With so much attention given to social media and online community engagement, it’s easy to forget about the media’s capacity to foster something a little more old-fashioned: live, in-person conversations. [Read more...]
Focusing on the future of digital journalism
Some advice on covering tragedies
The media has had a hard time reporting the search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing … More
Journalists too quick to call Boston explosions a terrorist attack?
With the rapid speed of today's media content production, journalists do not have hours to formulate … More
Boston Marathon explosions remind journalists how to handle social media
The explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday revealed once again how new forms of social media allow … More
Journalism schools educate more employable students
With the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recently hiring a new dean, media critics have been … More
Does Twitter put limitations on discussions of race?
Twitter's rapid-fire capabilities and its character limitations often make for regrettable outbursts … More
