It’s a short week, but there has been some good stuff on Medium about journalism and for journalists. In case you missed it, here are five of those stories, including how people first found out about the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, where to find great stock photos and more on a new cartoonist collective:
June 29, Alice Yin:
“I was at home actually. I was at home on the Internet and I read it on Facebook. I cried. I cried and the first thing I did was call my fiancé and say that we could get married in this state.”
“When are you planning on that?”
“Beginning of next year.”
These 39 Sites Have Amazing Stock Photos You Can Use For Free
July 1, Thomas Oppong:
It can be insanely hard to find high quality, high-res free stock photos for personal and commercial use. A growing number of websites have amazing photos you can use for your work. Some of them cost money. Not everybody can afford those high quality photos. Fortunately most of these sites have images you can use for free.
July 1, Matt Bors:
My latest project on Medium is The Response, a collective of cartoonists discussing race and culture, often by building on each other’s posts through responses.
Hey reporters: An alternative to #DontReadtheComments: Jump in
July 2, Julia Haslanger:
Philly.com recently started encouraging reporters to jump into the comments, and a little more than 10 percent of the staff has tried it so far according to Erica Palan, audience engagement manager at the Philadelphia Media Network.
When one columnist goes into the comment section now, Palan says, “it’s like a teacher walks into a classroom and suddenly all the kids are quiet and fold their hands at their desks.” But that experience isn’t universal, and depends a lot on the reporter and story topic. “This isn’t a 100 percent foolproof ‘this is how we cure the troll problem,’ but it helps.”
This Is What Happens When You Get 50 Freelance Reporters In One Room Working Together
July 2, Chris Faraone:
I had a hunch that friends and colleagues in the Massachusetts media would embrace the idea of having a nonprofit story incubator. There aren’t many local outlets that are willing to invest in long form features, or in multimedia reporting projects that take serious resources and time to develop. I’m aware of this from my personal experience, and from the first two months of planning for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, during which I’ve met with freelancers of all stripes — from writers, data scientists, and researchers, to designers, illustrators, and photographers.