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April 25, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: A new head for MIT’s Media Lab, a Kickstarter magazine, a “Tale of Two Timeses”

Fantastic news: @joi is the new director of the MIT Media Lab. Congrats all around! http://nie.mn/gyHQpj »

How Sendai newspapers turned to Twitter after last month’s tsunami destroyed their presses (via @vincrosbie) http://nie.mn/gl13yP »

Awesome new outlet: Sensate, a journal for experiments in critical media practice http://www.sensatejournal.com/ »

Nice: a Kickstarter project to launch a global-culture iPad mag (via @pomeranian99) http://nie.mn/eRtryV »

The State Department has abandoned America.gov, shifting its resources to social media http://nie.mn/fKYEO6 »

"No one cares what you spent," and other hard lessons for news from @jeffjarvis http://nie.mn/dEKOTg »

"New tools and old values": from Watergate to Lewinskygate, the evolution of investigative reporting http://nie.mn/h6ePPt »

The Designer Fund wants to spawn a new breed of design-oriented tech company http://nie.mn/hQE4hP »

YouTube considers a monetization scheme for its live streaming service http://nie.mn/i2sKgV »

"A Tale Of Two Timeses": @paidcontent compares the meter to the wall http://nie.mn/dYH4Tu »

Storify opens to the public today http://nie.mn/fKqgyp »

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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.”