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Follow us on Twitter @TowCenter and Facebook at /towcenter. UPCOMING EVENTS Journalism After Snowden:  Finding and Protecting Intelligence Sources A Lecture with James Bamford Yale Law School, New Haven Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:00 PM RSVP Journalism After Snowden:  In Defense of Leaks A Lecture with Jill Abramson Columbia Journalism School Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:00 PM RSVP   Upcoming Tow Tea: Understanding the Role of Algorithms and Data at Buzzfeed Ky Harlin, Director of Data Science at Buzzfeed Thursday, December 4th, 4:00-6:00 PM Brown Institute for Media Innovation RSVP   TOW CENTER IN THE NEWS “If there is a free press, journalists are no longer in charge of it. Engineers who rarely think about journalism or cultural impact or democratic responsibility are making decisions every day that shape how news is created and disseminated.”  Director of the Tow Center, Emily Bell, recently gave the Reuters Memorial Lecture at Oxford.  Read the full transcript here. On Nieman Lab, November 10, 2014 Can Mesh Networks and Offline Wireless Move From Protest Tools to News? by Susan E. McGregor Read here   In the New Yorker, October 21, 2014 How Edward Snowden Changed Journalism by Steve Coll Read here ON THE TOW BLOG "We are happy to report that many of the attendees of our October 11 workshop on Source Protection in the Information Age left with a good foundation in digital security, and trainers gained a better understanding of the challenges journalists face in becoming more secure..."   Source Protection: Resources by Susan E. McGregor "Invariably, just as important as building a framework for sensor journalism is building a community of practice for it, one that brings together key players to provide a space for asking critical questions​, sharing best practices,​ and fomenting connections/collaborations..."    Sensor Journalism: Communities of Practice by Lily Bui   RECENT EVENTS November 18th, 2014 Journalism After Snowden: Normalizing Surveillance A Lecture with Ethan Zuckerman Watch video from this event October 23rd, 2014 #Ferguson: Reporting a Viral News Story Watch video from this event October 21st, 2014 Journalism After Snowden: Investigative Reporting in an Age of Surveillance and Big Data A lecture with Steve Coll Watch video from this event  September 29th, 2014 Source Protection: Rescuing a Privilege Under Attack A lecture with David Schulz Watch video from this event  Recent Tow Tea's have included a FOIA Workshop, New Beats and Covering Diverse Beats in Digital Media, and Reporting without the Internet: Using Mesh Networks and FireChat for Journalism   On October 15th, the Tow Center co-hosted Race in the Age of Digital Media: A Lecture by Ta-Nehisi Coates with the Sevellon-Brown Fund. Following the lecture, Coates led a writing workshop for students and faculty of Columbia Journalism School.  Read more about students' experiences in the workshop here.   If you would like to contribute to the Tow Center Blog, contact Smitha Khorana, Digital Media Associate at the Tow Center. If you would like to propose research, contact Fergus Pitt, Senior Research Associate at the Tow Center.