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International Women’s Media Foundation Launches SOS App, Reporta, for...
The International Women’s Media Foundation launched Reporta this week, a free app designed to improve security protocols for journalists working in hostile environments worldwide. The app features...
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Twitter ‘Moments’ Delivers Curated News Coverage
Since its inception, Twitter has been one of the most exciting ways to deliver and read the news. But for Twitter’s 316 million active monthly users, it can be a challenge to know exactly who to follow...
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The Rise of ‘Homeless’ Media
Since the advent of the Internet, publishers have been trying to leverage distribution channels — such as social media networks — to drive traffic to their own websites. Now, though, content can be...
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‘Read for the Cure’ Charity App Helps Magazine Readers Go Digital
In the race to figure out whether print is dying or e-readers are here to stay, one thing that’s often left out is the “how.” How do you pry those glossy, perfume-scented magazines out of people’s...
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Manifesto For the Future of TV News
The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this publication. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here. From the Moon landing to the fall of the...
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Ripple Takes on Hyper-Local News, But Compensation Issues Remain
From LocalLabs to GoLocal24 to Everyblock, hyper-local news startups have consistently collided with foreboding economics: Narrow audiences tend to be small audiences, and small audiences are hard to...
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Remix: How to Use Snapchat in the Classroom
Click the image to read the whole series. Original photo by Flickr user Richard Ha used here under Creative Commons. As a digital media instructor, I love using social media to engage with my students....
View ArticleHow the Hindustan Times Is Building the World’s Largest Mobile Journalism Team
Yusuf Omar is the Mobile Editor at the Hindustan Times in India. He is currently building the world’s largest in-house mobile journalism team, training 750 reporters to tell stories using their phones....
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RJI Futures Lab #192: Audio Sharing via SoundBYTE
SoundBYTE is a social app that allows users to record and share audio with followers around the world, 14 seconds at a time. We find out how it works from Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Dan...
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Why Storyhunter Is Launching Into Live-Streaming
On May 15, international journalist Carlos Beltran offered a glimpse into life in Venezuela that few will ever see firsthand. He was live-streaming from a protest in Caracas where a group of first-aid...
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