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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Small screens, full art, can’t lose: Despite their size, phones open up new opportunities for interactivesHere’s how some top news publishers are shaping their interactives for mobile: “These devices are there, they have these capabilities built into them, so how do we use them in our storytelling?” By Shan Wang. |
The New York Times is launching a movie and TV recommendation site and expanding its health coverage
What We’re Reading
Medium / Tim de Gier and Dariusz Jemielniak
A useful guide to basic cybersecurity for journalists →
Cowritten by Nieman Fellow Tim de Gier: “This guide goes over some of the more accessible measures and solutions that at least make you less vulnerable.”
Vox / Emily Crockett
Most election commentators are men. This project is trying to help change that. →
“Who Talks?, a project of GenderAvenger in partnership with the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) and the Women's Media Center, will monitor six morning and primetime cable shows.”
Shorenstein Center
Former Washington Post managing editor: News orgs have fallen short in civic engagement online →
In a talk at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, Philip Bennett, who now teaches at Duke, outlined “three missing pieces that weaken the news media’s ability to contribute to democracy.”
Poynter / Katie Hawkins-Gaar
Announcing the second class of ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media →
“The 28 women, chosen from more than 420 applicants, will spend a week at Poynter for tuition-free training focused on topics such as developing effective management styles, navigating newsroom and digital culture, building entrepreneurial collaborative teams, managing across differences and coaching critical thinking.”
Harvard / Rob Faris, John Kelly, Helmi Noman, Dalia Othman, and Nagla Rizk
A new set of reports on how the online space is changing in the Arab world →
“The online space in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain reflects a growingly polarized and contentious offline political environment, with less consensus than existed five years ago.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Corey Hutchins
A plan for a new statewide paper in North Carolina has some observers asking: ‘Is this for real?’ →
“The result is North State Journal, "North Carolina's only statewide newspaper," which debuted two Sundays ago and is already one of the odder startup stories you're likely to encounter this year. A bold new arrival on the local news scene at a time when the industry is in need of both optimism and jobs, the project has nonetheless attracted some quick scrutiny in the Tar Heel State, with skeptical coverage noting the Republican connections of several top staffers and Robbins' refusal to identify his investors.”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
At The Dallas Morning News, becoming truly digital means starting over →
“Teams now organize into hubs oriented around topics such as breaking news, justice and high school sports. As part of their coverage, each reporter is expected to develop an obsession to follow.”
Fusion / Ingrid Rojas and Natasha Del Toro
Should newspapers make money off of mugshot galleries? →
“Fusion looked at 74 U.S. newspapers, most owned by newspaper chains like Tribune Publishing and McClatchy. We found that 40 percent of them publish mugshot galleries, including the Chicago Tribune, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Tampa Bay Times. Only a handful of past or present editors agreed to talk to us about it.”
Medium / Josh Stearns
How four of the smallest newsrooms in America are using video →
New Brunswick Today, for instance, reports in English and Spanish online, in print and via a new video series.
Medium / Anchor
Introducing voice commentary by social audio app Anchor →
You can now use Anchor to “add commentary to articles, tweets, photos,” and whatever else you happen to be looking at on your iPhone. We covered Anchor here.
From Fuego
Inside Trump’s inner circle, his staffers are willing to fight for him. Literally. —www.washingtonpost.com
Digital Women’s Leadership Academy 2016 Class —journalists.org
Trump protester sucker-punched at North Carolina rally, videos show —www.washingtonpost.com
Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War – Trailer 2 —www.youtube.com
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