Glenn Greenwald Speaks

13 06 2014

Glenn Greenwald Speaks | Join the Tow Center in San Francisco June 18, 2014

 
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald Speaks, an evening lecture with Glenn Greenwald who will discuss the state of journalism and his recent reporting on surveillance and national security issues on June 18, 2014 at 7pm at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco, is sold out. Join the #AfterSnowden conversation on Twitter and follow us @TowCenter.
The Tow Center team has launched three new research reports:
  • Sensors and Journalism by Tow Fellow Fergus Pitt
    This Tow Report focuses on the uses, the opportunities and the risks of sensors and journalism. It describes the landscape where sensors and journalism combine, and continues on to define necessary terms for understanding this area of research. Reporters are using sensors in an era when the rapid development of technology is moving data into the mainstream of journalism. The increasing ubiquity of sensors, their increasing capability and accessibility are on the supply side, while investigative reporters, computer aided reporters and journalist/technologists are on the demand side. The introduction also includes a chapter by scholar Charles Berret, who has written a sensor history, charting humanity’s efforts to extend the reach of our five natural senses. This Tow Report’s second section, containing case studies, examines seven projects that used sensors for journalism. Each study includes the story of what happened and then offers analysis in which we identify its distinctive or noteworthy elements, as well as the lessons journalists may take from the projects. The Tow Report also includes 12 chapters on the laws and ethics for reporting with sensors written by experts and the final section distills this report into a set of recommendations, including groups of strategic moves, good work practices, and efforts the industry may collectively consider.
  • The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism by Tow Fellow Alexander Howard
    Journalists have been using data in their stories for as long as the profession has existed. A revolution in computing in the 20th century created opportunities for data integration into investigations, as journalists began to bring technology into their work. In the 21st century, a revolution in connectivity is leading the media toward new horizons. The Internet, cloud computing, agile development, mobile devices, and open source software have transformed the practice of journalism, leading to the emergence of a new term: data journalism. Although journalists have been using data in their stories for as long as they have been engaged in reporting, data journalism is more than traditional journalism with more data. Decades after early pioneers successfully applied computer-assisted reporting and social science to investigative journalism, journalists are creating news apps and interactive features that help people understand data, explore it, and act upon the insights derived from it. New business models are emerging in which data is a raw material for profit, impact, and insight, co-created with an audience that was formerly reduced to passive consumption. Journalists around the world are grappling with the excitement and the challenge of telling compelling stories by harnessing the vast quantity of data that our increasingly networked lives, devices, businesses, and governments produce every day. While the potential of data journalism is immense, the pitfalls and challenges to its adoption throughout the media are similarly significant, from digital literacy to competition for scarce resources in newsrooms. Global threats to press freedom, digital security, and limited access to data create difficult working conditions for journalists in many countries. A combination of peer-to-peer learning, mentorship, online training, open data initiatives, and new programs at journalism schools rising to the challenge, however, offer reasons to be optimistic about more journalists learning to treat data as a source.
  • Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output by Tow Fellows Claire Wardle, Sam Dubberley, and Pete Brown
    Crediting is rare, there’s a huge gulf in how senior managers and news desks talk about it and there’s a significant reliance on news agencies for discovery and verification. The aim of this research project was to provide the first comprehensive report about the use of user-generated content (UGC) among broadcast news channels. UGC being – for this report – photographs and videos captured by people unrelated to the newsroom, who would not describe themselves as professional journalists. This research was designed to answer two key questions.  First, when and how is UGC used by broadcast news organizations, on air as well as online?  Second, does the integration of UGC into output cause any particular issues for news organizations? What are those issues and how do newsrooms handle them? This Tow Report and research provides the first concrete figures we have about the level of reliance on UGC by international news channels. It also explores six key issues that newsrooms face in terms of UGC. The report is designed around those six issues: workflow, verification, permissions, crediting, labeling, and ethics and responsibilities.
READ THE REPORT
Happy Summer! The Tow Center Newsletter will return in late summer with all our latest news and an announcement of a new season of Tow Teas, lectures, workshops, and more.
 
