Mediatwits #67: Bingeing on ‘House of Cards’; Print Mags Hit by Postal Service
We are back with the Mediatwits podcast, revamped in a roundtable format with “regulars” and occasional special guests. Plus, we…
Investigating the Technology Underlying Top News Organizations
> “We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die” — Umberto Eco Ever since PBS MediaShift contacted me about…
E-Books and Self-Publishing Roundup, February 7, 2013
1. Bookish officially open for business (NYT) 2. Revenue dips that inspire innovation in publishing also make it difficult to…
Daily Must Reads, February 7, 2013
1. “The dirty secret about the web media business is that there’s a massive oversupply problem.” (Reuters) 2. Shrinking print…
Twitter Chat: Tips on Doing Great Reporting with an iPhone
Just how good is a smartphone for doing reporting in the field? With the help of apps, accessories and some…
Don’t Be Fooled: Use the SMELL Test To Separate Fact from Fiction Online
With professional journalism imploding and an exploding infosphere online, on cable, and on air that’s bursting with questionable news and…
Drone Strikes: Known Unknowns and the Need for More Open Data
Two weeks ago the [United Nations opened an inquiry](http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Terrorism/Pages/SRTerrorismIndex.aspx) into the “civilian impact of the use of drones and other…
Daily Must Reads, February 6, 2013
1. You don’t have a social media problem; you have a reputation problem (memburn) 2. Two-thirds of adults are on…
Binge Programming: How Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ Changes the Game
Binge viewing may transform more than our personal grooming habits, as Fred and Carrie discovered in a “Portlandia” episode when…
How OpenNews Is Building a Community of Fellows
I’m still reeling from the amazingness that was the 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship Onramping we held at the MIT Media Lab…