‘Spending Stories’ to Help Journalists Analyze Spending Data
Data journalism is hard. In particular, when it comes to data about spending, stories hide behind the numbers, veiled with…
Mediatwits #21: Social Wars: Facebook’s Timeline, Media Grab; Google+ Dead or Alive?
The Mediatwits podcast is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester…
A Journalist’s Primer to Google+
After a few months of chatter, Google+ has opened up to everyone. As a journalist, Google+ is something you need…
Better, Faster, Stronger: 5 Reasons for Smaller Grants
I’m occasionally asked by well-intended fans of the Awesome Foundation if there are plans to ramp up our granting efforts,…
5 Questions Publishers Should Ask Before Committing to a Social Platform
Business content on MediaShift is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three…
SXSW Interactive Festival 2012
Location: Austin, TX SXSW Interactive Festival is an annual technology conference that includes five days of presentations from media experts…
PANDA Survey Shows Newsrooms Swimming in Data
The first PANDA task officially checked off our to-do list was the drafting of our Future Users Survey. We distributed…
Cell Phones in Classrooms? No! Students Need to Pay Attention
In the battle for the hearts and minds of students, the front line for educators has changed over the last…
A Brave New Book World: How Authors Become Entrepreneurs
A few years ago, I interviewed author Ron Carlson about his novel “The Signal.” I asked him about his experience…
Top 5, September 20, 2011
Netflix loses 1 million subscribers Customers angry over price increases, split into 2 companies Google+ out of beta Goes for…