For its second News Engagement Workshop, the Center for Media Engagement brought together a group of digital news leaders including, from left: Jennifer Carroll, Gannett Digital; Barry Osborne, The Denver Post; Alex Quinn, e.thePeople; Wright Bryan, NPR; Dr. Natalie Stroud, Center for Media Engagement; Todd Olmstead, The Wall Street… Read More

Photo courtesy of iStock. Young people today are reluctant to discuss politics with people who disagree with them and view online spaces as somewhat treacherous for interacting politically, according to a new report from the Center for Media Engagement (CME) and the National Institute for Civil… Read More

Rolf Dyrnes Svendsen of NxtMedia in Norway presents during the workshop. During this year’s SXSW Interactive Festival, the Center for Media Engagement hosted the World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers (WAN-IFRA) for a workshop on media innovation at the University of Texas at Austin. Journalists… Read More

Research Associate Alex Curry presents at the Texas APME conference. It has been a busy spring for the Center for Media Engagement! Team members have been traveling across the country to present at various conferences and workshops. Some of the events we’ve been fortunate to be a part of… Read More

Research Associate Josh Scacco presents CME research at the International Symposium on Online Journalism. The Center for Media Engagement’s paper, “Digital Divisions: Organizational Gatekeeping Practices” was recently published in the 2015 edition of the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) academic journal. Research for the paper… Read More

People are more willing to get involved in political discussion when they’re provided with background information containing pro and con arguments, according to a new report from the Center for Media Engagement (CME) and the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD). This is in comparison to… Read More