Archives: 2016

Shan WangJanuary 22, 2016
Can Philly’s new Institute for Journalism in New Media live up to the enormous hopes pinned on it?
We talked to its new crop of board members: “My experience in the area of philanthropy is that if you are addressing important issues, have good ideas, and can show results, people and organizations are willing to support you.”
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 21, 2016
Quartz sees its readers’ behaviors evolving, so it’s evolving with them: It’s launching its first major app
A Q&A with Quartz publisher Jay Lauf about the business site’s forthcoming app, adblocking, Quartz’s potential sale, and more.
Ken DoctorJanuary 21, 2016
Newsonomics: The hard realities of Philly’s Hail Mary nonprofit reorganization
The numbers don’t add up to growth. Sprinkling some some nonprofit pixie dust won’t save the newspaper industry; only new ideas can do that.
Shan WangJanuary 21, 2016
The New York Times and WBUR are bringing ‘Modern Love’ essays to life with sounds and celebrity reads
“We’re trying to touch people just through sound, in a really profound way.”
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 20, 2016
From Kihansi spray toads to Wendy Davis livestreams, Kickstarter journalism projects are getting more dollars and more donors
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 20, 2016
With Capitol and Campaign Hound, UNC students are learning the sales side of media (and it’s not easy)
The subscription products offer users transcriptions of 2016 campaign events and all the proceedings in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Rose EvelethJanuary 20, 2016
From Nieman Reports: How news outlets are harnessing the power of video games for journalism
As digital technology allows more and more of our lives as consumers to be framed as play, scoring points or competing with others, companies of all kinds have been incorporating games into their strategies.
Jonathan SeitzJanuary 19, 2016
From Nieman Reports: Melissa Bell of Vox Media on the online publisher’s embrace of Snapchat, its spirit of collaboration, and more
“You have to think about your brand as an interconnected ethos that should exist in multiple places.”
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 19, 2016
BuzzFeed launches in Japan, with some help from Yahoo Japan
Nicholas QuahJanuary 19, 2016
Hot Pod: Is the next front in podcast innovation hardware?
Plus, 21st Century Fox invests in a new podcast network, and some thoughts on the second season of Serial.
Shan WangJanuary 15, 2016
Wikipedia, now 15 years old, will get a new endowment to ensure its future
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 15, 2016
How Al Día, Philadelphia’s Spanish-language newspaper, is adapting to a bilingual world
Sixty-two percent of Hispanic-American adults are bilingual, and as more young people come to prefer reading in English, the paper is being forced to adapt.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 14, 2016
Axel Springer’s Bild is testing news delivery via Facebook Messenger
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 14, 2016
Working with young reporters, City Bureau is telling the story of police misconduct in Chicago
“Those areas, more than any part of the city, have been disenfranchised over the past 100-plus years. Even though there’s coverage there, it’s often quick, one-hit coverage — parachute journalism.”
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 13, 2016
Here are some more predictions for journalism in 2016
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