One of my recent personal projects has been trying to learn a bit of coding. I’d like to be able to integrate some of these skills into my teaching, and possibly into my research as well. I attended Code with
Recent Post at PBS MediaShift: Apps that Question “the Magazine”
A great part of my role as PBS MediaShift’s magazine correspondent is that I have an excuse to download and play around with lots of new magazine and media apps. My latest post was challenging, though, because I had to
Recent Post at PBS MediaShift: Sponsored Content and Native Advertising in Digital Magazines
Sure, we’ve had “Special Advertising Sections” and advertorial sections in print magazines forever. And while those same sections are easy to reproduce in digital replicas of magazines, they don’t exactly take advantage of the digital format to provide interactive, intriguing
Researching an Unusual Magazine
I recently published a study on a magazine that is a bit outside the usual purview of magazine journalism research: the digital magazine Inspire, published by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. This project offered a fascinating interdisciplinary opportunity to test
The Less Sedentary Academic
Among my goals for 2013 is to be more active on a daily basis, beyond regular workouts. Every day, there seems to be a new study on the health dangers of pure sitting — and every day, I think to
Reminiscing with Wired’s First Issue
[I wrote this in June when the Wired premiere issue was distributed as an iPad edition, but didn't get around to finishing it promptly because (as I mention below) I had to wait for-ev-er for the issue to download, and
Media Economics Classroom Activity
I’ve been working hard this semester on modifying my teaching approach in my media courses. I’m trying to incorporate many more active learning opportunities into my classes. While I never just lectured in any of my classes, I am making
Digital Tools I Wish Students Used
At the start of this new academic year, I thought I’d share some of the digital tools I wish students would use. These aren’t apps requiring particular hardware, but just online tools that are free (or very cheap) and that
Research Update: Social Media Under Social Control
This was exciting and most welcome news today! Also, @profsivek, your E-News article is the second-most read in the journal this year. Congrats! — Leah Fargotstein (@LFargotstein) August 13, 2012 The article to which Leah, who is an editor at
Recent Posts at PBS MediaShift: New Models for News
I have two new stories up at PBS MediaShift in the last week: Gingras to AEJMC: Journalism Educators Must Embrace Change, Look Forward How National Geographic Used Cowbird Storytelling Tool to Tell a Reservation’s Whole Story The common thread between