journalism & libraries:

A future in common 

 "both professionals also share the values of transparency and freedom of speech." 

"newsrooms and libraries produce information essential to the healthy functioning of democracy." 

"both depend on, disseminate, and create information for a living, and produce it in multiple formats."

"The definitions of who is a 'real' reporter or a 'real' librarian are getting murkier every day."

but

the disruption

journalism

today

producers

a new relationship is being formed

suppliers

new skills needed

• collaboration
• new analytic tools
• new sources of data
• new ways of reaching the public

new curricula needed

• economics + journalism
• computer science + journalism
• "knowledge journalists"
• metrics & audiences
• peer learning
• data journalism
• narrative science

"The average person now, more than ever, works like a journalist."

Technical skills to produce powerful writing & imaGes

critical & ethical skills

ability to contextualize informaton

numerically literate inquiry

libraries

today

"The average person now, more than ever, works like a journalist librarian."

Use & re-use sources ethically 

critically assess sources

filter & synthesize information

Create well-formed questions

gather information from all sources 

understand media

inquiry

radical neutrality

evidence

community service

contribute/create

communicate

create change

Media, data, and digital literacies have become central to everything, no matter our profession or personal focus:

"The New Media Literacies constitute the core cultural competencies and social skills that young people need in our new media landscape."  

                                                                   - Henry Jenkins

Access
analyze
evaluate

Create

act

Access
analyze
evaluate

Create

act

Visual presentation & design

Video & editing

Visualization

Data analysis

Story-telling

Critical inquiry & research

Writing, speaking

opportunity

​e-LeaRN:
e-Learning and Research Nexus

data studio
One-Button Studio

polytechnic literacies

Innovation Sandbox

digital publishing

digital humanities

media CENTER

pilot

Precedents

media CENTER

future

Precedents

IS

learn by doing

media, data, & digital making

thank you