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2013
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How I Built a News App
Covering a conference is hard, especially for a developer. My job was to make something compelling but also useful. It’s easy to be flashy; it’s much more difficult to make…
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In honor of improv
I love telling stories in new ways. It’s my jam. I wrote 100 stories last semester in different digital ways, including Prezi, a website called Cowbird, Flickr, doodles, everything, anything. …
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After ONA social media binge: Let things percolate
You might expect the director for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University to stay plugged in all the time. And you’re right. “In my experience the moment…
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Improving Your Digital Hygiene
No digital communication is completely secure, but some technologies are safer than others. That was one of the takeaways from Journalism in the Age of Surveillance, a panel exploring how journalists…
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Staying safe in the age of Assange
It takes a lot to upstage Nate Silver. But before the data-messiah spoke, a ballroom full of ONA13 attendees were briefed on the Free Flow of Information Act, a piece of…
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Digital is key in reaching Latino audience
To reach the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States, journalists must focus on digital innovation. The 52 million Latinos in the United States make up about 17…
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ONA social media by the numbers
Digital journalists converged on the Online News Association Conference tweeting and Instagramming at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and other locations. Attendees tweeted using predetermined hashtags to categorize their interactions during panels…
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How to make the perfect cup of coffee
The baristas at the NewsCred booth outside the Midway use a coffee making device called a Chemex. One of the baristas is Dale Donchey. He works as the barista manager…
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Talking about newsroom diversity at ONA13
At the 2013 Online News Association conference in Atlanta, minority journalists in leadership roles across the country shared their perspectives on diversity at a meet-up which attracted almost 100 attendees.…
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