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Bharat: To be successful, news orgs ‘need to be fueling the technical innovations’

Julie Moos — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:04:53 +0000

Google News founder Krishna Bharat describes innovation as collaboration:

“It used to be that you could focus on journalism because the technology around you was stable. You could hone your craft on top of TV or print or whatever it… Read more

Live blogging TEDx talks with David Carr, Ben Smith, Lisa Williams & more

Mallary Jean Tenore — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:04:47 +0000

During today’s Poynter TEDx event, we’ll hear from a variety of thought leaders in journalism and social media. We’ll live blog all of the sessions, which focus on three main topics: changes in journalism, curation and engagement.

You can follow… Read more

Journalism professor accepts challenge to blog for Business Insider

Steve Myers — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:03:40 +0000

College Media Matters | Business Insider
When University of Tampa journalism professor Dan Reimold criticized Business Insider financial blogger Joe Weisenthal, Henry Blodget responded that Reimold “would fail miserably” if he tried to keep up with Weisenthal’s… Read more

Is it time to drop the ‘tweet’ and ‘like’ buttons from your site?

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:21:26 +0000

Information Architects | Nieman Lab | Dan Zarrella
This week’s bit of status quo under question is the pervasiveness of “tweet,” “like” and other social-sharing buttons. Designer Oliver Reichenstein started the conversation with a passionate-but-unscientific essay arguing social… Read more

Politico’s media criticism criticized by media critics

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:57:29 +0000

GQ | The Atlantic | The Washington Post | The Huffington Post | Politico
Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei’s Politico story, which sort of said Mitt Romney gets more negative coverage than President Obama, has inspired a fair amount… Read more

Clay Shirky: Washington Post should emulate Homicide Watch D.C.

Steve Myers — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:48:24 +0000

Clay Shirky: Washington Post should emulate Homicide Watch D.C.

“Homicide Watch provides far broader crime coverage than the Post, coverage of clear value to the community, and does so in a way that makes that value cumulative, rather than just… Read more

Mike Bloomberg reads eight newspapers a day

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:32:52 +0000

VentureBeat
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg: Not a fan of Big Gulps, but he’s a certified newsprint aficionado.

“I have not gone to read everything on the internet. I still read eight newspapers a day,” Bloomberg said

AP uses itself as an example in Stylebook’s social media chapter

Mallary Jean Tenore — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:52:26 +0000

Journalists criticized the Associated Press last fall for telling its staffers that they shouldn’t retweet information that expresses a personal opinion. Now, the AP Stylebook is offering that same advice to other news organizations.

The new Stylebook, released… Read more

15% of online Americans now use Twitter, 8% use it daily

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:39:46 +0000

Pew Internet
The number of Americans using Twitter has grown to 15 percent of Internet users, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That’s up only slightly from 13 percent a year earlier,… Read more

Amoss: Times-Picayune reporting staff will be ‘comparable’ after staff cuts

Steve Myers — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:42:17 +0000

Times-Picayune Editor Jim Amoss says reporting staff will be “at least comparable” after staff cuts (JimRomenesko.com)