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ThingLink and the interactive Statehouse
Click on image for fully interactive version I’ve been playing with ThingLink, a tool for transforming images into interactive presentations. It’s the first of a series of tools being introduced at...
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Marty Baron on the rise of specialized communities
Marty Baron at The Washington Post. Click on image to watch interview. Based on recent statements they’ve made, I’m wondering if Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron may have a more...
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Blog like a journalist
The revolutionary gleam has faded. Yet blogging remains at the center of the digital media toolbox. Previously published at Medium. From the vantage point of 2014, offering advice on how to write a...
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Thinking about the future of local journalism
Recently I had a chance to interview three smart people about the future of local journalism: Josh Stearns, director of journalism and sustainability at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, who is...
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A reinterpretation of Title IX threatens student journalism about sexual assault
Photo (cc) 2016 via Wikimedia Commons My Northeastern colleagues Laurel Leff and Meg Heckman report on a new, serious threat to freedom of the press on college campuses: a federal reinterpretation of...
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My Northeastern colleague Meg Heckman has written an important thread about political endorsements by news organizations. Her starting point is the Concord Monitor’s unusual decision not to endorse in...
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Lex Weaver of The Scope explains how to practice journalism as an act of service
Lex Weaver. Photo by Ruby Wallau via Northeastern University. Lex Weaver is editor-in-chief of The Scope, published by Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. The Scope is a digital magazine...
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William Loeb’s stepdaughter says the toxic publisher was also a child molester
William Loeb in 1974. Photo via the Spencer Grant Collection / Boston Public Library. The stepdaughter of William Loeb has accused the infamously toxic right-wing Manchester Union Leader publisher of...
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Meg Heckman on the legacy of Nackey Loeb and how she helped shape the N.H....
Meg Heckman On the latest What Works podcast, Ellen and I talk with Meg Heckman, a colleague of ours at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. Meg is an associate professor and author who’s...
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