5 Apps for Authors
Authors these days are more than authors. Our days are fragmented with tasks that more resemble those of publishers and…
Join the Zeega Makers Challenge for ‘The Making Of…Live at SFMOMA’
In 24 hours, Zeegas — a new form of interactive media — will be installed on four projection screens at…
Daily Must Reads, May 29, 2013
1. Shield law won't keep government from spying on press (New York Observer) 2. Apple CEO: We rejected settlement in…
Top 5 Magazine Apps That Challenge the Medium
Lots of great magazine apps rely on the content and reputation of traditional print magazines. There are also many great…
Circa Hires Reuters’ Anthony De Rosa as New Editor-in-Chief
Mobile news app Circa is hoping to push further into the breaking news space, announcing today that the startup behind…
Spending Stories’ ‘Data Expedition’ Tackles Tax Avoidance and Evasion
The Spending Stories team [mentioned earlier in the year](http://mediashift.org/idealab/2013/03/spending-stories-open-spending-are-moving-beyond-visualizations059.html) that we were looking into ways of helping journalists negotiate tricky…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, May 28, 2013
1. Online education: No longer lost in translation (Forbes) 2. J-school in the Land of the Junta (ForeignPolicy.com) 3. Harvard…