Mar 25 Is Facebook dictating our news consumption habits? By Colleen Shalby The New York Times reported this week that Facebook will start working with news organizations to publish content directly to the social network. Among those currently in talks are Buzzfeed, National Geographic and the New York Times. Continue reading
Mar 05 What Pew’s study on local news intake reveals about broadband accessibility By Colleen Shalby Pew found that the way in which people retrieved local news varied, particularly when it came to how they used the Internet. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 7:41 Ebola, Ferguson and Derek Jeter make high schoolers’ #MyZeitgeist videos By PBS News Hour A contest sponsored by PBS Newshour Extra and Google asked students to create a digital mash-up looking back at 2014. Judy Woodruff talks with three high schoolers who entered the #MyZeitgeist competition about deciding what events made their year-in-review videos… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Why few women are leading America’s newsrooms By PBS News Hour Women hold few positions of authority in newsrooms across the United States, according to a Nieman report published earlier this week. Some experts say this disparity could have far-reaching impacts for consumers of the mainstream media. Anna Griffin, a reporter… Continue watching
May 28 News organizations concerned over new government limits on journalist protections By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Months after the Justice Department issued new guidelines for criminal leak investigations, news organizations are voicing concern about a decision to limit protections to include only journalists engaged in "ordinary newsgathering."… Continue reading
Mar 26 Pew examines news industries in latest State of News Media report By Colleen Shalby Pew Research Center’s 11th State of the News Media report, released Wednesday, looks at these changes and examines consumer, ownership, investment and technology trends of the various news industries over the past year. Continue reading
Mar 17 In fractured information landscape, Americans still choose serious news By Connie Cass, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Americans of all ages still pay heed to serious news even as they seek out the lighter stuff, choosing their own way across a media landscape that no longer relies on front pages and evening newscasts to dictate… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch Covering JFK: Gunshots ring in Dealey Plaza Covering JFK: Gunshots ring in Dealey Plaza… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch News Wrap: Egyptian Court Shuts Down TV Media Outlets for Alleged Morsi Bias In other news Tuesday, an Egyptian court ordered Al Jazeera's Egypt affiliate and three other stations go black for siding with ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Also, at least 67 Iraqis were killed in a series of… Continue watching