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Aug. 14, 2009, 7:14 p.m.

Links on Twitter: NPR’s site redesign based on user behavior, investigate journalism on tweets, 1953 Time cover on amateur photography

Before redesigning its site, NPR researched user behavior and expectations. Here’s what they found: http://tr.im/wq8m »

Vancouver artist @blprnt creeps himself out by conducting investigative journalism on his Twitter stream http://tr.im/wpkB »

Call it a best-of album: the most-frequently favorited tweet from 19 journalism-minded Twitter users http://tr.im/woX0 »

Geeks only: How similar are the LA Times and Chicago Tribune websites? Have a look at the code http://tr.im/wqiG (HT @A_L»

Linked today in a NYT memo: Twitter discussion of the “link economy” http://tr.im/woA3 f/t @mathewi @TimObrienNYT @harrisj »

Really dig this TIME cover from 1953: “Amateur Photography: Every man his own artist” http://tr.im/wows »

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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.”