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Crowdsourcing
Calling Dr. Crowd
News outlets rely on the masses for public health stories
By Alysia Santo Dec 14, 2011 at 03:47 PM
When we feel ourselves coming down with something, we look it up. If you type the words “I think I’m... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Hyperlocal news, jam bands, and how to make a baby
By Alysia Santo Mar 9, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Four decades of mystery, seven deadly sins in Las Vegas, and pro-frack America
By Alysia Santo Mar 16, 2012 at 02:00 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Open-source robots, David Lynch, and the “Eat More Kale” guy
By Alysia Santo Mar 23, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
The Power of the Drones
Inside Slate’s efforts to crowdsource good ideas
By Daniel Luzer Nov 23, 2010 at 11:46 AM
People have to be damn committed to an idea to attend an event about it on a Monday night, even... More
Unemployment Lines
Yahoo readers share their joblessness stories
By Alysia Santo Jul 15, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Unemployment coverage is often so dominated by sterile numbers and political pontification that it can seem like a lonely, cold... 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?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
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.
