The Curious Success of Lore: A Case Study

If you’ve been following my blog posts, you know I have been featuring interviews with…

Job Opportunity: Post-Doc Position in HCI/Computer Security & Journalism

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Human-Centered Journalism Security

Why Do Crowds Contribute To Crowdsourced Journalism Campaigns?

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Drone Journalism: What Journalists Can Learn From Archaeologists

In an interconnected world, we can learn tools and techniques from other industries to improve our own. Even though it may not seem like it on the surface, nowhere is this true more than the connection between…

Panel: Gender-Based Issues in Reporting

An uneasy but appreciative silence fell over the students and faculty of Columbia Journalism School on Tuesday, October 6th, at the start of a panel entitled “Navigating Gender-Based Issues in Reporting, Online and Off.” The event featured a group of academics…

Tow Tea: Computational Journalism in Practice

We live in a world of computers: there is a computer in our bag and there is one in our pockets. Increasingly today, we put a computer on four wheels and call it a car. We step into a computer animated box to ascend to the Nth floor of a building —…

Tow Tea: What’s Your Angle?

In journalism, as in academic research, the main goal is to tackle important issues and trends. But developing a unique angle on these topics depends on having a complete understanding of a subject, especially for widely covered stories. As a group of experts at the Tow Tea on…