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Student Journalists Go Global, Think Locally in #Olympics Coverage from London

by A. Adam Glenn

Amid the thousands of professional journalists gathered in London for the start of the Summer Olympics will be a handful of journalism students with the unusual opportunity to work in school-sponsored teams to cover the high-profile games. Several U.S. universities have launched new programs to bring journalists-in-training directly to the scene of the giant international sporting event, where they have...

• July 27, 2012
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Must Reads

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, July 26 2012

by Lily Leung

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing1. DOJ won't back down on Apple, e-book publishers antitrust lawsuit (Washington Post) 2. Penguin to acquire self-publishing firm Author Solutions for $116M (WSJ) 3. Romance writer dominates self-published bestsellers list (GalleyCat) 4. An argument against e-book subscriptions (Huffington Post) 5. Old-school book covers for your tablet...

• July 26, 2012
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Daily Must Reads, July 26, 2012

by Lily Leung

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung1. Will Newsweek stop existing as a print publication? (Forbes)2. Roku raises $45 million from News Corp, BSkyB and others (TechCrunch)3. Publisher Random House is getting into television (Publishers Weekly)4. Atlantic Media's business site, Quartz, fills out team (Adweek)5. Measuring the impact of news (aronpilhofer) #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;...

• July 26, 2012
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Social Media

London 2012: The Thrills (and Agony) of the Social Olympics

by Terri Thornton

It's an Olympic achievement. Not just the London Games, but the social media infrastructure behind them. People definitely engaged online during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. But new apps, better mobile devices, and an Olympic policy encouraging athletes to use social media mean that fans will have more access and interaction with Olympians than ever before. An International...

• July 26, 2012
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Daily Must Reads, July 25, 2012

by Lily Leung

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung1. Cable news networks were a major destination for updates on Aurora shootings (TVNewser) 2. Twitter is working on a way for you to export all your tweets (NYT)3. Foursquare starts a pilot program to test paid ads (NYT)4. There are 4 million Creative Commons videos on...

• July 25, 2012
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Technology

Need Help Cutting the Cord to Cable? This E-Book Will Guide You

by Chris Dorr

We have never really liked our local cable company. Over the years, many of us have wasted time waiting for the cable guy to show up to install or replace the box that doesn't seem to work or been placed on eternal hold while customer service takes its sweet time. And to add insult to injury, every year our basic...

• July 25, 2012
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Collaboration

Collaborative Innovation Dominates New APME Award Category

by Jenny Xie

When winners of the Associated Press Media Editor (APME) Journalism Excellence Awards were announced earlier this month, "collaborative innovation" was a winning theme. The investigative journalism collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ) was honored with the first ever Innovator of the Year for College Students award....

• July 25, 2012
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Daily Must Reads, July 24, 2012

by Lily Leung

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung 1. Facebook unveils new features including long-awaited scheduling (The Next Web) 2. The Denver Post and its #theatershooting coverage (The Buttry Diary) 3. Reading app Zite adds more big-name publishers to its program (PaidContent) 4. Grief in the age of social media (Mashable) 5. Why the...

• July 24, 2012
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Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, July 24, 2012

by Lily Leung

The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education1. News Corp announces plans for education reform (TechCrunch) 2. Can technology fix the education system? (PC Magazine) 3. Why the web won't obliterate college as we know it (The Atlantic) 4. How big data could help the education system (Huffington Post) 5. Mass. college will become an all-iPad institution...

• July 24, 2012
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Global View

Russia's Internet Blacklist Bill Threatens A Free, Uncensored Web

by Danny O'Brien

Russia's State Duma has passed a number of new laws in the past week, all seemingly aimed at reining in civil society and criticism of public figures. The bills would re-criminalize defamation and impose limits and labels on NGOs. They follow last month's introduction of excessive fines for unauthorized protests. Government Crackdown Heightens One of this week's bills, Duma Bill...

• July 24, 2012
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