First Read: The Mutualized Future is Bright : CJR The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger on the mutualization of the newspaper: "Our readers have become part of what we do." (tags: journalism newspapers twitter collaboration Guardian trafigura alanrusbridger libel) Twitterers News hungry – Editors Weblog Study shows that Twitter users love the news. (tags: socialmedia web_2.0 twitter journalism) Print
PDF Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good » Nieman Journalism Lab The full text of NYU professor and Internet thinker Clay Shirky's talk at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. (tags: journalism internet media newspapers news business digital clayshirky nieman shirky) Print
Tools to build an engaged online community | Socialmedia.biz Good advice from JD Lasica, and free handouts too! (tags: socialmedia, journalism, internet, education) The Tyee leads shortlist for online publishing awards | Newslab.ca The Tyee has received the most nominations in the inaugural Canadian Online Publishing Awards. (tags: journalism, Canada, media, The Tyee) How To Find Time For… Everything! « Smashing Magazine Great time management advice for everyone, especially busy
Multimedia Standards (Beta) – A comprehensive resource for multimedia journalists Impressive project by undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Miami School of Communication. (tags: journalism multimedia resources tips video resource) Dear Bill Keller | byJoeyBaker "I tired of seeing an older generation of managers ruin this business for the rest of us." (tags: journalism media newspapers newmedia nytimes iran billkeller) Link By Link – How the Media Wrestle
A free-lance prototype: multimedia and entrepreneurial Multimedia journalist has a "huge advantage over freelance foreign correspondents working in a single medium." (tags: journalism news multimediajournalism multimedia) JournoTwit – The Twitter client that's not just for journalists… An alternative to Tweetdeck that is web-based (tags: journalism web socialmedia blog twitter tool) Chris Anderson: Newspapers Need To Find The ‘Pet For Their Penguin’ | paidContent “Can we become more conversation starters rather
Michael Nielsen » Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted? A must read on innovation, citing the troubles of the newspaper industry: "The last people to know an industry is dead are the people in it." (tags: newspapers web innovation research) Print
50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine Everything a journalism student needs to know to improve their writing skills is here. (tags: blogging web education resources tools tutorial writing) Web Ecology Project Berkman, MIT and Harvard researchers find the top 10% of users in our study account for 65.5% of total tweets on the Iranian elections. (tags: iran iranelection elections twitter research
Media has heaviest drinkers, poll finds | Media | The Guardian "Media workers are the heaviest drinking professionals in England, consuming the equivalent of more than four bottles of wine or more than 19 pints of beer a week, according to government research." (tags: newspapers Guardian journalism) Memo on NYT social media editor "Jennifer is our first social media editor. What’s that? It’s someone who concentrates full-time on expanding the
@media140: How Twitter is challenging the news gatherers | Technology | guardian.co.uk Not sure I agree with the BBC's Darren Waters: "We aren't sure the audience is ready to see a BBC journalist's personal Twitter feed." (tags: twitter UGC BBC socialmedia social_media) Print
Rusbridger on the future of journalism | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog “I don’t think we would ever go back to having a little pool of elite commentators” (tags: journalism internet media newspapers news Guardian) The benefits of a live-blog: news, discussion and “crowd-sourcing” » Nieman Journalism Lab Matthew Ingram explains how using a live blog for breaking news produced engagement and community. (tags: journalism liveblogging media blogging socialmedia twitter community) Print