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1. The News Frontier

   Experiments in the Open Newsroom Concept

   November 17, 2011 09:51 AM

   OpenFile, a Canadian online-news organization, has modeled its editorial decisions around reader suggestions. The organization covers seven cities, from Halifax on the east coast to Vancouver on the west. After an idea or even simply a question about... Continue reading

2. The News Frontier

   Public Radio and the Freelance Journalist

   November 14, 2011 05:22 PM

   Caitlin Curran was a freelance web producer for WNYC/PRI’s radio show, The Takeaway, which has been covering the Occupy Wall Street protests. After a picture of Curran holding a sign at a recent OWS protest went viral, Curran... Continue reading

3. The News Frontier

   Debating Starkman’s “Confidence Game”

   November 14, 2011 01:16 PM

   Dean Starkman’s critique of future-of-news gurus Jeff Jarvis, Clay Shirky, and Jay Rosen, among others, made a bit of splash, as these things go. C.W. Anderson, an assistant professor of media culture at CUNY’s College of Staten Island,... Continue reading

4. The News Frontier

   Have You Seen Fido?

   November 8, 2011 03:52 PM

   When a pet runs away, it can be hard for a distraught owner to know what to do first. Do you drive around with eyes peeled? Ask neighbors if they’ve seen anything? Canvas the area taping “Lost Pet” flyers to... Continue reading

5. The News Frontier

   Veteran Blogs Cover Occupy Wall Street

   November 7, 2011 05:03 PM

   Veterans Today, an online-only publication, features writing by veterans, for veterans. The site focuses on a whole range of topics, from disability benefits to veteran suicide rates, but lately the editors at Veterans Today... Continue reading

6. Currents

   Hard Numbers

   November 4, 2011 09:00 AM

   Typewriter sales and service shops in the Manhattan phone book: 341 (1961) 320 (1986) 25 (2011) Computer sales and service shops in the Manhattan phone book: 0 (1961) 74 (1986) ... Continue reading

7. The News Frontier

   Oakland Local Covers Occupy Oakland

   November 1, 2011 05:24 PM

   When Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen was critically injured last week at Occupy Oakland, the eyes of the news media turned from Wall Street’s encampment to Oakland’s. A projectile used by police had fractured his skull, and accusations of police... Continue reading

8. The News Frontier

   Citizen Journos Level Up

   October 24, 2011 12:33 PM

   Video games are one of the world’s most popular forms of entertainment. They’re interactive, competitive, social, and have the power to keep a person glued to a screen for inordinate lengths of time. A player’s success or failure is straightforward,... Continue reading

9. The News Frontier

   New Knight Foundation Report

   October 18, 2011 09:19 AM

   Quality journalism is not a sound business plan; even if you have a good-size audience and mind-blowing stories, it’s not always enough to pay the bills. What to do? The Knight Foundation’s most recent study reports some of the ways,... Continue reading

10. The News Frontier

    Q & A with Boston Globe Editor, Marty Baron

    October 12, 2011 03:09 PM

    The Boston Globe is set to implement its new subscription model, which will cost $3.99 a week for a digital-only subscription, and all print subscribers will get full digital access. The editor of the Globe, Marty Baron, made a visit... Continue reading

11. The News Frontier

    Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team

    October 7, 2011 11:57 AM

    Wednesday, October 5th Among the tarps, pizza boxes, and people tightly squeezed into Zuccotti Park, there are subtly segmented sections. There’s the art area, towards the back of the park, overflowing with posters. A buffet style food... Continue reading

12. Behind the News

    Pulitzer Winners Go Behind the Scenes of Their Stories

    October 5, 2011 12:19 PM

    Four of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners visited the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last night to discuss their winning stories, which they found “hiding in plain sight.” Moderating the discussion was three-time Pulitzer winner Walt Bogdanich, who opened... Continue reading

13. The News Frontier

    Ensuring Independence

    September 30, 2011 12:16 PM

    An office. Desks, chairs, Internet, phone. Maybe even a printer. More and more, universities are providing these organizational basics to a growing number of journalism startups around the country. Offering stability, institutional prestige, and an atmosphere conducive to innovation, universities... Continue reading

14. The News Frontier

    The Glass-Half-Full Beat

    September 20, 2011 02:26 PM

    Plenty of people claim that they don’t pay attention to the news because it’s too depressing. The sentiment is certainly understandable--current events aren’t exactly the sunny side of life. Luckily, for these people, there are websites and print publications from... Continue reading

15. Critical Eye

    Fletch (1985)

    September 16, 2011 11:41 AM

    Irwin Fletcher, Fletch to his friends, is an investigative reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper. He writes his columns under the name ‘Jane Doe’ and prefers to work undercover. The tagline for the 1985 comedy Fletch, starring Chevy Chase in... Continue reading

16. The News Frontier

    SolveClimate Goes Inside

    September 8, 2011 10:58 AM

    After experimenting with a variety of quick-hit approaches to environmental coverage, a four-year-old online news startup focused on climate change wants to strike out in a slower, more involved reportorial direction. SolveClimate News announced Tuesday that it had hired... Continue reading

17. Behind the News

    Haven Bound

    September 2, 2011 11:00 AM

    In 2008, Iceland was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Citizen outrage and political unrest followed, sparking a people-powered shift in government policies. In June of 2010, the parliament passed the Icelandic... Continue reading

18. The News Frontier

    After Irene: How a Hyperlocal Is Helping

    August 30, 2011 03:07 PM

    In the Catskills region of upstate New York, where flooding from Hurricane Irene wiped out entire towns, a hyperlocal site called the Watershed Post is helping to coordinate relief efforts and trying to connect people who are stranded. This... Continue reading

19. Currents

    Haven Bound

    August 28, 2011 01:30 PM

    In 2008, Iceland was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Citizen outrage and political unrest followed, sparking a people-powered shift in government policies. In June of 2010, the parliament passed the Icelandic... Continue reading

20. The News Frontier

    WikiLeaks is at it Again

    August 26, 2011 03:52 PM

    WikiLeaks is back at it this week, releasing the largest batch of secret state department cables to date. Some 20,000 documents were made available from the cable trove between Wednesday and Friday morning, and a Friday tweet from WikiLeaks... Continue reading

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