2021-04-29 What does the rise of live, audio-based social media mean for identifying and moderating misinformation? We’ve taken a look at the platforms and their moderation policies, and offer some key takeaways for journalists and misinformation researchers. ( …›
2021-03-21 Even after all that has happened from the escalator to the insurrection, you’re worried that the American press has learned nothing from the Trump years. You’re seeing it fall into old patterns. Your frustration is rising, your patience thi …›
2021-03-21 WITF.org is the public broadcaster in the Harrisburg region of central Pennsylvania. On January 28 the newsroom explained a new policy toward those in public office who spread the election fraud lie and encouraged the January 6 insurrection. The journa …›
2020-11-17 As the results of the 2020 election come fully into view, I am asking myself what will happen with the American press after Donald Trump leaves the White House. Most of the commentary on this question has centered on the media’s addiction to, and …›
2020-11-01 First published in a slightly different form as “America’s Press and the Asymmetric War for Truth” at the New York Review of Books site, Nov. 1, 2020 In my last post before the fateful election of 2020, I am going to project forward to a …›
2020-09-29 Recently someone asked me why, in facing up to the realities of the Trump presidency, the press has not broken with some of its more destructive habits (For what I mean by “destructive habits,” see James Fallows in The Atlantic). This pos …›
2018-06-19 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-06-12 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-06-05 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-05-29 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-05-22 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-05-15 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-05-10 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-05-02 Panel Title: The Value Of Attention: Metrics, Methods and Outcomes Moderator: Jason Alcorn, MediaShift Panelists: Clare Carr, Parse.ly; Evan Mackinder, Slate The difference between building a loyal audience and getting lost in the noise online? Measu …›
2018-05-01 Each week, MediaShift will list upcoming online trainings and courses for journalists and media people – with a focus on digital training. We’ll include our DigitalEd courses, as well as those from Mediabistro, NewsU, and others. If we’re …›
2018-04-09 Ch-ch-changes are coming to MediaShift, the publication I started more than 12 years ago as part of PBS. Starting today, the business will focus exclusively on our online trainings, including panels and peer group trainings, events like our private rou …›
2017-10-10 This week, Research Director Jonathan Albright has published a number of articles on research about Russian ad networks and their influence during the 2016 election. Look at Jonathan’s dataset, and follow him on Medium, for more. Research The Was …›
2017-08-09 The Tow Center is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, September 19th, we will be hosting our Journalism Educator’s Symposium – an event designed to help build a community of interest and exchange around new approaches and best practices to …›
2017-06-07 We have witnessed the first wave of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism in the form of chatbots, automated story generation, and machine learning techniques applied to news. The big tech companies have pushed AI to the center of their product st …›
2017-05-22 Jonathan Albright Joins Tow Center for Digital Journalism as Research Director The Tow Center is pleased to announce Dr. Jonathan Albright as its new Research Director. Jonathan’s research around networks of propaganda and misinformation has recentl …›
2017-04-14 MAY 11, 2017, 9am–5pm Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA Next Gen Podcast Distribution Protocols: Innovation and governance in open development initiatives Presented by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &a …›
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2017-01-23 At a time when the accuracy of news sources is in question, and politicians want to restrict access to information, hyperlocal communications have more potential than ever. You Are Here is a project that essentially consists of a Wifi signal that broad …›
2017-01-23 How can automation help reduce the cost of story discovery in a newsroom? As a Tow fellow in 2015, I had the opportunity to explore this question by building a tool, available online at campaign-finance.org, that automates some of the explorator …›
2017-01-20 In December 2016, the Committee to Protect Journalists counted 259 journalists imprisoned worldwide, more than at any time since the group began its annual imprisoned census in 1990. On January 25th and 26th, we hope you will join our effort to offer m …›
2017-01-20 Note: This is the fourth post in the Beyond 140 characters series, which investigates how, why, and under what circumstances political journalists engage with Twitter. This piece shares some of the project’s key findings. The previous post reflected …›