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Aug. 9, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: TBD launches its local news site, Ushahidi launches Crowdmap, Forbes launches HuffPo-style blogging initiative

Journal Register Company finishes Q2 ahead of its $12M earnings goal, on track to share profits with its employees http://j.mp/d1Rmq9 »

Exciting: @Ushahidi launches Crowdmap, a free, quick-to-install, easy-to-use version of the platform http://j.mp/bJJiNz »

More Google news, via @jilliancyork: the company is beginning an extensive recruitment campaign in China http://j.mp/cjgKtZ »

Here it is, from @googlepubpolicy: "A Joint Policy for an Open Internet" http://j.mp/9gB5UF »

Forbes to enlist HuffPo-style unpaid bloggers. Others will be paid based on traffic stats http://j.mp/9EE0Rf »

Working on a journalism project in Philly? Apply for one of 10 $5K grants http://j.mp/dpAeG7 »

How @TBD got its name: "We were just cursed." http://j.mp/97UpzO »

Betting against the atom: Dorchester Publishing goes all-digital http://j.mp/9oKxJ4 »

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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.”