Tag: New York Times
What journalists miss when they ignore history
Earnest L. Perry, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Missouri School of Journalism
A robot commits libel. Who is responsible?
For all their apparent infallibility, bots, like their human predecessors, are also vulnerable to mistakes.One of the worst mistakes is committing libel. How should courts treat cases in which a robot generates a defamatory statement?
Pictures of the Year judging kicks off next week
A panel of judges as diverse as the entries submitted to the 76th annual Pictures of the Year competition will soon pore over about 40,000 images from photojournalists around the world. The judging of the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism competition will take place Feb. 11 through March 1 at the Missouri School of Journalism. … Continued
RJI Fellow helps Missouri teens engage with local newspapers to see value, lives in news
News outlets need the buy-in and trust of teens as news targets now and in the future, says Nico Gendron, freelancer and creative strategist at The New York Times. That inspired her to tackle a fellowship project at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute to help a group of Missouri teens see themselves in news … Continued
Breaking away from the ‘protest paradigm’
Protests aren’t common everywhere, but they are a regular part of the news diet. Whether you’re parachuting into Paris or a protest on the other side of the state, are there better approaches?
Post Episode 4: Popular true crime podcasts break news and crack cold cases
In episode 4 of Post, journalists discuss crime and justice reporting from podcasts to books.
It’s easier than ever to create a data-driven newsletter
When Tamara Power-Drutis worked at Crosscut Public Media, a non-profit news site in Seattle, she was involved with the site’s email newsletter. She was absolutely sure they were doing it wrong. She just didn’t know in what way.
Eight takeaways for newsrooms to integrate augmented, virtual or mixed reality into the workplace
Five journalists spend two days at RJI for immersive video storytelling event; walk away more energized about the technology.
Seven lessons for immersive storytellers from the RJI Innovation Series
Creating content for the leading edge of the immersive video world — virtual reality, augmented reality, 360-degree — can be challenging for many newsrooms both in terms of how to master the technology and what projects to try it on. RJI invited a handful of innovative folks who either use the technologies or write about … Continued
Immersive technology event speakers
Veda Shastri Veda Shastri is a documentary filmmaker and immersive video journalist. She is currently a producer of The Daily 360 at The New York Times where she handles international coverage in 360 video. She recently produced the series “Genocide’s Legacy” as well as an interactive from inside Fukushima, Japan. Veda co-produced a VR documentary, … Continued