The rise of sensor journalism

Is sensor journalism feasible, or even ethical? Columbia’s Tow Center hopes to find out By Laura Hazard Owen, paidcontent.org Journalists and organizations now have the ability to use sensors to collect their own real-time data and report on it. The practice raises both practical and ethical questions, Columbia’s Emily Bell said Thursday. If data jour­nal­ism … Continue reading The rise of sensor journalism

Monkey pushes boundaries of copyright

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