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March 7, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: A reward from Lifehacker, a social network-y show for AJE, the business side of redesign

Lifehacker’s offering $2,000 to the first person who solves a CSS problem that has them stumped http://nie.mn/gHbTnR »

Fantastic resource: 13 free tools that can be used for data journalism http://nie.mn/eou9gX »

PSA: The Knight News Innovation Lab is looking for an Executive Director http://nie.mn/exBSTW »

Skype’s set to start running ads http://nie.mn/gg1DCm »

.@khoi on the NYT Mag redesign: "more important than the speed of medium is the nimbleness of the business behind it" http://nie.mn/fKy0mp »

A former AP reporter nears profit after starting a paper from scratch (via @10000words) http://nie.mn/ffo5hF »

WSJ editors focus on free content when deciding what to share on social media, @zseward tells @mayerjoy http://nie.mn/f8eSv5 »

Netflix "has emerged at the center of a titanic clash over the future of television" http://nie.mn/fesG7h »

NPR, Schiller says, is going to create a standards editor position to "be yet another critical check in our process" http://cs.pn/hr9YRU »

Pop quiz! Know what a pilcrow is? http://nie.mn/efZCMf »

Want to hone your follow-the-money skills? Apply for this fantastic (and free!) NECIR workshop http://nie.mn/eo98uo »

Eric Schmidt: "For me, there’s no better place to get accurate, fresh information…than a newspaper." http://nie.mn/egjP2r »

TechCrunch isn’t sure whether it’ll stick with Facebook Comments. They’ve silenced the trolls, but… http://nie.mn/g7ETPO »

"In a feat of nearly real-time publishing," a book’s set to publish tweets from the Egypt uprising http://nie.mn/fWoJlc »

Assume good faith; be accountable; practice aikido—and other @mthomps tips on improving online conversations: http://nie.mn/eH0PJi »

.@felixsalmon: The FT’s paywall turns it into, basically, an online newsletter http://nie.mn/eWbjLh »

"APIs can make it easier to act on that greatest of questions: What if?" http://nie.mn/dLYfbX »

Good morning! AJE’s social media-focused TV show is set to debut in May http://nie.mn/ee34jx »

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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.”