Modern communications and the rise of the surveillance state make it harder than ever for journalists abroad to protect their sources. The consequences for sources can be dire, even fatal. Journalists going abroad need to start by asking if … Read more
True/Slant is modeling the newsroom of the future by empowering contributors to build their own digital brands—and by changing the role of the editor. Read more
‘Merely because a technology is popular with some users and journalists does not mean that its use will be beneficial to the news enterprise as a whole.’ Read more
A former newspaper editor figures out how to fund serious digital journalism with an annual budget less than what newsrooms sometimes spent on one investigative project. Read more
‘My sole and motivating mission is to figure out how reporting can thrive as we witness the death of the institutional model that traditionally supported it.’ Read more
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