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Jan. 15, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Mobile donations bring in $5 million for Haiti, sarcasm gets a punctuation mark, simple interactivity with satellite photos

Remember when 640 pixels was the max width for a site? The lead image on NationalGeographic.com is 744 px. http://j.mp/4Xnyth »

Interactivity doesn’t have to be flashy: Satellite photos and a slider show Haiti before and after quake. http://j.mp/4XjnKe »

Sarcasm gets its own punctuation mark, but it’ll cost you $1.99. http://j.mp/8Uf2Rp (via @zdnett»

Ads on NYTimes.com touting an upcoming TV show include links to archived Times articles. Example: http://ping.fm/KpdlV »

Haiti text-message aid is now over $5 million. Previous high for a text campaign was $190k. http://j.mp/73iBrY »

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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.”