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Futures Lab Update #117: Spatial Photography with Fyuse; Live Mobile Video...

This week we try out a photo app that captures three-dimensional space, and we show you another option for live-streaming mobile video. PART 1: Fyuse Somewhere in the middle of still photography,...

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Mediatwits #168: Cord-Cutting Gains Steam, as Media Stocks Tumble

We’ve covered cord-cutting from cable for years, but now there’s no doubt about it: it’s real, it’s here and media giants will need to get used to it. Variety reported that pay TV had its worst-ever...

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Should Writers Respond to Comments on Their Articles?

When I first started writing, everyone always warned me to stay far, far away from the comments. Perhaps I’m narcissistic — or a glutton for punishment — but I found it nearly impossible to stop myself...

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When Telling Data-Driven Stories, Let Readers Ask Questions, Too

The push for open data has prompted the release of countless datasets. But the raw data alone can’t adequately serve the public. After all, it’s hard to imagine the average person investing the time —...

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Mediatwits #169: Can the Kiva Micro-Finance Option Help Journalists?

Kiva has been a star in online micro-finance for the past 10 years, and co-founder Jessica Jackley was a driving force that led to more than $744 million in micro-loans around the world, with an...

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Why We Need a Radical New Framework for Media Ethics

In “Radical Media Ethics: A Global Approach” I declare that the only way to rescue media ethics from sinking into oblivion is to think radically. Let me explain. We need to rethink the basis of media...

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How to Robot-Proof Your Journalism Career

The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. As the Head of Communications at Automated...

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Why Journalists Should Use Transparency as a Tool to Deepen Engagement

When we talk about transparency in journalism we tend to discuss it in terms of the people and institutions we cover, or as an alternative to unrealistic notions of objectivity. However, transparency...

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The Difficult Ethics Around Showing a Murderer’s Video

When two WDBJ journalists were murdered on live television last week near Roanoke, Virginia, the ethical debate over “how much is too much” in terms of coverage was never more evident. This is an...

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Mediatwits #170: Will Mobile Ad-Blocking Bring Nirvana or Apocalypse?

The mobile web. We’ve described it as the future of news. Now it’s time to address why “the mobile web sucks.” The reason is pretty simple: ads bog down load times. So it’s no wonder Apple is allowing...

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Mediatwits #171: Valuations Gone Wild in Media with BuzzFeed, Vox Investments

Here at MediaShift, we write a lot about how media and technology intersect. The last couple of months we’ve talked about the importance of mobile technology, cable companies, social media platforms,...

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Testing Immersive Classroom Innovation With Drones

Co-Authored with Sean Lawson   Drones seem to be up to no good lately. Cast by the news media as pesky toys interfering with everything from wildfire containment efforts to commercial airline flights,...

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Pew: Public Has Mixed Feelings About Cell Phone Use in Public

You’ve seen it parodied online and discussed in real life: People gathered together, their faces immersed in their individual mobile devices. And a new study from the Pew Research Center verifies what...

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Mediatwits #172: How Engagement Editors Rise Above the Social Scrum

The days when social media engagement meant assigning an intern to run your feeds are long over. At least, that’s what we heard from The Atlantic’s Matt Thompson on Episode 162 of the Mediatwits. You...

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Spirit of Collaboration Supports Audio, Podcasting Innovators at Collab/Space...

At Collab/Space San Francisco, dozens of audio journalists and podcasting entrepreneurs came together to discuss the future of their craft. It was my second Collab/Space, and like the first one in NYC,...

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How Mapping Can Change How We Do Journalism

The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. Reporters and writers are expected to do more...

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Futures Lab Update #122: Getting Social With Hello and Finding Records via Sqoop

This week the RJI Futures Lab takes a peek at a new social platform centered around users’ passions, and we explore a new tool that can monitor public records. PART 1: Hello A new social platform...

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ONA15: The Generational Shift Comes to Digital Journalism

Also read: ONA15: Taking Diversity Seriously, by Paul Voakes Ryan Thornburg (@rtburg) researches and teaches online news writing, editing, producing and reporting as an assistant professor in the...

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Live-Stream: Geneva Overholser on ‘Leading from the Outside’ at FIU

The following post is sponsored content on MediaShift from Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Details The Hearst Distinguished Lecture Series will host...

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Mediatwits #173: Fake Traffic, Bots Hit Online Advertising

Like it or not advertising pays for content. We all know how it should work: publishers produce content that consumers want and advertisers pay for access to aforementioned consumers. But according to...

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