Informing the news: The need for knowledge-based reporting
Essay by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.
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State of the free press: Research chat with media law expert Lucy Dalglish
2013 interview with Lucy Dalglish, Dean of Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. She was previously executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Intervention in Syria, the media and public opinion: Research chat with Harvard’s Matt Baum
2013 interview with political scientist Matthew Baum of Harvard on the news media, public opinion dynamics and implications for intervention in Syria.
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Database checklist: Key academic research resources — both free and restricted
Article with links to key academic and research databases and a discussion of free/paid access issues.
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Research chat: Martin Nisenholtz on the New York Times and digital journalism
June 2013 interview with Martin Nisenholtz, senior advisor for the New York Times Company and an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia Journalism School.
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Urs Gasser of the Berkman Center on digital media and tech trends: Research chat
May 2013 interview with Urs Gasser, executive director of Harvard’s Berkman Center. He discusses youth and privacy, bullying, social networking trends and the news media.
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News apps and data: A brief primer and overview
2013 primer on best practices, development tips and the value of digital news apps that allow for interactive visualizations of information.
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John Huey, former Time Inc. editor-in-chief: Research chat
May 2013 interview with Huey, former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. He gives advice to journalists and talks about the future of the news and his research on technology and media.
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Understanding data journalism: Overview of resources, tools and topics
2012 article surveying the sites, tools and concepts that are part of the evolving field of data journalism. Topics covered include open datasets as well as data cleanup and visualization.
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Coal country and the research battle: Interview with Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette
2013 interview with Ken Ward Jr., of The Charleston Gazette (W.Va.), one of the country’s leading voices on energy and environment issues.
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