The Challenges and Advantages of Female Media Entrepreneurs
Between Sheryl Sandberg’s new “sort of feminist manifesto,” Marissa Mayer’s rapid post-pregnancy return to Yahoo, and The Atlantic’s viral cover…
Ranking the Slowest-Loading News Sites and How They Can Speed Up
I present your winner (or loser?) for slowest loading feature article, the Chicago Tribune, at 16.68 seconds, almost 6 megabytes…
Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, March 19, 2013
1. Do universities hear the critics of journalism education? (Knight Foundation) 2. Knight Foundation’s Newton: Many j-schools still haven’t mastered…
Daily Must Reads, March 19, 2013
1. Washington Post to charge frequent web users (Washington Post) 2. In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for…
How the Boston Phoenix Kept Its Readers But Lost Its Advertisers
For the Boston Phoenix, the decline lasted years — but the end came swiftly. Last Thursday afternoon a local journalist…
Daily Must Reads, March 18, 2013
1. Nearly one-third of U.S. adults have abandoned a news outlet due to dissatisfaction (Poynter) 2. Twitter beats the sell-side…
5 Key Takeaways from Pew’s State of the News Media 2013
This morning, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) released the 10th annual State of News Media…
Journalism Students Give Helping Hand While Studying Abroad
In a rural province of Cambodia, a broadcast journalism student from California State University, Fullerton prepares a news report about…
How Public Lab Creates Memorable Field Trips for Students
Third graders from Isaac Dixon Elementary School in Asheville, N.C., help make a high-resolution map of Riverside Cemetery with the…
Daily Must Reads, March 15, 2013
1. Reuters’ Matthew Keys indicted for allegedly conspiring with hacker group ‘Anonymous’ (Politico) 2. Did Google just kill RSS? (Reuters)…