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Dec. 15, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: So you want to be a freelancer, avoiding Twitter silos, Colbert’s retweet-itude

Meet Sourcerer, Medill’s new “context management system” http://nie.mn/gjsdcb »

Interesting stuff from @mathewi: Bit.ly bundles now allow for hyper-personalized wikis http://nie.mn/dI6A4f »

Stephen Colbert had the most retweeted tweet of 2010. @biz presented him with an award. Hilarity ensued. http://nie.mn/feFLFU »

Almost as good as http://nie.mn/eWQpNa: “So You Want to Be a (Freelance) Journalist” http://nie.mn/fxGgad »

Beautiful visualization of 2005-2009 census data from the NYT http://nie.mn/f79PVw »

“Automatic speech transcription will become fast, free, and decent.” @Mthomps predicts “the Speakularity” http://nie.mn/gjeCCs »

In 1983, “The Computer” was TIME’s “Machine of the Year” http://nie.mn/egjOCR (via @ckanal) »

Later today, Netflix will host an API webinar that is somehow connected to the iconic sitcom “Growing Pains.” http://nie.mn/eHzRDm »

AP CEO: “We’re giving careful study to a paid iPad app and what it should look like.” http://nie.mn/hMO2er (via @romenesko) »

Data from @timoreilly: ebooks represent 84% of units sold from oreilly.com, 76% of revenue. For pbooks: 15% and 21% http://nie.mn/hLLoN9 »

.@ethanz on silos: “If you want Twitter to act as a cultural bridge, you need people to take on that bridging function” http://nie.mn/h5tnRv »

Twitter has launched a form that lets companies express interest in purchasing promotions http://nie.mn/hvzE3W »

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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.”