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1. Feature

   Cell coverage

   August 2, 2012 11:15 AM

   Paul Wright began his journalism career behind bars. When he was 21, Wright killed a man in Federal Way, WA, during a botched hold-up; the cocaine dealer he went to rob reached for a gun, and Wright fired... Continue reading

2. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   June 22, 2012 03:00 PM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

3. The News Frontier

   Reporting from the battlefield, uninsured

   June 21, 2012 01:40 PM

   While covering the uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, photojournalist Anton Hammerl was shot and killed in an attack by government troops, leaving behind his wife, Penny Sukhraj, and three young children. Journalists Clare Gillis, James Foley, and... Continue reading

4. The News Frontier

   Domain suffixes are the latest Web real estate

   June 15, 2012 02:50 PM

   What do the words mail, love, cloud, and news have in common? They each have seven different entities proposing their use as the suffix to an Internet URL address. In the biggest expansion since the 1980s, suffix options are increasing... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Learning from others’ Kickstarter mistakes

   June 12, 2012 03:00 PM

   Journalism professionals, professors, and students are taking their reporting proposals to Kickstarter, and for the past few months I’ve rounded up some of these projects for a recurring feature called The Kickstarter Chronicles. As the media... Continue reading

6. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   June 8, 2012 06:50 AM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

7. The News Frontier

   GOOD Mag to be ‘a Reddit for social good’ (updated)

   June 5, 2012 03:50 PM

   GOOD magazine fired six of its nine-person editorial staff on Friday—and two others accepted buyouts—as part of a move from being a journalism-focused outlet to a community engagement platform. “They said they wanted to be a Reddit for... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Turning users into supporters

   May 30, 2012 05:30 PM

   Building an actively involved audience ranks high on the priority list for news organizations, but as outlets around the country experiment with different approaches to this goal, the question remains: how do news organizations gauge audience engagement? A recent <a... Continue reading

9. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   May 25, 2012 03:00 PM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

10. The News Frontier

    Chicago police respect public’s right to record

    May 24, 2012 03:00 PM

    When it comes to preventing citizens from recording police, Illinois has the most severe restrictions in the US. State law explicitly says that citizens may face up to 15 years in jail for filming an on-duty police officer without consent.... Continue reading

11. The News Frontier

    You have a right to remain recording

    May 18, 2012 04:10 PM

    On January 31, officers from the Miami-Dade and City of Miami Police Departments donned riot gear and headed to Government Center, in the heart of downtown Miami, to evict the Occupy protesters who had been camping there for three... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    Seattle news site PubliCola is out of business

    May 14, 2012 06:50 AM

    The Seattle-based political news site PubliCola is closing, despite strong readership. As founder Josh Feit describes in a post, the site is quite popular, with “more than 400,000 monthly page views during the election season and... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’

    May 9, 2012 03:10 PM

    OffTheBus, The Huffington Post’s citizen journalism program for campaign coverage, hasn’t posted new content in almost a month. But the company says, though it may look like the wheels have popped off the bus, it’s just taking a... Continue reading

14. The News Frontier

    Staying Safe

    May 7, 2012 11:00 AM

    The Committee to Protect Journalists just released its “Journalist Security Guide,” a 68-page manual for reporters that has tips on every sort of security, from digital to physical. To promote the publication, written mainly by CPJ's Frank Smyth,... Continue reading

15. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    May 4, 2012 03:00 PM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

16. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    April 20, 2012 12:03 PM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

17. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    April 13, 2012 04:45 PM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

18. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    April 6, 2012 02:20 PM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

19. The News Frontier

    Seven Years of New West

    April 5, 2012 01:58 PM

    When the website New West was founded, it had grand ambitions. The digital news outlet blended local and regional reporting to tell stories of growth and change in the Rocky Mountain West. Today, however, New West has been... Continue reading

20. The News Frontier

    Orlando Startup Covers the Trayvon Martin Story

    April 3, 2012 09:42 AM

    West Orlando News Online in Orange County, Florida, has, like many outlets, devoted considerable resources to covering the story of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who says he... Continue reading

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