Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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In an example of journalism everywhere, a commuter snapped a Twitpic of a sleeping transit worker in Toronto and shared it via Twitter, sparking controversy.
People aren’t so sure about context-based ads, according to a Seattle Times study.
That piece in The New Republic on The Washington Post was lazy!
No it wasn’t!
Brightcove CEO is serious about “TV everywhere” — even more so than cable companies.
John Temple, former editor of the shuttered Rocky Mountain News, hired as editor of a hyperlocal Honolulu news start-up.
Despite growth in referrals from social media, the NYT’s pay wall may cripple sharing.
Journalists testing the value of social media by cutting off all sources except for Facebook and Twitter.
Google’s really “optimistic about the Internet,” you know, just in case you were wondering.
Is the question mark in television health news sensational and misleading? Yes, says Gary Schwitzer.
Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger to The Wall Street Journal on his company’s involvement with the Apple tablet: “Stay tuned.”
News director stands his ground as University of Tennessee tries to dictate “ground rules” of press conference with Lane Kiffin — and fights his colleagues along the way.
About a week after announcing it was laying off 10 in the newsroom, Raleigh News & Observer prints the same page on two different days.
Amazon gives e-book publishers more control over digital rights management.
Company allows publishers to create apps for Android and iPhones — for $25 and as little as 10 minutes.
Open source media player Boxee unveils payments system to directly connect content producers with viewers online — bypassing cable and satellite.
When dealing with math in the news, the most important question is, “Does this make sense?”
Study says children navigate multiple forms of media throughout most of the day.
NYT staffers talk about how they made that awesome Netflix interactive graphic.
Story in The New Republic documents the trouble inside The Washington Post.
Posted: January 20th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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Reuters Health refuses to report on a birth defects study when researchers won’t release the numbers.
A staggering majority won’t pay to read newspapers online, Harris poll says.
Relaunched startup helps readers aggregate content to create their own online news organization — and monetize it.
Fake AP Stylebook, every cynical journalist’s favorite Twitter account, is getting real with a genuine book deal.
Almost half of Google News readers never click through the headlines, study says.
Stop worrying about the blasphemy of front page newspaper ads. They’re not there anyway.
Is the right to link online a free speech issue? Rupert Murdoch doesn’t think so.
Newspaper veterans discuss the future of news in a collection of online essays.
Scripps exec says messed up metrics are holding news organizations back from making money online.
In terms of Internet speed, the U.S. fails to make the top-10 list worldwide.
Posted: January 14th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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Ahead of ScienceOnline 2010, there’s plenty of lessons journalists can learn from scientists.
Advertising in the news is about more than just selling eyeballs — it’s about connection and context.
Are partnerships between news orgs and journalism schools about innovation or cheap labor?
The Internetz can’t decide if Google’s decision to stick it to China is humanitarian or just business.
Journalists put the Web to work to tell the story of devastation in Haiti.
City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism shutters its health and medical reporting concentration due to lack of student interest.
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier, who coined the term “virtual reality,” thinks the Web’s open culture may be crippling creativity.
Offering a bounty for leaked Apple tablet footage may make Gawker liable for inducing breach of contract.
Real-time ads may soon replace obsolete ones on Google Street View.
Morris Publishing, owner of the Florida Times-Union out of Jacksonville, plans to file for bankruptcy.
Posted: January 13th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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Posted: January 12th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
It's a knitten!
Raleigh News & Observer announces expansion of science and health coverage, then lays off 20 workers.
Demand Media: We’re not a content farm. But we will steal your lunch.
It’s not about you. Why the diversity of news sources has made audiences less loyal.
News orgs learn social media editors are valuable.
When you use video in a story, make sure it tells a story.
Threat of Jon Stewart looms large over news organizations.
Google plays hardball, stops featuring new AP content.
I know the iPhone is shiny, but don’t ignore Android.
Interactive New York Times maps show popularity of Netflix movies by neighborhood.
Tablets aren’t likely to save journalism — can we stop writing those headlines now?
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Posted: January 7th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
Tasty, tasty links
Could inexpensive remote-controlled drones replace the news chopper? (This journalist would sure like to test it out)
ABC News balances story on autism diet study with … Jenny McCarthy.
Site built on Google API compares Google search results visually.
Teen charged with stealing and crashing planes, burglary and various other crimes gets Facebook group dubbing him “Western Washington’s new Jesse James.”
Open-source, Knight Foundation-funded Facebook app can help local news build community.
NY Times: We know those full-page online ads that block our content are annoying, but they make us boatloads of money. So F off.
Web version of massive New York Times Magazine article on Obama and terrorism beats print edition to the punch (by two weeks).
Disagreements with Media General prompt Winston-Salem Journal managing editor to resign.
Fed up with linkbaiting, Publish2 producer Greg Linch reports Mahalo.com founder Jason Calcanis for spam.
Majority of Politico’s revenue comes from something most people never see — its print product.
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Posted: January 5th, 2010 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
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Anti-vaccination advocate suing Wired and others over article detailing the fallacy of the autism-vaccine argument.
As it turns out, Vanilla Ice can provide some pretty good multimedia advice.
Washington Post not actually sure why it doesn’t have an iPhone app.
Hearst to showcase flexible, newspaper-optimized e-reader at CES.
Local TV revenue down 22.4 percent in 2009.
Scientologists go after the St. Petersburg Times.
TSA threatens bloggers, then backs down, over leak of screening measures.
Reporter conducting e-mail interview uncomfortable with source republishing the conversation.
Australian government planning to run all Web traffic through a filter to block blacklisted sites.
Mashable collates massive social media guide for journalists.
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: Tyler Dukes | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
This photo Hyrules! (via Geekologie)
Poynter’s Vadim Lavrusik examines the lessons journalists can learn from content factory Demand Media.
Google and Facebook announce their own safer URL shorteners and kick bit.ly in the shins.
Senators attempt to chuck bloggers, student reporters and all other nontraditional journalists from shield law protection.
Knight Foundation-funded project produces serious games that tell a story.
Warren Buffett criticizes newspapers for complacency and failure to innovate in the Internet Age.
BBC offers everybody a free online journalism education (Ed. Sorry. It’s not actually free).
McSweeney’s publishes a newspaper that people actually want.
The New York Times adds “crowded restaurant” to magical places where you can be an anonymous source.
Romenesko killed Editor & Publisher!
No it didn’t!
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