Articles

Twitter: Can It Be a Reliable Source of News?

‘I came to understand that there is a science to this quest for creating the right network. It’s an empirical process, one that requires lots of time and thought and…
June 14, 2010
Janic Tremblay

Establishing a Digital Value for Watchdog Reporting

‘Our impulse as digital journalists is to innovate—and this means finding stories that aren’t being covered by other news media in Baltimore and doing what we can to illuminate them…
June 14, 2010
Stephen Janis

Origins of Edge

RELATED ARTICLE“A Big Question: ‘How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?’” – John BrockmanThe Edge project was inspired by the 1971 failed art experiment entitled “The World Question…
June 14, 2010

From Rejection to Success—With ‘Radiohead Journalism’

In a crowdfunding experiment that earned back what it cost to report a story, a writer discovers a fresh, but unproven, path for long narrative stories.
June 14, 2010
Paige Williams

Fairness as an Essential Ingredient in News Reporting

The Nieman Foundation’s Taylor Family Award recognizes journalistic fairness—and we learn from the stories it honors how newspapers achieve it.
June 14, 2010
Bob Giles

For a Start-up, Machine-Generated Stories Are the Name of the Game

For a partner in a start-up specializing in stories written by machines, the only downside to attracting coverage in Bloomberg Businessweek was the headline: “Are Sportswriters Really Necessary?”“We want to…
June 14, 2010
Jan Gardner

A Message for Journalists: It’s Time to Flex Old Muscles in New Ways

‘We’ll learn by trying new ways of doing what we’ve done with news, by putting ourselves visibly in the social media mix, and by using the emerging tools of daily…
June 14, 2010
Ken Doctor

Categorizing What Works—So We Can Apply Those Lessons to Future Endeavors

As journalism heads into digital territory, an exploration of online news sites reveals 100 that offer promising pathways.
June 14, 2010
Michele McLellan

A Big Question: ‘How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?’

Edge posed this question; discover how a wide range of thinkers responded.
June 14, 2010
John Brockman

Summer 2010: Introduction

Explore the emerging realms of digital territory where news and information reside—or will soon. It’s a place where game playing thrives and augmented reality tugs at possibilities. It’s where video…
June 14, 2010
Melissa Ludtke