Archives: 2015

Justin EllisJanuary 13, 2015
Reported.ly puts its social-first journalism model to work covering the Charlie Hebdo attacks
The attacks in Paris brought on a wave of reporting, speculation, and chatter on social media — the sort of news environment First Look Media’s newest venture is designed to sift through when news breaks.
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 13, 2015
How do you get millennials to care about local news? The Charlotte Observer is testing out one idea
Its new website and newsletter Charlotte Five is an attempt to use lessons from viral publishers to find a spot in young people’s daily habits.
Joshua BentonJanuary 13, 2015
Don’t let that CNN deal get you too excited about drone journalism yet
Joshua BentonJanuary 12, 2015
Gawker, ever restless in restructuring its infrastructure, is stepping back from the stream
Shuffle wants to use Tinder-style swiping to learn what news you want on your phone
It’s one of a number of new news apps trying to reinvent mobile news around a card metaphor. Simon Owens
Joshua BentonJanuary 8, 2015
Is publishers’ Facebook free ride coming to a end?
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 8, 2015
Why Philadelphia’s Gun Crisis Reporting Project couldn’t make it
The site stopped daily publication in November, but founder Jim MacMillan says he’s learned how his priorities will need to shift for his next startup to last.
Justin EllisJanuary 8, 2015
Unseen forces: NPR looks to build a broader digital audience with its new show Invisibilia
The new show, which explores unseen phenomena in science, debuts on stations January 9. But NPR is hoping the popularity of public radio podcasts — including Serial — will bring new listeners to the show.
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 7, 2015
Q&A: How Alan Taylor, online photography pioneer, is rethinking The Atlantic’s photo site
With the growth of mobile and social, The Atlantic is redesigning its photo site to become a more flexible part of the magazine’s online presence.
Martin LangeveldJanuary 6, 2015
Why aren’t more newspapers cutting the number of days they print each week?
“Every publisher who reads the tea leaves knows the seven-day print model is doomed. Heck, every reader looking at a flimsy Monday or Tuesday paper knows it. Why not take the plunge now, strategically, rather than sometime down the road, out of desperation, when it’s too late?”
Joshua BentonJanuary 6, 2015
Gawker Media’s independent Kinja posts apparently aren’t generating a ton of traffic
Adam RaguseaJanuary 6, 2015
What to do when a student journalist isn’t ready to produce for the public? Ask lots of them to
Sure, your average college freshman isn’t ready for Page 1. But having them work together through collective reporting can make it easier to get good work in front of a real audience, this journalism professor argues.
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