"Churnalism" Plug-in To Automatically Scan News Sites For Plagiarism

In an effort to combat and shed light on plagiarized copy in journalism, the Sunlight Foundation has partnered up with the UK-based Media Standards Trust to provide consumers with a website and downloadable browser plug-in that allows them to scan the news sites they frequent for instances of plagiarism in the articles they read.   read more

Augmented Reality App Translates News into Child-Friendly Articles

A new smartphone app for kids uses augmented reality to translate print news into kid-friendly articles, according to the BBC....  read more

Former Hartford Advocate Writer Brews "Unemployed Reporter Porter"

You’ve just been laid off. What do you do? You could drown your sorrows at your local pub or…you could just channel your pain into brewing your own beer....  read more