Newsgames Can Raise the Bar for News, Not Dumb It Down
Earlier this month a group of journalists, game designers, and academics gathered at the University of Minnesota for a workshop…
How B2B Magazines Have Evolved into Multi-Platform Brands
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Why TechCrunch’s Paul Carr Is Wrong About Newsgames
Over the weekend, TechCruch’s confessed “old media snob” Paul Carr posted an interesting response to my call for more newsgames.…
Top 5 April 11, 2011
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Many Journalism Schools Put Minimal Effort into Facebook Pages
As students at the Missouri School of Journalism, we’ve learned about the importance of social media to the news industry.…
Collective, Non-Profit Investigative Journalism Takes Spotlight at Logan
BERKELEY, CALIF. — I am back at Day 2 at the 5th Annual Reva and David Logan Investigative Reporting Symposium,…
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, NY Times Feud at Logan Symposium
BERKELEY, CALIF. — I am at the 5th Annual Reva and David Logan Investigative Reporting Symposium, a gathering of the…
What’s the Future of AOL?
Who can forget the good old days of America Online, the company of the mid-‘90s that spent a ton of…
Why Are Newsrooms Resistant to Creating Newsgames?
This past weekend a group of 25 game developers, academics and journalists gathered at the University of Minnesota’s Journalism Center…
Ushahidi’s Online Toolbox Helps People Understand the Service
[Post written by Melissa Tully and Jennifer Chan. This post is the third in a series of blog posts documenting…