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Monthly Archives: September 2007

links for 2007-09-20

September 20, 2007 – 5:22 am

Time Spent on Blogging : eLearning Technology
“I’ve adopted a practice of blogging as a natural part of my knowledge work. When I’m doing some research on a topic as part of a project, as I think through the problem, find solutions, etc., it is quite natural to blog these things.”
(tags: blogs blogging processes productivity management [...]

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links for 2007-09-19

September 19, 2007 – 5:24 am

Tallahassee.com

Public discussion kept this story alive.

Tallahassee Democrat - www.tallahassee.com - Cold Case: The Mike Williams Mystery
The editor of the Tallahassee Democrat just discussed this interesting bit of collaborative CitJ that happened through discussion. (tags: citizen+journalism law community solutions conversation conversational+media)

Journalists need conversation with communities in new media age | Writes Like She Talks
“Finding people in [...]

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links for 2007-09-18

September 18, 2007 – 5:22 am

A model for the 21st century newsroom: pt1 - the news diamond « Online Journalism Blog
“First in a series of proposals for a ‘model for the 21st century newsroom’. This is a converged newsroom which may produce material for print or broadcast or both, but definitely includes an online element. Here’s the diagram. (tags: tidbits+fodder [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Links | Comments (0)

I’m at Poynter today

September 17, 2007 – 10:23 am

I’ve been traveling a lot over the last couple of weeks — to the SEJ conference last week, and today I’m attending a seminar at the Poynter Institute. Haven’t had much time to blog for myself, hence the preponderance of link posts lately.
But here’s a quick bit of photoblogging…

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By Amy Gahran | Posted in Amy's Adventures | Comments (0)

links for 2007-09-15

September 15, 2007 – 5:21 am

Clearly Ambiguous, via Flickr (CC license)

Traditional news venues: “Eat your spinach!”

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Objectivity/impartiality = cowardice, boredom, obsolescence
Acting as if there were no agenda in journalism is itself a deception. Why does an editor decide to pursue and publicize a story about, say, public corruption? Because he thinks corruption is bad and he [...]

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Internet People

September 14, 2007 – 1:16 pm

Steve Yelvington’s right, this pretty much sums up the last few years. I just realized I recognized a higher percentage of these clips than faces of presidential candidates.

…By the way, I really hate the fugly mechanistic term “user-generated content.” Can’t we just call it all “contributed content?”
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By Amy Gahran | Posted in Media Musings, culture, media evolution, video | Comments (0)

links for 2007-09-13

September 13, 2007 – 5:30 am

LinkedIn better release their API soon, before Facebook totally eats their lunch.

MediaPost Publications - Ad Networks: Now in Several New Flavors -
“As marketing becomes more niche-and experience-oriented, maybe there is a place for lots of specialized networks.” Take, for example, Reebok and Glam Media, a niche content company targeting young women.”(tags: advertising ad+networks niche [...]

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links for 2007-09-12

September 12, 2007 – 5:28 am

lime.com

Could a targeted online ad network like Lime’s help support environmental journalism?

MediaPost Publications - The Online Advertising Conundrum — More Metrics, Less Meaning - 09/11/2007
“Online, there are many ways to generate and increase impressions without actually benefiting the people. Worse, most of these unscrupulous methods for achieving impressions make the impressions worthless, or of negative [...]

By Amy Gahran | Posted in Ad networks, Links, business | Comments (0)

links for 2007-09-11

September 11, 2007 – 5:25 am

VentureBeat » Ad Networks: Why it’s better than ever to be a targeted content site
“Not all ad networks are created equal. With such a glut of ad inventory on the market, it matters a lot how an ad network targets an ad - as seen above its the #1 differentiating factor between networks.”

(tags: advertising ad+networks [...]

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links for 2007-09-10

September 10, 2007 – 5:23 am

After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Some Romm Gems
“Amy Gahran, freelancer, media consultant, Liveblogging from SEJ2007, cited by Web-savvy journalist and editor Emily Gertz in “Toward a New Journalism” suggests, “You’d better all be delivering in mobile, and Mandarin!”
(tags: SEJ2007 mycoverage AmyGahran mobile language)

WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Toward [...]

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