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Journalism agenda: “storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools…”People will read your long stories on their phones…

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Why storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools Journalism.co.uk Journalist and producer Scott Rensberger reinforces the power of the story as reporters begin to experiment with mobile journalism tools and techniques Planning for news, misidentification and verification as a process Hi everyone, So this week we held the second in our series of free training … Read more

Journalism agenda: The Wall Street Journal is the first US newspaper in Snapchat Discover… Automated Journalism…

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The Wall Street Journal becomes the first US newspaper on Snapchat Discover The Next Web by Matthew Hussey The Wall Street Journal became the first American newspaper to win a spot on Snapchat’s coveted Discover page, reports Nieman Lab. While British based Daily Mail was the first paper to make it onto the page, WSJ’s appearance as brand … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: WhatsApp is blocking links to Telegram, its major rival…”How online activist groups are raising millions….

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WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links on Android for some reason The Next Web by Napier Lopez There’s something funky going on at WhatsApp HQ. Android users are noticing that the app is now blocking any links to rival chat app Telegram. The odd behavior was first spotted by Telegram users over on Reddit. Links to the app … Read more

#TurkeyVotes News, Online sources…

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We are organizing an election watch program hosted by Public Relations and Corporate Communication MA program in İstanbul Bilgi University. Facebook event page here. Event photos and relevant stuff will be posted there. Citizens are invited to socialize and watch the game together. In the mean time, a group of my students producing special coverage at SosyalKafa.net Sosyalkafa Twitter, … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe?

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Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe? Nieman Journalism Lab by Justin Ellis Lately Google is spending a lot of time — and money — trying to convince journalists it wants to be friends. In recent months, they’ve introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, the recently launched Google News Lab, and team-ups with … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Internet Society Statement on the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit

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  Internet Society Statement on the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit Internet Society – News Headlines Language English Date: Fri, 09/25/2015 Internet Society President and CEO Kathryn Brown issued the following statement: This week, the United Nations is hosting the Sustainable Development Summit (SDS) where the international community will embrace a global agenda to alleviate poverty, … Read more

Journalism agenda: AKP is killing the remnants of opposition media in Turkey.. #ÖzgürMedyaSusturulamaz

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US urges Turkey to meet democratic values on the arrest of VICE journalists The United States State Department has voiced its concern over the arrest of two British journalists and their translator in Diyarbakır, urging Turkey to revise its actions to match up with democratic values Turkish daily publishes empty columns on front page to protest gov’t … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Azeri journalist dies after beating… “NYT innovations…

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Azeri journalist dies after beating  BBC News | Europe | World Edition A journalist in Azerbaijan who criticised a popular footballer on social media is fatally beaten by football fans. How much do you make? A CUNY grad student is collecting data on salaries in journalism Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman Julia Haslanger wants to know … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Majority of Journalists Wouldn’t Be Able to Function Without Social Media”

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Report Finds Majority of Journalists Wouldn’t Be Able to Function Without Social Media  Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson Study: Journalists Increasingly Rely on Social for News  Social Media Today by Carianne King A recent survey by Oglivy PR revealed social media’s role in the increasingly dynamic landscape of modern media communications. Co-operatives: redefining local journalism?  open Democracy News Analysis – by Alon … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “XKEYSCORE: NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications

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  XKEYSCORE: NSA’s Google for the World’s Private Communications  The Intercept by Morgan Marquis-Boire Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept One of the National Security Agency’s most powerful tools of mass surveillance makes tracking someone’s Internet usage as easy as entering an email address, and provides no built-in technology to prevent abuse. Today, The Intercept is … Read more

Journalism agenda: A CIA agent sentenced to 42 months for leaking to NYT…

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CIA’s Jeffrey Sterling Sentenced to 42 Months for Leaking to New York Times Journalist – The Intercept firstlook.org – Peter Maass – May 11, 7:53 AM – Alexandria, VA — Jeffrey Sterling, a CIA agent convicted of sharing classified information with a New York Times reporter, was sentenced today to three and a half years … Read more

#WPFD2015 In World Press Freedom Day, dark clouds over journalism all over the world… Turkey’s one of the prominent…

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VIDEO: Policeman punches journalist on May Day Turkish authorities have launched a probe into a policeman who was filmed while punching a journalist during a demonstration Press freedom: the dark cloud gathering over Europe  open Democracy News Analysis – by Thorbjørn Jagland Today is a day to celebrate free media expression—except for those journalists, even in Europe, … Read more

Journalism agenda: 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners…

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2015 Pulitzer Prize winners kottke.org by Jason Kottke Anthony Doerr Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Elizabeth Kolbert won for General Nonfiction. Read more on writerswrite.com  Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog / Big Pulitzer Prizes go … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Youtube is 10…

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  The complete beginner’s guide to social media benchmarks  The Next Web by Kevan Lee This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. If I were to tell you that a recent tweet of mine received 20 clicks, what would you think? The Creepy Collective Behavior of Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Dog Wired Top Stories by Neel … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Obama’s Cyber-Threat initiatives… EFF: Transparency Is No Substitute For Free Speech…

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Transparency Is No Substitute For Free Speech  EFF.org Updates by Eva Galperin and Jillian York  / Twitter has released a new transparency report. The company—which scored five stars in our latest “Who Has Your Back?” report—blogged about the release, wrote that “[p]roviding this insight is simply the right thing to do, especially in an age of … Read more