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Tag: northeastern journalism

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: New York University’s Enrico Bertini on the role of uncertainty

Editor’s note: This is the third of three stories Storybench is publishing about the recent “Visualizing Uncertainty” conference at Northeastern University An ongoing issue journalists and graphic designers face as […]

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Lauren Thomas Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The New York Times’ Josh Holder on leading with questions when demonstrating uncertainty

Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories Storybench is publishing about the recent “Visualizing Uncertainty” conference at Northeastern University. Read the first one here. Visualizing uncertainty with data-rich […]

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Lauren Thomas Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The Washington Post’s Chiqui Esteban on the Power of Words

Editor’s note: This is one of three stories Storybench is publishing about the recent “Visualizing Uncertainty” conference at Northeastern University At the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic lay uncertainty. For […]

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 Lauren Thomas Roundups

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 […]

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

October 22, 2018November 15, 2018 Daniel Hentz Insights, Research

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, […]

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Guest Interviews, Research

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 […]

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Priyanka Ketkar Insights, Research

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 […]

May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 Mike Beaudet and John Wihbey Reinventing Local TV News, Research

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 […]

May 26, 2017February 24, 2018 Jeff Howe, Aleszu Bajak, Dina Kraft, and John Wihbey Research

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. […]

May 25, 2017May 26, 2017 Dan Kennedy Research

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 […]

October 8, 2016November 18, 2016 Felippe Rodrigues Insights

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 […]

July 23, 2015July 27, 2015 Aleszu Bajak Insights

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 […]

January 28, 2015April 26, 2017 Aleszu Bajak Research

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 […]

December 10, 2014November 30, 2016 Aleszu Bajak Tools
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