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Reporting on Climate Adaptation
The historic Paris Agreement is poised for enactment now that key milestones are nearly met for the number of countries taking part — including newly joined India — and for the amount of carbon emissions those countries represent.
Road from Paris: Global climate deal expected to take effect soon
September 29, 2016 -
14 graduate students receive scholarships to attend digital news preservation event at UCLA
Fourteen graduate students from academic institutions across the U.S. have been selected to receive funding assistance to attend a conference next month where they will take active steps toward preserving digital news.
September 28, 2016 -
Futures Lab Update
How does CNN use Snapchat Discover to create a news habit among young people?
FL#166: CNN’s approach to Snapchat
September 28, 2016 -
RJI Fellow developing bot-driven engagement to build community, extend news coverage
Coverage. It’s what we promise as news organizations. We cover stories, communities, events and people. Every news organization should make one promise to its community: We’ve got you covered.
September 27, 2016 -
MediaShift Podcast
Many media folks are pushing for a presidential pardon for Edward Snowden, but the Washington Post’s editorial board comes out against it. Cue the uproar. The Sunlight Foundation is laying off staff and considering a merger.
MediaShift Podcast 206: Pardon Snowden! (Except WashPost); dark days at Sunlight Foundation
September 23, 2016 -
RJI in the news
A Trump supporter, Pitts said, emailed him asking him how he felt now that Trump has the support of 23 percent of black voters. “I sent him back an email, thanking him for his statistics and asking him if it hurt when he pulled them from his backside.”
Leonard Pitts laments use of lies for political gain, calls GOP and Trump worst offenders
September 22, 2016 -
RJI in the news
Media outlets aren't holding politicians accountable for what they say and neither is the public, Leonard Pitts Jr. told an audience at MU Wednesday evening.
Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts Jr. urges public to stop accepting lies
September 22, 2016 -
Digital preservation
The expense of digital preservation for the news producer will vary depending on how much of the effort is managed in-house. By collaborating with those who already have the infrastructure, the cost to news agencies could be very little indeed.
Digital preservation: How much is it going to cost, and who can I work with?
September 21, 2016 -
Chicago incubator to help student-developed transcription app move toward launch
The 2016 RJI Student Competition winners who created a recording and transcribing app for journalists are one step closer to launch with the help of a 16-week incubator program for female entrepreneurs.
September 21, 2016 -
Futures Lab Update
Wondering how mixed reality and algorithms might change journalism? Couldn’t attend #ONA16? Watch our video recap and it’ll be like you were there.
FL#165: Trends and ideas from the ONA16 conference in Denver
September 21, 2016
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