American households are changing. So should American news.
I grew up living in a house with my parents, brothers and grandparents. My grandparents…
August 16, 2016
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Here are 27 ways to think about comments
About a year ago, I gathered some really smart people who don’t work in news…
March 15, 2016
You can steal Sara Simon’s sewage bot…and everything else she makes
There were a lot of sewage spills last summer in Vermont. Unfortunately, the state website…
January 12, 2016
Personalized text messages: The new push notification
BuzzFeed's news app has several options for push notifications. I have a confession to make:…
December 15, 2015
Designing journalism products for accessibility
A few months ago, I went over my friend Betty’s apartment to drop off some…
December 8, 2015
‘Framed by WDET’ takes public radio out in public
Photo by Kenny Karpov More than 60 percent of people in Hamtramck, a city in…
August 26, 2015
GitHub tutorials and resources for journalists
I decided to learn Python in the winter of 2014. The decision was partially out…
August 12, 2015
6 ideas for getting creative juices flowing…for almost no money
When you work in a small newsroom and have to keep up with a daily…
July 28, 2015
When journalists take a vacation, do they actually take a break?
Photo by Damian Gadal/Flickr I found out about the guacamole and the pea incident four days after…
July 8, 2015
Want to start an amazing local newsletter? Better call Sol.
Like many of you, I get a lot of newsletters about the news. I like…
April 21, 2015
Fritz Klug: ‘Work on projects that serve your readers.’
Last August, Michigan primary voters voted on Proposal 1. It was a complicated piece of…
March 31, 2015
How journalists are using Slack and Hangouts (instead of email) to stay connected
Participants in the weekly Google Hangout group celebrate member Lauren Fuhrmann's birthday. Fuhrmann is in…
February 24, 2015
Melody Kramer: How PRI’s David Beard makes a Twitter feed worth following
David Beard is a scanner. Every day, the executive editor of PRI.org scans every story…
February 10, 2015
Melody Kramer: WNYC is helping people learn to be bored again
Illustration by John Hersey, courtesy of WNYC I fiddle with my phone everywhere: waiting for…
February 3, 2015
Sports and technology columnists join Poynter.org
Two new columnists will be writing for Poynter.org starting this week. On Tuesdays, look for…
February 2, 2015
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