Upcoming Trainings and Courses: Aug. 8 Edition
Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on…
CNN’s Viral Video Strategy for ‘Great Big Story’
Since CNN launched Great Big Story in 2015, the brand has shot over 1,300 videos all over the globe, many…
How an Early Social Media Editor Moved Up to VP at Time Inc.’s The Foundry
Ben Kaplan was fresh out of college when he started as a temp at Sports Illustrated in 2009. As part…
How to Teach Children to Critically Evaluate Information Online
This article was originally published on the author's website. A central challenge for educators today is that students do not…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: August 7 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
EU’s Antitrust ‘War’ on Google and Facebook Uses Abandoned American Playbook
The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking European antitrust regulators have declared war on American tech giants. On June…
#MetricShift Chat: Homepage Metrics with the Engaging News Project
Can your homepage design affect your web metrics, for better or for worse? New research from the Engaging News Project based on two…
E-Books and Self-Publishing Roundup: August 4, 2017
Each week, we curate the top stories of the week in e-books and self-publishing. Sign up here to get these delivered right…
AI is Changing These Newsrooms: What It Means for Digital Publishing
The following piece is a guest post from Jessica Rovello, the CEO and co-founder of Arkadium, which provides interactive content…
How to Overcome Your (and Your Students’) Fear of Excel
I first saw Excel in action in the early 1990s at a gathering of journalists on the education beat, the…