MediaShift.org pieces

The Online News Association's annual conference Sept. 24 - 26 drew more than 2,000 attendees who wanted to learn about digital journalism. During a presentation by Wall Street Journal Executive Mobile Editor David Ho, audience members raised their phones to drive home the point about how ubiquitous smart phones are today. Photo by Kate Nash Cunningham
The Online News Association’s annual conference Sept. 24 – 26 drew more than 2,000 attendees who wanted to learn about digital journalism. During a presentation by Wall Street Journal Executive Mobile Editor David Ho, audience members raised their phones to drive home the point about how ubiquitous smart phones are today. Photo by Kate Cunningham

In 2014, I became a contributor to the MediaShift website, a site dedicated to digital media news that includes a section where journalism educators share ideas about their time in classroom.

One of my pieces described how I pitched and paid for a Mobile Reporting class while another looked at our grant-funded News Port project.

A piece I wrote in late 2014 looks at an idea I tried with students in which we hosted a town hall debate using Twitter.

In September 2015, I wrote this piece while attending the Online News Association conference. It looks at easy and cheap ways for journalism educators to make their students a bit more digital.

In March 2016, I looked at the pros and cons of streaming live video with Periscope and Facebook Live.

A piece I wrote in September 2016 offers tips on managing a year-long student journalism project.

In September 2016, I wrote about the trends for journalism educators at the 2016 Online News Association conference in Denver.

In March 2017, I shared my experiences in assigning students use social media to cover breaking news events. My piece outlines how I coached students to incorporate Twitter in their assignments and includes their takeaways.

For a piece published in May 2017, I wrote about using Adobe Spark as one tool for students to produce quick videos for social media.

In October 2017, I wrote this wrap up of the ways that journalism educators around the country are trying to keep up with rapidly changing reporting technology.