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GOOD Mag to be ‘a Reddit for social good’ (updated)
Ex-staffers at work on a new publication
By Alysia Santo Jun 5, 2012 at 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... More
A New App for Citizen Journalists
Rawporter joins an increasingly crowded field
By Olivia Smith Feb 24, 2012 at 03:43 PM
Rob Gaige and Kevin Davis were having a drink at Dandelion Market in Charlotte, North Carolina, when a car crashed... More
Best Practices for Social Media Verification
Some tips and thoughts from the experts
By Craig Silverman Jun 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Whether you view it as long overdue or just in time, I believe we are starting to see the emergence... More
HuffPost launches a platform for user-generated reporting
“Firsthand” to premiere “a new type of comment”
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
An October 1 editorial from Arianna Huffington announced The Huffington Post’s latest development in user engagement: Firsthand. Developed using a... More
OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’
New technologies and partnerships in the works
By Alysia Santo May 9, 2012 at 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... More
Seven Years of New West
Experiments in regional reporting, the pro-am model, and a multi-pronged business plan
By Alysia Santo Apr 5, 2012 at 01:58 PM
When the website New West was founded, it had grand ambitions. The digital news outlet blended local and regional reporting... More
Straight news from the citizens of Syria
How reporters sort, organize—and verify—a flood of information from a chaotic civil war
By James Miller and Matt Sienkiewicz Aug 16, 2012 at 03:37 PM
On June 5th, the never-ending Twitter discussion on #Syria moved in a shocking new direction. According to numerous accounts, violence... More
The Voice of the People
Citizen journalists to the rescue?
By Patrick Giblin Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
Like many communities in the United States, Modesto has seen its traditional news media diminish. The daily newspaper, The Modesto... More
You have a right to remain recording
Carlos Miller’s crusade for freedom of photography
By Alysia Santo May 18, 2012 at 04:10 PM
On January 31, officers from the Miami-Dade and City of Miami Police Departments donned riot gear and headed to Government... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
