5Across: Beyond Content Farms
5Across is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in…
Spot.Us Goes National, Gets Clay Shirky as Sponsor
Anyone that has followed Spot.Us from the beginning knows we’ve tried to remain iterative and agile. In the earlier stages…
Top 5 July 27
Copyright law changes DMCA interpretation rules jailbreaking legal Data-driven journalism WikiLeaks’ Afghan docs typify this trend in news Condé Nast…
The Need for Cultural Translation with Community Media
The TED talk of Ethan Zuckerman, the founder of the international blogging site Global Voices, provides amazing insight into the…
Don’t Blame the Content Farms
Click image to read more in this series From a business perspective, traditional journalism is rather inefficient. Stories are chosen…
4 Minute Roundup: The Problem with Content Farms
4MR is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in…
Writers Talk About Working the Hyper-Local Beat
Click image to read more in this series In my first article for our special Beyond Content Farms series, I…
An Ethical Argument for Transparency in Journalism
In a recent post on my website I examined an ethical argument for transparency. I will continue this internal dialogue…
Top 5 July 22
CUNY degree blurs roles Graduate program will teach journalists business essentials Twitter plans data center Company’s Fail Whale an endangered…
How Content Farms Train Their Writers to Write for the Web
Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21, an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell…