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Aug. 27, 2009, 5:44 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Chicago’s 16-year-old crime blogger, Howard Stern as “his own medium,” zombies seize summer doldrums

Chicago’s most dedicated crime blogger is a 16-yr-old with a police scanner. “It’s something I need to do” http://tr.im/xfKX »

As Howard Stern’s contract with Sirius expires, what are his options? “He could become his own medium” http://tr.im/xfJo »

22% of U.S. teens on the web say they visit social-networking sites more than 10 times a day http://tr.im/xfJ5 »

The Financial Times says you can’t email its articles http://tr.im/xfPH »

This hashtag is sponsored: #gapstyletips — part of the GAP’s six-figure advertising deal with Perez Hilton http://tr.im/xglq »

Zombies were the big story on blogs during last week’s summer doldrums (on Twitter: cocaine-laced currency) http://tr.im/xhy0 »

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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.”