Dave Winer: How can universities educate journo-programmers?
Editor’s Note: Dave Winer is one of the most important figures in the evolution of online media, from blogging to RSS to podcasting and more. He’s currently a visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L....
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Bill Grueskin: News orgs want journalists who are great at a few things,...
Editor’s Note: It’s the start of the school year, which means students are returning to journalism programs around the country. As the media industry continues to evolve, how well is new talent being...
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Columbia is launching a new post-bac program to breed journalism unicorns
The journalism unicorn exists. I’ve seen one — even worked with one. Maybe you know the kind: a journalist who’s as nimble and dynamic as a reporter as she is with coding. Yes, journalism unicorns are...
View ArticleA group of researchers is trying to help science journalists parse academic...
About 1.8 million new scientific papers are published each year, and most are of little consequence to the general public — or even read, really; one study estimates that up to half of all academic...
View Article10 NICAR lightning talks to guide you through cats, statistical resampling,...
This year’s NICAR conference was in sunny Denver, and as promised, the sessions offered a little (or a lot) for everyone, from journalists looking for guidance on a stalled FOIA processes to those in...
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News Counts is a collaborative project to protect the 2020 Census (and help...
The 2020 United States Census will offer an electronic response option for the first time in American history — but we don’t know much about how that data will be kept secure. The Trump administration...
View ArticleIs The New York Times’ newsroom just a bunch of Ivy Leaguers? (Kinda, sorta.)
The New York Times is the most prominent news organization in the United States — and, by general consensus, the pinnacle of the journalism career ladder. Sure, star reporters sometimes leave the Times...
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