Stories About Michael Epstein
Challenge Accepted! Expandable audio journalism lets listeners take control
What if people could control the way an audio story plays out while listening to it? Missouri School of Journalism students Slone Salerno, Vivian Wang, Elliot Bauman and Sarai Vega worked with RJI Fellow Michael Epstein to find out.
Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting
News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.
Epstein: Platform will allow news consumers to dive deeper into audio stories on smart home devices
During an experiment in 2018, the BBC gave audiences the opportunity to dive deeper into topics within an article through a tool called Expander. Now, Michael Epstein of Walking Cinema wants to give news consumers a similar opportunity.
Backing local news, building trust, innovating solutions
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded seven fellowships for the 2019–20 academic year with projects to improve gun violence reporting, expand solutions-based journalism by local TV stations, help large and small newsrooms get the most out of push notifications, customize audio documentaries through voice commands, measure the community impact of online stories and … Continued