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    The career paths of people with communication degrees

    After graduating, the great majority of these students (89%) did work in media, journalism, public relations or somewhere in communication, at least for some time. [...]

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    Methodology

    The survey was conducted online through the lists of alumni of the 22 participating schools and was distributed through partner alumni email lists between April [...]

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    Facing Change: The needs, attitudes and experiences of people in media

    A new study of communication graduates finds that people in many different industries — from commercial brands to government and think tanks — now produce [...]

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    How social sharing varies by news topic and social platform

    What causes some stories to catch fire on social media while others fall flat? Is it determined by indefinable qualities, or are there some elements [...]

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    T. rex Autopsy: 5 good questions with Erin Fifer, National Geographic research manager

    The National Geographic Channel in June released an ambitious project that took eight months to complete: a (very bloody) hands-on, boots-on examination of what it [...]

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    Changing online communities: 10 good questions with The Coral Project’s Greg Barber

    The Coral Project aims to change how publishers, contributors and readers think about interacting in online communities — and it wants to do so with anyone [...]

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    What happens when a curation site emphasizes fact-checking? 5 good questions with Matt Savener of Upworthy

    Upworthy defines itself as a curation site for “compelling, meaningful” content — and that content is typically shared widely, often going viral. When Upworthy was [...]

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    Readers have mixed feelings about journalists interacting on Facebook

    On Facebook, personal storytelling and interaction abound. For journalists, however, these practices seem to breach traditional norms that they should avoid entering the fray. But [...]

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    Our plan for enabling news innovation through culture change

    Based on this new research, API has designed a strategy that we believe is an unusual, human-centered and flexible program of consultation, education, outreach and [...]

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    How to create a culture and structure for innovation

    It’s an old line, but David Skok said it bears repeating: Skok is digital advisor to the editor-in-chief of the Boston Globe, and a former [...]

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