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News: March 2015

Smartphones bridge, worsen the digital divide: Pew report

Smartphones bridge, worsen the digital divide: Pew report

Tue, March 31, 2015 | 8:13 p.m. PDT
by: Amy Gahran

Nearly two-thirds of Americans now own a smartphone, and nearly 20% rely on their smartphones to some extent for internet access. However, this connection to key digital resources is complicated by financial stress, data caps, and technical problems, exacerbating the digital divide -- according to a new Pew Research Center report.

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Local news on Twitter: Hard to find

Local news on Twitter: Hard to find

Tue, March 24, 2015 | 1:08 a.m. PDT
by: Nancy Yoshihara

A yearlong project examining local news on Twitter in three cities showed that national news and other content far outpaced local news on the platform. In addition, keywords about local news were virtually impossible to find with frequency, according to a report by the Pew Research Center.

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Creative Instagram approaches used by newsrooms

Creative Instagram approaches used by newsrooms

Sun, March 15, 2015 | 10:00 p.m. PDT
by: Nancy Yoshihara

Now that your organization is on Twitter and Facebook, it may be time to think about powering up your social media arsenal with Instagram, a photo sharing mobile social network.

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Pew research: Deep analysis of three local news ecologies

Pew research: Deep analysis of three local news ecologies

Thu, March 5, 2015 | 3:57 p.m. PST
by: Michele McLellan

A new report from Pew Research Center does a deep dive into the news ecologies of three places – Denver, Colo.; Macon, Georgia; and Sioux City, Iowa. It looks at both news consumption and how news is provided in the digital age.

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Lessons learned from New Jersey news startups

Lessons learned from New Jersey news startups

Wed, March 4, 2015 | 11:16 a.m. PST
by: Melissa Kaplan

Here are some news startup lessons learned from coach Joe Michaud of Grow & Strengthen, a program from the Center for Cooperative Media to develop New Jersey's news ecosystem.

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