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Renewal, Explainer Sites, and Civic Discourse
Charles May 2, 2014 It’s May. A time for renewal in nature. A great time for renewal in journalism. The New York Times did its part last week. It launched its latest digital innovation, “The Upshot.”...
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Social Media Discourse: Policy Solutions or Moral Panic?
Here is the issue: can Internet and Twitter campaigns produce the urge for good public policy or do they encourage moral panic? Charles The last several weeks have offered lots of evidence that social...
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Journalism “Innovation” Will Require More Than Technology
The New York Times’ “innovation report” leaked earlier this month has caused quite a stir. After all, it recommends a “digital first” strategy, breaking down the “wall of separation” between the...
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Start with Discourse, Not Metrics
Arikia Millikan, the founder of @LadyBits and an (now) ex-Collection Editor with the online site Medium resigned from the site this week. She wrote a powerful parting account of some of the challenges...
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Unity and Diversity in Civic Discourse
Charles I’ve joined a local civic action group. We’ve formed to oppose a county decision to convert public parklands to construct a public school. The Arlington (VA) County Board has said the schools...
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Hyperlocal: A History of Success Already
Gigaom’s Mathew Ingram drew some ire last week when he posted a story callinghyperlocal experiments online “a history of dismal failures.”...
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“Engagement” means more than “feedback” or “posts”
Next week, Harvard University professors Susan Crawford and Stephen Goldsmith Charles will present their new book, The Responsive City, Engaging Communities through Data-Smart Governance (New York:...
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National News Engagement Day Leaves Lots of Work For Tomorrow
Today (October 7) has been designated as “National News Engagement Day” (NNED) Charles by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Many journalists and journalism...
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My report on international journalism education was published last week by the Center for International Media Assistance...
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Private, Public and Censorship
A recent Open Society Foundations discussion about a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union asked a challenging question: “Does a right to privacy necessarily lead to censorship on the...
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