As a graduate student, trying to figure out what I want to do after school is always on my mind. Luckily, I had the opportunity to attend SXSW, one of the greatest networking events of all time. I was extremely excited to take advantage of all the great opportunities that SXSW would allow me to […]
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Yesterday afternoon I sat in on a panel entitled “Coding for the News: Ethics, Machines and Newsrooms“, which was a panel regarding the potential artificial intelligence will have on the news industry. The panel was moderated by Executive Editor for Editorial Operations Data & Innovation at Reuters, Reg Chua; and featured DocumentCloud co-founder and professor […]
Today was off to a bumpy start with me forgetting my badge and having to drive back from Austin to retrieve it. The breakfast tacos at The Line offset the stress, though. Panels centered around a theme of calling for peace and unity, as well as the power of animals on digital media. The VR […]
To say that my first day at SXSW was interesting would not be doing it justice. Getting from Point A to Point B was rough at times, and trying to figure out venue and panel logistics was a whole new ball game, whether it was actually trying to get a decent spot in line or […]
There was an epidemic of what I call “bitchification”—every woman who made the news was made into a bitch, the only difference between them was what kind. – Allison Yarrow
Is John Oliver a comedian or a reporter? Can communication of information be flavored with humor, or must it always remain stagnant and bland as it is on network television news? At a panel called Memes + Monologues: Lessons in Laughter for News on Tuesday, March 13th, panelists discussed the crossover of comedy and communication from […]
When communities and their conversations live digitally, what’s the value of a comments section? For the Washington Post, quite a lot; as they have discovered that a comments section can showcases their most loyal readers. Greg Barber, Director of Digital News Products, and Sam Han, Director of Data Science & AI from the Washington Post […]