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The media becomes an activist for democracy
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Aug. 12, 2011, 6 p.m.

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“It is, after all, Instagram, not Latergram.” http://t.co/PxKhTNf »

Over the past year, Android-powered tablets have taken 20% of the global tablet market from the iPad http://t.co/B0XHmTr »

“This is the beginning of an age of sharing and publicness”: @jeffjarvis on his new book, Public Parts http://t.co/sLRvslC »

RT @Brizzyc: St. Louis Beacon (community news site) has more revenue from events than foundations. #aejmc11 »

1.5 million: approximate number of “likes” currently on @NYTimes‘ Facebook page http://t.co/acl4LfJ »

Is your ISP cheating you out of bandwidth? http://t.co/WJxMTQH »

Nice! Emphasis, @donohoe‘s deep-linking tool, is now featured on the FCC’s site (via @zseward) http://nie.mn/n7IsdE »

Interesting nugget about 111-111-1111 (R.I.P.): It was developed to help @NYTimes protect its sources http://nie.mn/qlkghS »

The closing of Borders means the closing of Borders’ powerful newsstand http://nie.mn/q2TF4X »

.@Alexismadrigal is really smart. http://nie.mn/pGVlmf »

In which @nickbilton reads a book (on ten different devices!) http://nie.mn/nVaQ4f »

“Citizens—the community—are our No. 1 customer, but they don’t pay.” @Seeclickfix‘s revenue strategy: http://nie.mn/ndCHMi »

Is AOL/HuffPo over-aggregating video? http://nie.mn/nESPLR »

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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.”