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Takeaway: Moving the Newsroom: Post-Industrial News Spaces and Places
The Tow Center and Tow Fellow Nikki Usher launched Usher’s multimedia report “Moving the Newsroom: Post-Industrial Spaces and Places” with a panel discussion on her research for the Tow Center. The...
View ArticleTow Center Mourns the Loss of Randy Brubaker
The Tow Center lost a friend on Saturday, May 3, 2014 when Randy Brubaker, senior news director for investigative reporting of The Des Moines Register, passed away from apparent heart failure,...
View ArticleTAKEAWAY: Tow Tea on Digital Security
Around 30 people gathered to attend the Tow Tea on Digital Security on May 1. The Tow Tea, which featured guests from the Guardian Project and Tor, began with a question from the Tow Center’s Assistant...
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Tow Center Launches Three Tow Reports on UGC, Sensors, and Data-driven...
The Tow Center team is thrilled to launch three new research reports. Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output, written by Claire Wardle and Sam Dubberley...
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Tow Center Launches Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content...
Crediting is rare, there’s a huge gulf in how senior managers and newsdesks talk about it and there’s a significant reliance on news agencies for discovery and verification. These are some of the key...
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Tow Center Program Defends Journalism From the Threat of Mass Surveillance
Knight Foundation supports Journalism After Snowden to ensure access to information and promote journalistic excellence. Below, Jennifer Henrichsen, a research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital...
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Digital Security and Source Protection For Journalists: Research by Susan...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The law and technologies that govern the functioning of today’s digital communication systems have dramatically affected journalists’ ability to protect their sources. This paper...
View ArticleWhy We Like Pinterest for Fieldwork: Research by Nikki Usher and Phil Howard
Nikki Usher, GWU Phil Howard, UW and CEU 7/16/2014 Anyone tackling fieldwork these days can chose from a wide selection of digital tools to put in their methodological toolkit. Among the best of these...
View ArticleBehind “Losing Ground” II: Q&A with Scott Klein and Al Shaw of ProPublica
We spoke with Scott Klein, assistant managing editor, and Al Shaw, news application developer at ProPublica about the editorial decisions and satellite imagery used in “Losing Ground.” To read more...
View ArticleBlog: The Responsive Cities Initiative
On Tuesday, April 28, Tow Fellow Susan Crawford hosted a panel of civic tech advocates to launch a white paper titled “The Responsive Cities Initiative: What a University Could Do to Help.” The white...
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