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Journalists and Web 2.0
Interesting take on how my "toxic culture of journalism" essay plays out in Malaysian media.
(tags: media+evolution culture human+nature journalism resistance)
First Android phone to showcase Google brand - FierceMobileContent
"With T-Mobile USA poised to officially unveil the HTC Dream–the first handset based on Google's Android operating system–on Sept. 23, The Wall Street Journal reports the phone will heavily emphasize the Google name in its branding and marketing."
(tags: mobile tidbits+fodder hardware)
Online Journalism Review returns!
The Knight Digital Media [...]
Social Media: Social networks overtake adult sites
I guess the Internet is not for porn, after all.. "we are what we click"
(tags: tidbits+fodder statistics research trends social+media human+nature)
Civic Engagement » Libraries and Journalism
excellent, thoughtful post on how librarians can play a key civic media role. I wonder how much freedom librarians have within their organizations on that front? And what kind of help or collaboration do they need or want?
(tags: libraries librarians journalism community civic community-informatics media+evolution tidbits+fodder)
Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType
Comment-tracking service I'm going to demo. Recommended by Patrick Beeson. I need comment tracking, and Co.mments.com has been totally down (like, GONE, no site, no feed, nothing!) all day. I absolutely need comment tracking, I comment on blogs daily and need an easy way to follow conversations.
(tags: comment+tracking comments [...]
NYT to release open-source “document viewer” for investigative journalism | Sixth W
Report from Brian Boyer: "To help create their fantastic piece about Hillary Clinton’s White House schedules, the NYT developed a tool to aid them in analysis of the enormous amount of information that the schedules contained. Today at the Online News Association conference, Aron [...]
Ad Departments Can Help Us Save Journalism « The Changing Newsroom
"My observations at metropolitan daily newspapers lead me to believe that we are poised right at the cusp of developing a more productive relationship between business and editorial departments, but workplace routines and traditions - especially those that are well-intentioned and rooted in core values, [...]
Xark!: Coordinates 2.0: Have your say
"People who are actively building (or thinking about building) the news sites and journalistic organizations of the future might want to think their way around these concepts. You'll notice that not everything described here is purely journalistic. As reporters and editors across America are being reminded in 2008, journalism doesn't [...]
Digital media expert: United Airlines story shows how software combined with human error can have frightening results (Readership Institute)
Tidbits contributor Rich Gordon writes: "I don't think the most important lessons of this story are about Web sites, journalism, software or human judgment. The lasting lessons should relate to the regulatory oversight of the world's increasingly [...]
delicious support forum - New test version of Firefox add-on (2.0.99) with major fixes!
I just installed this firefox add-on update for Delicious. We'll see if I still keep having that problem of my browser stalling waiting for it to "sync bookmarks" periodically…
(tags: social+media problem+solving tools)
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