Category: Research
“Oftentimes our voices aren’t represented.”
Martha Durkee-Neuman, an organizer for Mass Alliance, a coalition of political and advocacy organizations, called on young people, especially college students, to vote in the midterm election on Nov. 6. […]
“Sources notice persistence and news organizations reward persistence.”
Jennifer Smith, news editor for the Dorchester Reporter, says community newspapers act as a local voice, raising issues that may not be covered by larger media and can create stronger […]
“The heart of everything great in journalism is good editing”
Michael Workman, a former senior interactive designer at the Boston Globe, urged an audience of student journalists and designers to try new things beyond writing and editing and to challenge […]
“Make every single sentence a sentence that couldn’t have been written until now”
Last week, David Filipov, who was a foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, shared tips about what it was like to cover stories and travel through […]
How I created Accio Data, a data-driven visual guide to all things Harry Potter
The wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling is full of complex characters, magic, creatures, adventures and more. I grew up having the stories read to me, reading them myself countless […]
How I simulated the public school selection process in Chicago to show segregation
School segregation is an issue that we as a society have created and maintained for decades. But despite desegregation programs from the 1970’s showing positive outcomes – including higher median income for black […]
Podcast: Northeastern alumni weigh in on the challenges facing local TV news
There’s no denying that local television news is at a crossroads. Traditional broadcasts face increasing competition from the internet, forcing stations to either adapt or face the possibility of losing […]
How Northeastern’s oldest print publication is keeping up with the digital landscape
If you’re a regular reader of The Huntington News, you might have noticed something different about their recent story on what Roadside America flagged as notable attractions around Boston. “Instead […]
Back to the inbox: How campus publications are making a media trend their own
Email newsletters have been declared everything from dead, to not dead, to the future of online media over the past few years. Nevertheless, it seems that many media publications are […]
Northeastern University radio station to release four biweekly podcasts
Ever since Northeastern University’s WRBB went on air in 1962, the student-run radio station has run a variety of music, sports and news programming. Although its primary outlet is 104.9 […]
Is virtual reality accessible to Northeastern students?
“Nobody has access to VR and AR equipment or if they do it is very hard to get into it,” said Peter Abbondanzo, president of NUVR, a student club at […]
The #ARforChange Project: Using immersive technologies and data for social change
Here at Northeastern, we’re exploring new platforms for civic engagement and social change using immersive media, from 360 video to data storytelling to virtual reality. The School of Journalism, in […]
How The Pudding structures stories as visual essays
“We don’t tell 10,000-word stories like the New Yorker,” says Russell Goldenberg, one of the four minds behind the visual storytelling site The Pudding. “We try to examine complex topics […]
What can data visualization learn from feminism?
It’s about time to infuse feminism into data science and visualization. At least, that’s what Emerson data visualization and civic tech professor Catherine D’Ignazio says based on her research into […]
How I designed a journalism course around email newsletters
Can cannabis help address the opioids crisis? What is Northeastern University’s relationship with the environment? What about the university’s role in gentrification? And what is the future of digital storytelling? […]
Meet the Media Innovation student who builds Boston Globe data stories
Growing up in an “underdeveloped suburb” in China’s Hebei Province, Yan Wu pored over every page of the newspapers that her father took home from work. Wu’s family couldn’t afford […]
Media Watch: Seung Min Kim on covering Donald Trump
Last month, Politico reporter Seung Min Kim spoke at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism about how the press is and should be covering Donald Trump. Media Watch: Assessing the Press […]
Northeastern graduate students launch website and magazine covering social justice issues
This semester, students in Dan Zedek’s graduate Media Innovation studio wrote, designed, photographed, coded, and published a web site and print magazine looking at social justice issues. This new publication, The Margins, was […]
Build it, hack it, share it: Lessons from MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab director Sarah Williams
Build it, hack it, share it. This was the message that Sarah Williams, director of MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab and a professor of technology and urban planning, hoped to […]
Media Watch: Robert Faturechi on covering Donald Trump
Last month, ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi spoke at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism about the journalistic perils of interviewing Donald Trump. Media Watch: Assessing the Press in the Trump Era is […]
Seven projects that Northeastern’s journalism graduate students produced this semester
Before we break for the holidays, we wanted to highlight some of the stellar work our graduate students have done here at Northeastern’s School of Journalism as part of courses taught by […]
Six ways Alberto Cairo thinks you can improve your data visualizations
There’s a pesky little number that many in the data visualization community would just as soon ignore – one-third of Americans can’t properly read a scatter plot. Newsrooms and other […]
Northeastern J-school alumna Rachel Zarrell makes Forbes’ “30 under 30”
Rachel Zarrell, an alumna of Northeastern’s School of Journalism, was recently named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list, which celebrates the innovators who are defining and driving the world of media. Zarrell, […]
Former Washington Post and Boston Globe editors recall Pentagon Papers ahead of “The Post” film premiere
Anyone with a knowledge of First Amendment legal history might look at “The Post” and ask why a movie about the Pentagon Papers focuses on The Washington Post when the […]
Catching up with Tableau’s Midori Ng about data visualization, finding inspiration and combating fake news
Representatives from data visualization company Tableau recently held a workshop at Northeastern University to walk students through simple charting, mapping and interactivity with the program. Midori Ng, academic programs coordinator […]
Tips and takeaways from last week’s investigative journalism conference
Last Friday, Northeastern University’s School of Journalism invited an all-star roster of journalists and editors to discuss investigative reporting in the Age of Trump. Entitled “Is Trump Making Investigative Reporting […]
Media Watch: Charlie Pierce on covering Donald Trump
Last month, Esquire politics blogger Charlie Pierce spoke at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism about how the press is and should be covering Donald Trump. Media Watch: Assessing the Press […]
Media Watch: Ethan Bronner on covering Donald Trump
Last month, Bloomberg News senior editor Ethan Bronner spoke with students at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism about the job of covering the Trump administration. Media Watch: Assessing the Press […]
How one data-driven art and technology company is understanding cities with AI
Should New York have more than five boroughs? Are zip codes too large? As part of the Northeastern University Visualization Consortium‘s Fall 2017 speaker series, Mahir Yavuz spoke about Topos, the data-driven […]
Clicks are a vanity metric. Here are some story analytics you should be worrying about.
Clicks, time-on-page, likes, shares, bounce rate, impressions. With so many metrics to consider, which ones should journalists be worrying about? After crafting that prize-winning article – which included researching, writing, […]