Joseph Lichterman, GIJN

Joseph Lichterman

GIJN

Cambridge, MA, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • GIJN
  • Nieman Lab

Past articles by Joseph:

CrowdNewsroom: Using Communities to Assemble Non-Public Data Sets

The German nonprofit news site Correctiv wanted to cover important issues — such as property ownership in German cities — that didn’t have accessible public data. So it created CrowdNewsroom, a platform that enables it to empower readers to contribute to investigations. → Read More

Start your meetings with a folk song — and other ideas from the community-driven, crowdfunded Danish news site Zetland » Nieman Journalism Lab

"If you are to create community based on transparency, you also have to create community within your organization." → Read More

This tool is helping newsrooms collaborate on factchecking and verification projects » Nieman Journalism Lab

Check, created by Meedan, has been used around the world, in projects such as Electionland in the U.S. and CrossCheck in France. → Read More

This Danish startup evolved into a “newsletter company” because that was what its readers wanted » Nieman Journalism Lab

"The website and the apps are based on the rhythm and structure of the newsletter now." → Read More

People who get news from social or search usually don’t remember the news org that published it, survey finds » Nieman Journalism Lab

British news consumers who get news via social media or search platforms are more likely to remember the platform where they accessed a particular story rather than the outlet that originally published it, according to a study out Wednesday from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at … → Read More

With a network of sites across the U.S., this company is trying to redefine local fitness content » Nieman Journalism Lab

Founded in Pittsburgh, Fitt now has 16 sites across the country and has plans to grow. → Read More

Slate’s first virtual-reality talk show was “a hilarious disaster” » Nieman Journalism Lab

The show, called Conundrums, is broadcast using Spaces, Facebook's app that allows users to interact with each other in virtual reality. → Read More

This Canadian rock star and author is starting a monthly print paper for his Toronto neighborhood » Nieman Journalism Lab

Launched by Dave Bidini, the nonprofit West End Phoenix has attracted support from its community — and Margaret Atwood. → Read More

“There’s an opportunity to go deep”: What’s next for Rafat Ali’s growing travel site Skift, 5 years in » Nieman Journalism Lab

"One of the things that we try to do, and I think it has worked well for us, is to surprise and delight. Surprise and delight is a marketing tactic. In our case, it’s essentially constantly launching new things so that the industry is constantly surprised." → Read More

A new report says Democrats and Republicans actually get news in pretty similar ways » Nieman Journalism Lab

Though Republicans and Democrats have differing — and well documented — views of the media, members of both parties still follow the news and access media in similar ways, according to a study out Thursday from The Associated Press, the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and the American … → Read More

Here are the results of the first two rounds of Google’s European Digital News Innovation Fund » Nieman Journalism Lab

On the heels of announcing another $24 million in funding to support 107 journalism projects across Europe in the third round of its Digital News Initiative, Google also released a report detailing the results from the first two rounds of the program. Google launched the DNI in 2015 and through… → Read More

This paper has a text marketing editor (who compares the job to picking people up at a bar) » Nieman Journalism Lab

Süddeutsche Zeitung's text marketing editor selects which stories will be only available to subscribers and tries to format those pieces to attract new subscribers. → Read More

You can now use social audio app Anchor to publish podcasts » Nieman Journalism Lab

"Our hope is that we can remove all of the technical and difficult aspects of the process to the end user." → Read More

The New York Times is now charging for its cooking site » Nieman Journalism Lab

It'll cost five bucks every four weeks, and it’s the latest step in the Times’ push toward a business more reliant on reader revenue. → Read More

Google News launches a streamlined redesign that gives more prominence to fact checking » Nieman Journalism Lab

"To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or cognitive load on them but just be transparent." → Read More

This startup is trying to create a set of blockchain-based marketplaces for journalism » Nieman Journalism Lab

It's no secret, of course, that many news organizations are struggling to find sustainable business models, finance ambitious reporting, and build trust with audience. And while many startups over the years have attempted to deal with these issues, a new platform said Wednesday it was looking to ad… → Read More

How one journalist used postcards to report on gentrification in his Boston neighborhood » Nieman Journalism Lab

Combining individual stories and actionable information, the East Boston, Nuestra Casa project attempts to inform and educate the Latino community in East Boston. → Read More

What are the ethics of using AI for journalism? A panel at Columbia tried to tackle that question » Nieman Journalism Lab

Journalism is becoming increasingly automated. From the Associated Press using machine learning to write stories to The New York Times' plans to automate its comment moderation, outlets continue to use artificial intelligence to try and streamline their processes or make them more efficient. … → Read More

The Swedish startup Kit is rethinking analytics for a broader view of what makes a story successful » Nieman Journalism Lab

"We're trying to fit in the space between the 'what' and 'what came out of it'." → Read More

This new tool will help your newsroom create better email newsletters » Nieman Journalism Lab

So you heard that email newsletters are the hot new trend for news organizations looking to reach highly engaged audiences and now you're thinking of starting one in your newsroom. But where should you start? A new tool out Monday from the Seattle-based Crosscut Public Media and Reynolds Journalism… → Read More