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Jose Antonio Vargas speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California on July 11, 2011. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Journalism

Coming Out as Undocumented: How Social Media Gives DREAMers a Voice

posted September 26, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
Undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas shared his own ‘coming out’ story with journalists gathered at the Online News Association’s annual conference in San Francisco on Friday. Read more »
Tags: immigration, Jose Antonio Vargas, Online News Association, Social Media, undocumented immigrants
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What does writing code have in common with writing articles?
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What Can Developers Learn From Journalists?

posted July 19, 2012 by Joanna Kao
Journalism and computer science — at first glance, the two fields don’t seem like they would have much in common. But I’ve found that they overlap more than one might think. Read more »
Tags: code, collaboration, computer science, journalism, MIT, style guide
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Out of Site provides free after school and summer programming in visual and performing arts to public high school students in San Francisco.
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Out of Site: Preparing Public-School Students for the Future

posted July 17, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
An independent, nonprofit program, Out of Site offers training in visual and performing arts to public-school students who might not otherwise have access to it. Read more »
Tags: Angela Hart, arts, digital media, education, Out of Site Youth Arts Center, San Francisco
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Journalism

A Merger of Old and New

posted February 21, 2012 by Greg Thomas
During a time when newspapers are struggling to repurpose and rebrand themselves as media companies fluent in the ways of the digerati, it’s surprising to see a promising and well-funded media upstart lean back on an elder for support. Or is it? Read more »
Tags: Bay Citizen, California, California Watch, Center for Investigative Reporting, CIR
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Separating the News from the Noise

posted January 31, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
In this new age of news reporting, when information is more accessible and the pace of breaking news is faster than ever, some editors would rather correct a mistake after the fact than miss the opportunity to break a big story. Read more »
Tags: AP, Associated Press, Joe Paterno, journalism, Social Media, Ted Anthony, Twitter
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In $2.5 Million Judgment, Court Finds Blogger Is Not a Journalist

posted December 14, 2011 by Hannah Rubenstein
Shield laws, which protect journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information, were conceived of before the advent of the Internet. But does that mean that bloggers shouldn’t be entitled to the same protections as traditional journalists? Read more »
Tags: Crystal Cox, David Carr, Media Decoder, Shield Law
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