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@niemanlab archives: July 7, 2009

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Well, I suppose it had to happen: Wall Street Journal liveblogs the liveblogs of the Jackson memorial http://tr.im/rgOs 
 
Four years ago, I wrote about the use of cell phone cameras in coverage of the London subway bombings http://tr.im/rgeD 
 
Building on @dan360man‘s idea, @ksablan sketches what a “storystreaming platform” for news might look like http://tr.im/rfCx 
 
@Chanders It looks great, but hard to tell what’s important and what’s window dressing. Are there particular programs that call out to you? 
 
New York City announces eight initiatives “to strengthen the media industry.” Dense press release ahead: http://tr.im/rfui 
 
New at the Lab: What makes content viral, and what does that mean for news? First part of our book club http://tr.im/rfln 
 
@Mark_Coughlan Well, that’s just for people who submit opinions, presumably so the reporter can accurately identify them if used in a story. 
 
RT @silencematters: NYT Blog Fact: We have a blog in Russia http://bit.ly/3wOoyC | English translation: http://tr.im/rf8G 
 
“10 inspirational New York Times multimedia and interactive features” http://tr.im/reZi (by @10000Words
 
@tracyvs Thanks for the comment! Interesting questions, and we’ll see if we can get some answers, at least from the NINN folks. 
 
New at the Lab: If you were starting a news organization, where would you put your initial efforts? http://tr.im/reeH 
 
How Chinese citizens are circumventing the government’s censorship of Twitter http://tr.im/reej 
 
New at the Lab: Plan for nationwide network of non-profit news orgs faces questions over its priorities http://tr.im/re0j 
 
Patents filed by Amazon foretell targeted ads on the Kindle. Also: buy a paper copy, get the ebook free http://tr.im/rdUz 
 
@davidaKaplan Maybe the summer-Fridays effect won’t apply to Twitter because media types take their BlackBerries to the Hamptons. 
 
Good morning! Tuesday is the most active day on Twitter, a study found http://tr.im/rdRB