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To me, journalism was — and is — about so much more than writing articles that get lost in oblivion. It’s about cutting through all that noise and finding a way to elevate the stories and people that are forgotten or ignored by the rest of society. -
The first chatbot was born in 1966. Now, 50 years on, chatbots are starting to crack into the mainstream — at least that’s what the buzz would have you believe. -
In the news this week, Apple and Amazon are taking their original content ambitions further, bidding on the rights to the James Bond movie franchise. The Atlantic is launching a new membership service called The Masthead starting at $100 per year. -
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.’ -
Blake Nelson, a graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism, uses the so-old-it’s-new-again journalistic tool of the comic strip to examine President Trump’s first 100 days. -
In the news this week, the Pulitzer Prizes were announced, and some notable online collaborations won, including the ICIJ for its massive “Panama Papers” report, as well as ProPublica and the New York Daily News. -
In the news this week, hate speech provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos loses a speaking gig at a conservative conference, loses his book deal and resigns from Breitbart over comments that seemed to condone pedophilia. -
In the news this week, Facebook and Google have been under fire for the spread of fake news during the presidential campaign. Both are now cracking down on ads served into fake news sites, but is it enough? -
In this week’s news, the Pulitzer Prizes honored a non-profit collaboration between ProPublica and The Marshall Project. NPR is trying to experiment with viral audio, but can it adapt to digital fast enough? -
How might automation help speed up fact-checking? And how do for-profit and nonprofit newsrooms work together?
Donald W. Reynolds