Friday, April 29, 2016

Journalism for a Digital World


Laura Ferguson, Tufts Now

Image from article, with caption: "We have no idea of the full cultural, social and political impact of the digital age,” says Edward Schumacher-Matos.

Excerpt:
Edward Schumacher-Matos, F73, learned about newspapering from the best and the brightest: while at Fletcher, he took a course with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam. It was one of those chance encounters that launched a career. ...
He’s come full circle now, returning to the Fletcher School as director of the newly renamed Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World. His latest assignment is an ambitious one: transform the center into a global player in shaping how the rapid creation and transmission of information will alter international relations. ...
The center has all the buzz of a startup with big ambitions. New ventures include the Fletcher Ideas Exchange, a TEDx-styled event that helps students hone skills critical to public diplomacy, and new international collaborations pushing into uncharted issues, such as an examination of digital rights as human rights. ...

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