The Root Promotes Lauren Williams to Deputy Editor
The Root said goodbye to its Managing Editor, Joel Dreyfuss in Nov. 2011. Sheryl Huggins Salomon then immediately took his place leaving the position for Deputy Editor unfilled. Today The Root announced they have promoted former Associate Editor, Lauren Williams to the position. Lauren has been Associate Editor of The Root since the Fall of [...]
Read MoreHow to Build Sustainable Journalism Startups
In the current media landscape where online startups are looking to fill the void left by wilting traditional media, starting a business is only the beginning. Though first steps are important, many startups are starting to face problems in sustaining their enterprises. This is what a new study by the Renaissance Journalism Center seeks to understand. The [...]
Read MoreCodeAcademy Makes Learning to Code Fun and Social
For web journalists, learning to code — even if it’s just picking up the basics of HTML or CSS — can be just as important as memorizing the AP Stylebook. In the past, ambitious wannabe coders had to stick with how-to guides and computer science classes and frantic e-mails to their programmer friends, but a [...]
Read MoreAP-Google Offer $20,000 Scholarships to Aspiring Tech Journalists
Love technology? Love journalism? Well, the AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program might be right up your alley. The initiative, announced earlier this week, will offer $20,000 scholarships to six graduate or undergraduate students working toward a degree in any field that combines journalism, new media and computer science. Geared toward aspiring journalists pursuing projects [...]
Read MoreOnline News Association Offers Social Media Journalism-Camp
The Online News Association (ONA) is offering a new two-day series of panels called J-Camp where leading experts from Google News, Facebook, and Twitter will teach journalists both the basics and more advanced aspects of social media. The camp features hour-long panels filled with some impressive representatives from the technology space. Speakers include Erica Anderson, manager of [...]
Read MoreDominick Brady Talks Online Media, Tech, and Journalism [Interview]
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Dominick Brady is an independent multi-platform journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent the majority of his career working with online content on the web doing a number of things such as web design, radio documentary, audio and video features just to name a few. Check out some of his thoughts on online media, [...]
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