Category Archives: News & Media

By Lizzy Crocker, The Daily Beast, Tuesday Jul. 30, 2013 By now you have probably already seen one of the most embarrassing interviews in Fox News history: a Muslim scholar’s work is apparently disregarded purely because of his faith. When you sit down to read the book, however, you can see why some Christians have […]

By Eliza Kern and Laura Hazard Owen, Gigaom, Tuesday Jun. 24, 2013 For news geeks, it might have seemed like the end of the world when Google Reader announced it was shutting its doors on July 1, killing a product that was much-loved by its fans but apparently not by Google’s business department. Since Google’s […]

By Alastair Reid, journalism.co.uk, Wednesday 12 June 2013 The New York Times Magazine Sunday supplement has been re-imagined for the web and an online version of this month’s ‘innovations issue’ went live on Friday, featuring 48 pages of responsive magazine content, complete with responsive advertising, built through HTML5. John Niedermeyer, as lead designer of digital […]

By Irin Carmon, Salon, Monday 10 June 2013 Laura Poitras, the award-winning documentary filmmaker gave her first since she helped reveal the scope of the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance. Poitras is still in Hong Kong, where she is filming the story behind the story — including her co-author on the Guardian story and former […]

By Seth Fiegerman, mashable, Tuesday 7 May 2013 One of the most talked about companies for online news right now isn’t a journalism outlet or a media conglomerate, but rather a small startup incubator and investor located in the heart of Manhattan’s meatpacking district. “I think you can redefine a media company for this century,” […]

By Kirsten Korosec, smartplanet, Monday 8 April 2013 Dutch journalist Rob Wijnberg made an appeal last month to the masses: invest in a digital news site–that doesn’t yet exist–that will provide a platform for long-form journalism and in-depth content detached from the typical breaking news cycle. The site, created by Wijnberg and Momkai founder Harald […]

By Rolf Dobelli, The Guardian, Friday 12 April 2013 News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether. Society needs journalism – but in a different way. Investigative journalism is always relevant. We need reporting that polices our […]