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@niemanlab archives: August 10, 2010

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Aug
To click or not to click: could tiered data plans be bad news for news publishers? http://j.mp/dCtI2z 
 
Meet All Our Ideas, the tool that can help news organizations to crowdsource opinions http://j.mp/c4LlcP 
 
CNET is reporting that Facebook’s Foursquare-like geolocation/check-in feature is “imminent” http://j.mp/arQaB1 
 
Toronto’s @Open_File, which we wrote about on its launch http://j.mp/b9iz4c, is expanding to more cities http://j.mp/aMrXZ3 
 
.@StateDept now issues foreign policy news via the mobile web http://j.mp/dqpE5l 
 
“It’s not that people have lost interest in the news, it’s that they have shifted platforms.” http://j.mp/aiGgkq 
 
We are fairly certain that, somehow, this guy is the future of news. http://j.mp/bEcM5K 
 
Former Forbes.com CEO to launch several verticals, starting with food http://j.mp/aOodC4 
 
Do you know what the Starbucks free wifi audience wants? Then Yahoo wants you http://j.mp/aC1Isq 
 
RT @mlcalderone WaPo forming ‘Aggregation Blogging group’ led by @kzaleski, per staff memo. 
 
Could tiered data plans water down mobile video ad potential? http://j.mp/dCtI2z 
 
Center for Public Integrity writer credits HHS listserv for a tip that led to his Medicare-fraud story http://j.mp/dtAWWY 
 
Paved paths? “Pissoirs”? @Civilbeat‘s Imaginarium invites ideas “to make Hawaii a better place” http://j.mp/aRDhT4 
 
New Slate section experiments with multimedia http://j.mp/aU6zDU 
 
Would advertisers rather have ads in front of paying-consumers only? Or as many eyes as possible? http://j.mp/9CZSWf 
 
Want to become a social media grokstar? Apply for @SPJ‘s Kiplinger Fellowship http://j.mp/a9ZnHz 
 
A cool new tool for crowdsourcing opinions http://j.mp/c4LlcP 
 
AP to expand its coverage of the departed with multimedia “obituary packages” overseen by a single editor http://j.mp/9pKeBT 
 
At the UK’s Times, a reduction in ads behind its new paywall is giving way to advertorials outside the wall http://j.mp/9CZSWf 
 
Good morning! Google’s tracking code appears on 45 of the 50 most popular US websites; here’s the back-story http://j.mp/anLrke