MediaShift Idea Lab . 10 Reasons Why News Organizations Should Use 'Linked Data' | PBS The argument for linked data – publishing information so that it can easily and automatically, and be linked to other, similar data on the web. (tags: journalism data media news) New media ventures blossom in Seattle How Seattle has become a real-life lab for new models of journalism. (tags: journalism, Seattle, blogs, enterpreneurship, media) Print
PDF 3 Tools to Analyze the Sentiment of Your Brand Social Mentions | Search Engine Journal New ways to get a sense of the public conversation on Twitter. (tags: Twitter, journalism, media, social media) Teaching Online Journalism » 21 examples of Flash journalism A great roundup of the many uses of interactives to bring stories to life. (tags: Flash, journalism, media, online, internet) Print
Harnessing the journalistic power of social media and networks – The Future of News A thoughtful post on best journalism practices in social media. (tags: journalism socialmedia community twitter facebook) Leeds | guardian.co.uk The Guardian's hyperlocal Leeds experiment A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook. – By Vaughan Bell – Slate Magazine "Technology that existed when we were born seems normal, anything that is developed
The Twitter mob rules, OK? | Sunny Hundal | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Why journalists complain about online 'mobs' stifling free speech. (tags: Twitter, journalism, media, online, comment) Caterina.net: Participatory media and why I love it (and must defend it) Eloquent post on the value and appeal of participatory media. (tags: participatory media. journalism, collaboration news, media) Who are you calling Twitters? | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Big oops by
16 social media guidelines used by real companies | Blog | Econsultancy Some real world social media policies and guidelines as used by companies such as the BBC. (tags: media web socialmedia tips business web2.0 communication guidelines 2.0) Journalism.co.uk :: NCTJ to pilot multimedia qualification across UK centres A new preliminary NCTJ multimedia qualification is likely to include new shorthand guidelines and social network writing tests. (tags: journalism training NCTJ
Google’s Personalized Results: The “New Normal” That Deserves Extraordinary Attention Danny Sullivan on why the personalisation of Google search results is a big deal. (tags: socialmedia google searchengine seo search) How to increase your chance of finding a job and decrease your chance of having to vent on AngryJournalist.com (revisited) My friend Bryan Murley has some practical words of advice for journalism school graduates. (tags: journalism, graduates, jobs, media, industry)
MediaShift . Merging Online and Broadcast Cultures to Reinvent 'NewsHour' | PBS An insight look at the attempt to create a new PBS Newshour (tags: journalism convergence media, online pbs) SacredFacts: Time to go… Richard Sambrook leaving the BBC after 30 years. (tags: BBC journalism) A journalist’s guide to SEO | Blog | Econsultancy Believe it or not, the purpose of SEO is not to destroy your writing’s artistic integrity,
Internal AP Memo Thanks Writers For Successful 'Literary Treasure Hunt' In Finding Sarah Palin's Book | TPMDC How the Associated Press managed to get a copy of Palin's book ahead of publication and conduct a much-heralded fact check that detailed where her claims didn't line up with reality. (tags: journalism politics , Sarah Palin, AP) Print
The BBC and Public Space [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits] BBC director general Mark Thompson: Public space is not-for-profit space, not by accident but by design. It exists not to make money but to serve the public and it is accountable to them. (tags: BBC Murdoch, media, public sphere, space) Print
Media in Canada – keeping media and marketing execs up to speed on the Canadian media scene Circulation at Canadian dailies declines, with National Post down 20% and the Globe down 8.4%: (tags: Canada media newspapers circulation) CBC News – Canada – Biggest change in history of CBC News: What it means to you CBC News editor-in-chief Jennifer McGuire on the "biggest change in history of CBC News": (tags: TV