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Through the Cracks: Go-to resource for crowdfunding in journalism

Mon, June 15, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

Through the Cracks, Crowdfunding in Journalism is a new website that describes itself as “devoted to coverage of reporting, storytelling and news startups made possible with the use of crowdfunding.”

Citizen photography used sparingly by news organizations

Mon, June 8, 2015 | 11:40 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

While plenty has been written and discussed about the fate of photojournalists in this time of citizen-generated images, not much attention has been devoted to the actual content of citizen photojournalism– how and when it is incorporated into news coverage.

Best practices for innovation and initiating culture change in newsrooms

Mon, June 1, 2015 | 9:05 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

“The best practices for innovation within news organization” by Craig Silverman is an in-depth report from the American Press Institute examining practices and ideas from some of the most innovative news organizations and news leaders.

Yottio and FOLD: Two new tools for storytelling

Mon, May 25, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

Yottio, a video streaming start up, is hardware-based and charges a monthly fee. FOLD is an open source reading, authoring and publishing platform.

Mobile development and data analytics higher priorities for media companies

Tue, May 19, 2015 | 9:53 a.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

News publishers see top four priorities for the year ahead: Digital growth, mobile development, data analytics management, and mobile revenue, according to a survey of 285 U.S. and international news executives.

Mobile resources: 3 tips for engagement & more

Sun, May 17, 2015 | 8:42 a.m. PDT

by: Amy Gahran

Today I'm giving a short talk about mobile -- part of a session on social media at this year's Knight Media Learning Seminar in Miami. I'll be covering 3 basic tips/strategies for using mobile well to engage communities effectively. Here are some links that will be useful to people who want to learn more.

Do audience metrics affect reporters and journalism?

Mon, May 11, 2015 | 8:48 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

The answer is multi-faceted, complicated and evolving depending on the organization, according to a new report, “The Traffic Factories: Metrics at Chartbeat, Gawker Media and The New York Times.

Digital Leads: 10 keys to newsroom transformation

Tue, May 5, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by: Michele McLellan

Digital leads: 10 keys to newsroom transformation

Lenses: A new open-source tool for mobile data visualization

Mon, May 4, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

Lenses is an open-source tool that lets anyone build and transform interactive graphics for mobile audiences. The initial platform was developed by a News Corp team with NYU School of Engineering Integrated Digital Media students coding components. Columbia Journalism students, in partnership with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, are creating stories with the toolkit using civic data. The project is managed by NYC Media Lab.

Digital-only news outlets difficult to track as a group

Sun, May 3, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT

by: Nancy Yoshihara

The digital-only segment of the news media is difficult to track because it is diverse and growing rapidly, according to the Pew Research Center's State of the News Media 2015 report.