 
Glenn Greenwald Speaks
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
7pm

Nourse Theater | San Francisco In April 2014, Greenwald and his colleagues at the Guardian received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Don’t miss Greenwald speak in-person as he fits all the pieces together. #AfterSnowden
 
 
Read the latest from the Tow Center Blog: Knight Foundation Joins The Tow Foundation as a Sponsor for the Journalism After Snowden Initiative Headed by Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism
—Jennifer Henrichsen, Tow Fellow and Taylor Owen, Tow Center Research Director
The Journalism After Snowden initiative, a project of The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, will expand to further explore the role of journalism in the age of surveillance, thanks to new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Glenn Greenwald Speaks | Join the Tow Center for an #AfterSnowden Talk in San Francisco on June 18, 2014
—Lauren Mack. Tow Center Research Associate
Join the Tow Center for an evening lecture with Glenn Greenwald, who will discuss the state of journalism today and his recent reporting on surveillance and national security issues, on June 18, 2014 at 7pm at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco.
Tow Center Launches Three Reports
—Taylor Owen. Tow Center Research Director
The Tow Center team is thrilled to launch three new research reports: Sensors and Journalism; The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism; and Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output.
Tow Center Launches Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output
—Claire Wardle, Sam Dubberley, and Pete Brown. Tow Fellows
Crediting is rare, there’s a huge gulf in how senior managers and newsdesks talk about it and there’s a significant reliance on news agencies for discovery and verification. These are some of the key takeaways of Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output published today by the Tow Center of Digital Journalism.
Sensors and Journalism: A Major Report
—Fergus Pitt. Tow Fellow
The Tow Center has published a report about the uses, the opportunities and the risks of sensors and journalism. We’re describing the landscape where sensors and journalism combine, and continues on to define necessary terms for understanding this area of research. Reporters are using sensors in an era when the rapid development of technology is moving data into the mainstream of journalism. The increasing ubiquity of sensors, their increasing capability and accessibility are on the supply side, while investigative reporters, computer aided reporters and journalist/technologists are on the demand side.
The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism
—Alexander Howard. Tow Fellow
Journalists have been using data in their stories for as long as the profession has existed. A revolution in computing in the 20th century created opportunities for data integration into investigations, as journalists began to bring technology into their work. In the 21st century, a revolution in connectivity is leading the media toward new horizons. The Internet, cloud computing, agile development, mobile devices, and open source software have transformed the practice of journalism, leading to the emergence of a new term: data journalism.
LIVE BLOG: Quantifying Journalism: Data, Metrics, and Computation
—Lauren Mack with Yumi Araki, Lauren Beck, Rachel Delia Benaim, Anna Ruela-Browne, Julien Gathelier, Jessica Quan Li, Rachel Lowry
Watch videos of the panels and read a recap of the day-long conference which included panel discussions, lectures, lightning talks, and the launch of three Tow Center reports. All sessions can be viewed here.
Elsewhere on the Web
Knight Foundation Blog | Tow Center Program Defends Journalism from the Threat of Mass Surveillance, June 10, 2014
—Jennifer Henrichsen, Tow Fellow and Taylor Owen, Tow Center Research Director
We’ve long known that it’s easy to kill the messenger. Journalists are murdered all around the world for speaking truth to power. But, it wasn’t until recently that we realized how mass surveillance is killing source confidentiality, and with it, the very essence of journalism. By taking away the ability to protect sources—the lifeblood of journalism—surveillance can silence journalists without prosecutions or violence. Understanding the implications of state surveillance for the practice of journalism is the focus of our project, Journalism After Snowden.
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Glenn Greenwald Speaks
Join the Tow Center and Haymarket Books for an evening lecture with Glenn Greenwald, who will discuss the state of journalism and his recent reporting on surveillance and national security issues. This event will be held in San Francisco, California. Join the #AfterSnowden conversation on Twitter and follow us @TowCenter.
 
 
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