Dec. 11 link roundup

The missing link

Poynter has a research-based look on how to tell stories and engage readers with text and multimedia.

College journalists in Gainesville, Fla., aren’t waiting to become entrepreneurs — they’re launching their own hyperlocal site right now.

Two guys and a Spartan Web site have signed up about 30 college newspapers for a content-sharing site to replace the now defunct UWIRE.

Video explains the seven deadly sins of shooting video — and solutions to fix it.

No one wants to be fired right? Mashable lists eight traits to help journalists avoid the unemployment line.

A news director in Oregon apparently thinks embarrassment trumps the First Amendment.

Microsoft’s Bing unveils mashup to map neighborhood blog posts.

Living Stories, a collaboration by The Washington Post, The New York Times and Google, gives users control of how they want to tackle complex, evolving stories.

Google Wave hits the 1 million mark.

McClatchy may be giving its employees raises (if they’re newspapers are doing OK).

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