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From Nieman Reports: The value Consumer Reports gets from the Internet’s consumer retorts

“If you rely only on user reviews to make your purchases, you’re on your own to figure out how to synthesize dozens of discordant comments. Does one super-negative review annul numerous glowing squibs? Do 10 positive reviews mean a product is likely worth buying?” Kimberly D. Kleman

From Nieman Reports: Maria Popova on the critic as celebrator

“But in conceiving of criticism as a value system for what is ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ worthy or unworthy, there is another, implicit shape ‘criticism’ can take — a celebration of the good by systematic omission of the bad.” Maria Popova

Ann Marie LipinskiFebruary 20, 2013

Eugene Patterson and Aaron Swartz: Ghosts speaking across the page

“Aaron was, in a sense, the spiritual heir to the crusading editor. How do we encourage more nerds to be like Aaron?”

Craig SilvermanJuly 18, 2012

From Nieman Reports: The “New Verification” means high stakes in an age of social media

Opportunities to debunk or verify abound, and the price for inaccuracy has never been higher, Craig Silverman argues.

Margaret SullivanJuly 17, 2012

From Nieman Reports: After the shouting, bridging the divide

Incoming New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan shares lessons learned in her controversial handling of a high-profile crime story.

New in Nieman Reports: What former top newspaper editors would have done differently

The spring 2012 issue of Nieman Reports asks newsroom veterans to critique their industry — and themselves. Adrienne LaFrance

From Nieman Reports: For French news site Owni, ebooks aren’t just a side project

Owni “doesn’t carry advertisements and publishes all of its content under a Creative Commons license. Selling products — including e-books — is its big bet.” Federica Cocco

Journalist turned author? Here’s where you’ll screw it up

From Nieman Reports: Politico’s experiments with quick-turn ebooks

“The digital book project is a way of ensuring that these tips and anecdotes and character insights don’t get pushed aside, and instead are developed and given to readers in a format that puts them in the best light.” John F. Harris

From Nieman Reports: In digital publishing, content drives length, not the other way around

“Our idea was to create a new way for writers to be able to tell stories at what had always been considered a financially awkward length.” John Tayman

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