Tag: northeastern journalism
Come join us as funded master’s degree Video Innovation Scholars!
For prospective graduate students interested in video innovation — new techniques and approaches, as well as VR and AR — the School of Journalism is offering special Video Innovation Scholarships […]
Ears to the pavement: What Bostonians are saying about the 2018 midterm elections
If you haven’t heard already, this midterm election cycle could be the most contentious yet. Many who oppose the choices of the current administration are praying for the prospect of […]
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, […]
How a Northeastern journalism course designed a magazine around social justice
Over the last two months, students in Dan Zedek‘s graduate design studio have been molding their social justice stories into a magazine. Zedek, former design director for The Boston Globe, had […]
Reinventing local TV news and video storytelling: kicking off a new Northeastern research project
Shrinking audiences, sensational stories that don’t impact viewers, and more of the same old formula, repeated over and over again. In the coming years, it’s all a recipe for potential […]
What we learned from three years of interviews with data journalists, web developers and interactive editors at leading digital newsrooms
Newsrooms don’t follow a standard playbook. They scramble, they adapt, they make mistakes. But are there some go-to tools and best practices worth adopting, whether you’re a data reporter, newsroom […]
Northeastern student multimedia stories find a home at WGBH News
Every semester, students in my Digital Storytelling and Social Media class produce great final projects, fanning out across the city and beyond to tell stories in words, photos and videos. […]
Digital is a philosophy: David Skok on disrupting newsrooms
David Skok has been The Boston Globe’s digital leader for the past two years, serving most recently as managing editor and vice president for digital. On the eve of his departure […]
Talking journalism and media innovation with Northeastern’s new J-school director Jonathan Kaufman
Storybench sat down with Jonathan Kaufman, incoming director of Northeastern University’s School of Journalism, to chat about his ambitions for the program and what he’s brought from past positions at The Boston Globe, The Wall […]
StoryLab’s micro-conference on journalism, interactivity, design and civic engagement
Northeastern University’s new Media Innovation program, a graduate program in digital journalism, is currently teaching an experimental interdisciplinary course in partnership with Esquire magazine. It’s called StoryLab and the class is made […]
How newspaper stories went viral in the 19th century
Ryan Cordell wants to know how news went viral in 19th century America. Cordell, a professor in the English department at Northeastern University, performs this pop culture archaeology by investigating the culture of reprinting, a […]