Google in a New Role: Magazine Publisher
Google swears to do no evil, but to journalists — and especially publishers — that vow can be hard to believe. The aggregation of Google News — with little regard to the content originators –siphons...
View ArticleAugmented Reality, the Next Frontier of Media Design
Hours earlier, I tried to impress upon some Medill students the potential of various mobile technologies. Augmented Reality generated the most interest and skepticism. What I didn’t know was that John...
View ArticleMoJo: Newscaster, User-Driven, Video Newscast
We need your vote. Help Katie Zhu and me win the People-Powered News A challenge from MoJo (Mozilla + Journalism). The innovation challenge will identify 15 projects worth developing and we think...
View ArticleJournalism & Technology: We’re at the Merge Not the Crossroads
Catch me in Cleveland. I’ll be speaking to the Northwestern Club of Cleveland/Akron tomorrow, June 29th, at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The journalism industry is changing at highway speeds. It is...
View ArticleThe Un-Usability of Media Products
It might seem unlikely that a block of wood could sum up many of the problems with media companies, but Mozilla’s Aza Razkin pushed that message during the first week of the Knight-Mozilla Learning...
View ArticleDesigning a One-Size-Fits-One User Experience
Each night broadcast producers and newspaper designers create customized media products for news consumers. Never will that night’s newscast or morning’s newspaper look quite the same; because each day...
View ArticleSND Digital’s Five Best Designed Apps and Sites
I had the privilege of judging the inaugural, 2010 Society of News Design’s Best of Digital Design competition. Not only did I have a chance to serve (and argue) with some of the world’s best media...
View ArticleUpdate: Poynter EyeTrack Tablet Research Ongoing
My esteemed colleague Dr. Mario Garcia put together an update on his blog explaining the direction taken by the most recent round of Poynter EyeTrack testing. This one focused on the usability of...
View ArticleNU Knight Lab’s Congressional Primaries a 2012 ONA Award Finalist
The Online News Association named Congressional Primaries a finalist for its annual awards in the ‘PLANNED NEWS/EVENTS, SMALL‘ category. Congressional Primaries is a tool showcases innovative...
View ArticleCode it. Cover it. Teach it.
The 2013 Journalism Interactive conference, hosted by the University of Florida, was a fast-paced gathering with fascinating speakers and attendees. It focused on pedagogy and practice more than...
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