With all the discussion of the skill set and mindset necessary for journalists today – both of which are important — we need to also consider a deeper question about mindset: how to go about rethinking our thinking. One key area of exploration is computational thinking, through which we can tie the practice of journalism to the digital technology [...]

Time to deconstruct the “platform” hype. On the face of it, developers’ obsession with Facebook Platform makes no sense — build an application on Facebook and you can reach 30 million users. Build it on the web, and you can reach 10 (even 20) times as many users. On Facebook, there are automated mechanisms for [...]