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A Former BBC Producer Takes a Fresh Look at Foreign News: ‘It’s the Audience, Stupid!’

Using a new approach to storytelling ‘we managed to broaden our audience, expand our coverage and—this is critical—not “dumb down” in the process.’
September 7, 2010

The Sometimes Bumpy Nonprofit Ride Into Digital Foreign Correspondence

‘We began with the naïve assumption that if we covered the costs of getting journalists to the field they would be able to earn a decent income through placement of…
September 7, 2010

In South Africa, Connecting With a Wealth of Nieman Fellows and Finding Signs of Hope

A first trip to the former land of apartheid is a time to renew friendships and ponder the nation’s future.
September 7, 2010

News-Focused Game Playing: Is It a Good Way to Engage People in an Issue?

‘Ultimately our challenge will be to determine which metrics for successful storytelling turn out to be most important in the digital environment.’
June 29, 2010

Video Games: What They Can Teach Us About Audience Engagement

‘… we learn differently from content-driven media than we do from media driven by choice and problem solving.’
June 29, 2010

The Future of Storytelling: A Participatory Endeavor

At the Center for Future Storytelling, researchers envision how technology can give people more control over TV programs they encounter and stories they follow.
June 29, 2010

Digital Immersion: Augmenting Places With Stories And Information

‘News organizations and start-up entrepreneurs are only beginning to explore the potential of augmented reality.’
June 29, 2010

The Peril and Promise of the Semantic Web

What is the role of the journalist as computers become more adept at pulling together data from different sources?
June 29, 2010

Playing the News Moves Into the Classroom

RELATED ARTICLE“News-Focused Game Playing: Is It a Good Way to Engage People in an Issue?”– Nora Paul and Kathleen A. Hansen What we learned in our Knight News Challenge grant…
June 14, 2010

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