Multimedia news summed in 2 minutes

 From Ted: If the fairytale of the “Three Little Pigs” was to take place today, how would a 24-hour press cycle and social media change the story? Discover a new twist on an old tale as today’s media dissects the supposed innocence of the...

How non-convergence is helping one newspaper

Hollywood loves stories about newspapers, so they should go for this one. A Harvard professor lectures on how whole industries have found it impossible to reinvent themselves in the face of technological revolution. He tells newspaper groups they will have to change...
2013 APW Comms Contest winners!

2013 APW Comms Contest winners!

1A – News story, print based newspaper • 1st place – Going Up, Tammy Keith, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette • Keith takes an ordinary story on building permits and makes it interesting by noting that tiny Greenbrier has issued as many new residential permits as...
Drones used for news coverage

Drones used for news coverage

KBIA and the Missouri Journalism project have experimented with drones to collect video in rural areas. According to Local Media Insider, the experiment shows: – Which beats benefit immediately from drone coverage – Compliance with FAA regulations –...

Battle between social media giants

Instagram video: Facebook aims to cut back Twitter’s Vine Instagram launched a video-sharing tool on Thursday, in a move that will place the Facebook-owned company in direct competition with Vine, the Twitter-backed video app. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom made...
Is being paid for news coverage ethical?

Is being paid for news coverage ethical?

This spring, readers of The Orange County Register in Southern California started seeing much more coverage of local universities. What they probably did not know is that the stories are paid for by the schools. Depending on whom you ask, it is either a...