Mark Luckie: Twitter Not Getting Into News Business
Recently, Twitter posted a job for a "head of news and journalism partnerships." Oh my gosh! Was Twitter going to…
Why Big City #OpenGov Solutions Don’t Always Work for Small Towns
I work for a civic technology startup in San Francisco, but I’m a small-town native who works daily with small…
Daily Must Reads, May 8, 2013
1. Internet goes down in Syria (Huffington Post) 2. Obama may back plan to wiretap web users (NYT) 3. Yahoo's…
Politicians Take on Traditional Media With Their Own Social, Viral Content
Speaking in front of a packed conference of advertising professionals in New York, Newark Mayor Cory Booker effortlessly shifted from…
Lessons from the School of Data Journalism
Another busy year has passed since the first School of Data Journalism at the [International Journalism Festival in Perugia](http://www.journalismfestival.com). Last…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, May 7, 2013
1. Schools act to prevent high-tech cheating on standardized tests (LA Times) 2. The best in ed-tech tools (EdSurge) 3.…
Top 10 E-Book Best-Sellers; Week Ending 5-5-13
The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across five major e-book retailers with…
Daily Must Reads, May 7, 2013
1. Twitter is ready to become a true news entity (Guardian) 2. How the Boston Globe used its two sites…
Journalism Schools Become Incubators for Media Startups, Entrepreneurs
When Adda Birnir joined the first class of the new entrepreneurial journalism program at the City University of New York…
Daily Must Reads, May 6, 2013
1. Hearst nabs 1 million tablet subscribers (Mashable) 2. BuzzFeed takes steps to add foreign news (NYT) 3. Google reportedly…