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Creating a Taxonomy of News Partnerships
In collaborative journalism right now we can see media theorist Clay Shirky's urge towards vast experimentation manifested. The journalism partnerships emerging around the country vary in size and...
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As this site explores the promises and pitfalls of collaborative journalism, I'm particularly interested in the invisible and often porous boundary between collaboration and consolidation. Many of the...
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Catalysts of Collaboration: What Motivates New Journalism Partnerships
The shift from competition to collaboration in the American newsroom has been so profound that in 2009 the Columbia Journalism Review published an article on "Journalism's collaborative future,"...
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The First Amendment Should Protect Everyone's Right to Record
Since September, police have arrested dozens of journalists and activists around the country for the "crime" of trying to document political protests in public spaces. People using smartphones and...
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Citizens Get Conflicting Messages About Their Right to Record
This month, federal agencies and local officials sent two powerful but conflicting messages to the American public about our right to record. On May 14, the Justice Department submitted a letter to the...
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The Rise of Ad-Hoc Journalist Support Networks
Journalistic collaboration isn't just something that happens between newsrooms. Increasingly, journalists working outside of traditional news organizations are coming together to support each other in...
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The Case for Unity Among Non-Profit, Community, and Public Media
Co-authored with Candace Clement The radically shifting landscape of media and technology has sparked a renaissance in non-profit and public media in the United States. As a perfect storm of economic...
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Should We Blow Up Reporters' Beats in the Digital Age?
At the Online News Association conference late last month I finally had the chance to talk with Andrew Donohue in more than 140 characters, and we quickly got to discussing his new project. Donohue...
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We Need a 'Truth' Campaign for Digital Literacy and Data Tracking
Earlier this year, Bill Diggins, a marketing executive at Verizon Wireless, revealed a chilling fact about how much information the company collects about its customers. "We're able to view just...
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This Giving Season, Why You Should Donate to Non-Profit News
If you believe in non-profit journalism, it is time to support it. And if you support non-profit journalism it's time to go public with that support. The end of the year is a hugely important time for...
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3 Crucial Media Issues We Can't Ignore in 2013
I'm not one to make predictions about the future of our media. I'm much more interested in prescriptions. Rather than talking about what we think might happen, let's discuss what we agree needs to...
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