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Category: Journalism

Interviews with digital entrepreneurs reveal tips for media startups

Digiday has a weekly podcast about the business of digital media, and two recent interviews with founders of startups had nuggets of wisdom applicable to any media startup. Digiday’s editor-in-chief,…
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Five Innovative Apps for Journalists from 2017

Digital tools are transforming the ways in which journalists create articles, market their stories and interact with current events. Throughout 2017, developers created new digital applications that use artificial intelligence…
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Here are Three Tools That Help Digital Journalists Save Their Work in Case a Site Shuts Down

The abrupt shutdown of the Gothamist and DNAinfo local news networks earlier this month was a stark reminder to digital journalists who want archives of their stuff: Back it up! Back it…
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Challenges and opportunities in data journalism

In June, Canada’s Globe and Mail won “Investigation of the Year” honors for a series on why Canadian police dismiss so many sexual-assault cases as “unfounded.” Judges for the2017 Data Journalism Awards praised the “deep…
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4 free digital tools for newsrooms

Maria Mora | Pushing for more innovative storytelling can be challenging for newsrooms, especially when there isn’t enough time or resources. However, there are plenty of free digital tools that…
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Naija Data Ladies: The rise of a network of women data journalists in Nigeria

Irene Wangui | A group of female journalists and data experts are working to change the digital media landscape in Africa’s most populous country by bringing greater gender diversity to…
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Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions 2017

Nic Newman This year’s key developments will centre on fears about how changing technology is affecting the quality of information and the state of our democracy. The arrival of Donald…
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How journalists can better approach victims of disaster

Lori Shontz | The clip is heartbreaking. A CNN reporter is interviewing an obviously distraught woman  who had just reached safety from Hurricane Harvey, and then the woman broke down…
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Former CNN producer’s digital startup covers national security outside the cable news mold

Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab | In the nine years she spent working for CNN — first as an executive producer and then as a national security and intelligence correspondent…
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8 global news habits you probably didn’t know about

Damian Radcliffe | The annual Digital News Report, from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the attitudes and habits…
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