Posts from Author: Vince Dixon

28 Black Pioneers of Journalism, Design and Technology

In celebration of Black History Month, here’s a look at the African-American innovators who paved the way for digital storytelling.

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DIY Chicago and New York Transit Posters

Using Public Data to Create Trendy Subway Line Posters

Subway line posters on Etsy can be expensive. I decided to use public data to create my own.

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Should journalists learn to code

Should Journalists Learn to Code?

A college friend started a company that helps children learn to code under the philosophy that coding is set to be the fourth R of education (reading, writing, arithmetic and “algorithms”). I believe it.

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Can Journalists Compete With the Digital Court of Public Opinion?

When president John F. Kennedy saw the front page of the New York Times May 4, 1963, he said the images made him “sick.” Pictures and recordings of African-American children in Birmingham, Alabama being mauled by police dogs and hosed down by members of the local fire department were making their way across the world. […]

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