The Future: When the Editors Hire the Publishers | The Awl
Choire Sicha on the subtle revolution in publishing: publishers reporting to editors.

GlobalPost: A New Experiment In Foreign Coverage : NPR
GlobalPost charges private clients thousands of dollars to commission specific reports for their own reading. In one instance, the investment analysis firm Riedel Research wanted information on credit card use in China. David Riedel, a GlobalPost reader...

Research: news execs still think they have a monopoly
Statistics from the American Press Institute paint a strong picture of the disconnect between news executives and readers that covershow much content is valued by execs and readers,how easy the two camps think it is to find alternative sources of...

Online journalism lesson #7: maps
Here’s the 7th lesson from my year 2 undergraduate module in Online Journalism, where I look at a range of examples of mapping in journalism, as well as the broader idea of image maps (the rest of the series can be found here):Interactive Maps and...

Troubleshooting Wordpress: A quick DIY guide
Wordpress is being used for thousands of blogs because of how powerful it can be. However, that can often be its downfall and many blog owners come across problems while extending and customising their blog. Being a free platform, there’s no support...

“Mapped” writing model takes a layered approach to news
If the inverted pyramid as a writing form is tied to the printed page, what writing form does the web suggest?That was the question asked by João Canavilhas of Portugal when he proposed the “tumbled pyramid,” a more open story architecture designed...

Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies | Center for International Media Assistance
some of the most positive and innovative media projects are coming out of the developing world as people adopt networks and software applications for their own ends