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June 10, 2009, 7:47 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Clay Shirky, Nick Kristof, microboredom

“This collective, global AHHHHH!” @cshirky on the emotional element of news distribution http://tr.im/o2UF »

Twitter tiff between Guardian editor @arusbridger and Labour MP @tom_watson has a great ending http://tr.im/o2HX »

Global oppression was never this fun: Nick Kristof’s next book to include an online social-networking game http://tr.im/o1Bg »

Dig how @publici packaged its latest investigation: precis, stories, podcast, docs, searchable database http://tr.im/o1DH »

The energy-trust spectrum: @10000Words finds meaning in the color palettes of various news sites http://tr.im/o2S0 »

Microboredom: state of mind marked by idly playing with phone. Marketers want to capitalize http://tr.im/o3lr But so could news sites. »

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The media becomes an activist for democracy
“We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn’t agitate for democracy is an oxymoron.”
Embracing influencers as allies
“News organizations will increasingly rely on digital creators not just as amplifiers but as integral partners in storytelling.”
Action over analysis
“We’ve overindexed on problem articulation, to the point of problem admiring. The risk is that we are analyzing ourselves into inaction and irrelevance.”