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Jon GrinspanOctober 10, 2024

How a 19th-century news revolution sparked activists, influencers, disinformation, and the Civil War

Long before anyone was accused of being “woke,” the Wide Awakes used new news technology to rapidly construct a national movement.

Sarah ScireFebruary 25, 2020

“Big tech is watching you. Who’s watching big tech?” The Markup is finally ready for liftoff

After a false start, the unconventional team of algorithm investigators is ready to dive deep. “I’ve heard that we are tying our hands behind our backs, but there must be a way to engage an audience without subjecting readers to a surveillance ecosystem.”

Christine SchmidtDecember 10, 2019

As it settles into Vox, Recode is starting a new project to help people feel power over algorithms

“It’s about cutting through the apathy that a lot of people have about tech because it feels mysterious, letting people know there are decisions and changes you can make to your behavior that will feel empowering to people.”

David SkokMay 10, 2018

Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension”

“I think we need to be way more humble. As I often say, technology has value but it doesn’t have values. It’s what we do with it. There’s a lot of bullshit in the Valley.”

Shan WangOctober 6, 2017

Many newsrooms around the world are lagging when it comes to new tech and a digital-first mindset

A new ICFJ survey found, for instance, that people with digital-focused titles like “digital content producer,” “social media editor” or “analytics editor” made up just 18 percent of newsroom positions.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 26, 2016

The Information’s Jessica Lessin on how she’s scaling an already-expensive subscription product

Going both upmarket to investors ($10,000 a year) and downmarket to students ($234 a year).

Techmeme at 10: Lessons from a decade in the aggregation business

Matt WaiteNovember 13, 2013

Matt Waite: How I faced my fears and learned to be good at math

You might think the principal coder behind PolitiFact took naturally to math. You’d be wrong.

Justin EllisOctober 9, 2013

Risk and reward: Joi Ito on what news orgs could learn from tech companies about innovation

The director of the MIT Media Lab compares the worlds of media and tech, and says “When you’re sinking, you have two ways to go: You can bet the house on something, go all in, or you can try to become smaller and smaller until you disappear.”

John WihbeyAugust 30, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: Reporters ignoring technology, the continuing power of print, and booze on Facebook

Missed mobile opportunities, measuring Craigslist’s impact, and bringing an open source philosophy to journalism : all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

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