Online and independent: The future of journalism is already here

The modern news industry is in crisis. For years, formerly stalwart publications have been bought up, hollowed out, and sold for scrap by predatory (and often utterly incompetent) venture capital firms. The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 has furt...

Police reform bill proposes mandatory body cameras for federal officers

Congressional Democrats have unveiled a sweeping police reform bill with the aim of overhauling law enforcement in the US. They announced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 following the alleged police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis two weeks...

PBS interactive media series aims to make AR and VR more accessible

One issue with interactive technology like virtual reality, augmented reality and other mixed media is that the cost of the equipment alone can be restrictive. To level the playing field, PBS is launching POV Spark, a series of media projects that wi...

Ferguson one year later: Mike Brown, Black Lives Matter


This weekend marks the first-year since Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri.On August 9, 2014, Brown was shot walking home by Officer Darren Wilson. In the ensuing months, Ferguson became a...

Opinion: FBI Director Comey and law enforcement’s ‘lazy shortcuts of cynicism’


On February 12, FBI Director James B. Comey met with Georgetown University President DeGioia for a town hall about race, police, civil unrest and the lack of representation. His speech was both...