Archives: 2015

Joshua BentonJanuary 22, 2015
U.S. journalists, the clock is ticking: January 31 is the deadline to apply for a Nieman Fellowship
It’s a chance to spend a year at Harvard and change the shape of your career.
Ken DoctorJanuary 22, 2015
Newsonomics: How deep is the newspaper industry’s money hole?
Forget keeping up with the economy — what would it take for the newspaper business just to keep up with inflation? Even the “growth” areas are slowing down.
Michael RostonJanuary 22, 2015
Don’t try too hard to please Twitter — and other lessons from The New York Times’ social media desk
The team that runs the Times’ Twitter accounts looked back on what they learned — what worked, what didn’t — from running @NYTimes in 2014.
Caroline O'DonovanJanuary 21, 2015
What does Facebook’s new tool for fighting fake news mean for real publishers?
Tweaks to the News Feed algorithm that push back against satire and hoaxes suggest that Facebook wants better content — but is pushing responsibility on its users.
Justin EllisJanuary 21, 2015
Can Ratter turn local news into national headlines?
“The specific goal I told them was to alienate the local readership”: The new startup from former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio is taking an irreverent and investigative approach to local news.
Eric AthasJanuary 20, 2015
From explainers to sounds that make you go “Whoa!”: The 4 types of audio that people share
How can public radio make audio that breaks big on social media? A NPR experiment identified what makes a piece of audio go viral.
Justin EllisJanuary 20, 2015
Hacking Journalism spent the weekend reimagining video — here’s what they came up with
A hackathon last weekend brainstormed new ideas for video — and tried to build early working versions of those ideas.
Joshua BentonJanuary 20, 2015
Fact-checking sites continue to grow in number around the world
Joshua BentonJanuary 20, 2015
The future still looks pretty grim for free print daily newspapers
Caroline O'DonovanJanuary 16, 2015
What Knight-Mozilla OpenNews has learned about preparing non-journalists for the newsroom
What would you tell someone who’s never worked in a newsroom what it’s like to work in journalism?
Jacob HarrisJanuary 16, 2015
Sloppy P.R. charticles considered harmful
They’re everywhere: Tidbits of “data journalism” produced by companies looking for a viral boost. Your skepticism is warranted.
Joshua BentonJanuary 15, 2015
The New York Times is using its reader survey panel for journalism
Ken DoctorJanuary 15, 2015
Newsonomics: Digital First Media’s upcoming sale is producing some surprises
Bidders are preparing their final bids for a hodgepodge collection of small and large newspapers from coast to coast. Will another company — or private equity — swoop them all up as one?
Caroline O'DonovanJanuary 14, 2015
Q&A: Amy O’Leary on eight years of navigating digital culture change at The New York Times
“In 2007, as digital people, we were expected to be 100 percent deferent to all traditional processes. We weren’t to bother reporters or encourage them to operate differently at all, because what they were doing was the very core of our journalism.”
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 14, 2015
Solutions Journalism Network releases new guide to practicing…solutions journalism
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