Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, February 5, 2013
1. MOOC course with 41k students, “Fundamentals of Online Education,” shut down following complaints (InsideHigherEd) 2. Something to think about…
Daily Must Reads, February 5, 2013
1. The Verge hires writer who quit CNET in protest (NYT) 2. Super Bowl social media use up 3 times…
Storyful Helps News Organizations Monitor Social Media
Gavin Sheridan, an Irish journalist and blogger, has spent the past two years working as innovation director at Storyful. A…
How Omidyar Network Could Boost Online Investigative Journalism
This post is long and not every section is relevant to every reader. Please feel encouraged to skip to those…
Daily Must Reads, February 4, 2013
1. Marketers jump on Super Bowl blackout with real-time Twitter campaigns (AdAge) 2. “Being ignorant and uninvolved in ‘the business…
How to Verify User-Generated Video in a War Zone
When young Arabs took to the streets of North Africa in 2011 to fight for democracy armed with Internet-connected mobile…
Washington Post Invests in Medill’s Programmer-Journalist Scholarships
Why did the Washington Post become the first media company to invest in a Northwestern University program to educate computer…
Daily Must Reads, February 1, 2013
1. Wall Street Journal hacked alongside New York Times (WSJ) 2. If you build a social media community on company…
A Social Media Push for Immigration Reform? Don’t Forget Email and SMS
In the middle of his college career at Arizona State University, Celso Mireles, an undocumented student, received some disheartening news.…
How Journalists Can Secure Their Digital Perimeter
Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation offers tips on how journalists can protect themselves and their sources. Photo: Dawn…