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MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, legacy media meets social media as the Manchester Evening News runs a crowdfunding and social media campaign to raise more than £1.5 million for victims of the terrorist attack outside a concert.
MediaShift Podcast 234: Manchester papers help terror victims with crowdfunding campaigns
May 26, 2017 -
Dodging the Memory Hole 2016 Scholarship Projects
This is part four of a white paper, “Memory Holes and Permanent Errors,” which examines whether and how online news archives should preserve corrections, updates and other post-publication changes.
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 4
May 25, 2017 -
Futures Lab Update
What happened when a Swedish newspaper let its online system take charge of story selection and placement?
FL#195: A home page designed by algorithm
May 24, 2017 -
MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, Facebook is all over the map, falling short in its fight against fake news, but also doing more and more to help local news publishers. Plus a 22-year-old British programmer became an ‘accidental hero.’
MediaShift Podcast 233: Facebook falls short on fake news, boosts local news
May 19, 2017 -
Class is in session: Join me to create mobile learning in digital skills for journalists
During her 2017-2108 RJI fellowship, Linda Austin hopes to develop a guide to digital-journalism skills for journalists who are always seeking to up their game.
May 18, 2017 -
Dodging the Memory Hole 2016 Scholarship Projects
Another type of article change to consider in news preservation is the update. Early on, editors realized that the fluidity inherent in the World Wide Web makes this an ideal medium for reporting breaking news.
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 3
May 18, 2017 -
RiskMiner: A test case for information access and revenue streams
RiskMiner — an online data tool — will help journalists find and analyze multinational agribusiness corporations' documents, studies and risk data.
May 18, 2017 -
Futures Lab Update
How is a network of gold-painted shipping containers helping people understand the world in a new way?
FL#194: Immersive video conversations with Portals
May 17, 2017 -
MediaShift Podcast
In the news this week, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal announce big jumps in paid digital subscribers, while Disney suffers as ESPN loses more subscribers. Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc. announces its first quarterly earnings.
MediaShift Podcast 232: NYT, WSJ see boom in subs while ESPN suffers; Snap loses big
May 12, 2017 -
Dodging the Memory Hole 2016 Scholarship Projects
This is part 2 of a white paper, “Memory Holes and Permanent Errors,” which examines whether and how online news archives should preserve corrections, updates and other post-publication changes.
Memory holes and permanent errors: Part 2
May 11, 2017
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