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Nieman Journalism Lab
Pushing to the future of journalism — A project of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard

@niemanlab archives: September 2010

10
Sep
Voulez-vous chercher avec moi…? Google to create “European institute for culture” in France http://nie.mn/9dQ3YU (via @iwantmedia
 
“We hope the last year has proven that we come in peace”: @KatchesCW reflects on @CaliforniaWatch‘s first year http://nie.mn/9E9Cjz 
 
“No book printed until it’s sold”: new collective aims to overcome inefficiencies in book publishing http://nie.mn/b9sxbK 
 
The ad for its new iPad app manages to promote Newsday’s app and its print product at once http://nie.mn/9WJTuO 
 
“Illuminate dark places”: @NiemanReports on what the Pulitzer Center has learned investing in international journalism http://nie.mn/b4qdu5 
 
“Engine of innovation”: @Poynter takes a comprehensive look at @NPR‘s plans for its API http://nie.mn/bGR4Ek 
 
“World, meet Pixel Ping”: @ProPublica open-sources a lightweight stats tracker http://nie.mn/cFEhgH 
 
Web users in the US now spend more time socializing on Facebook than searching on Google http://nie.mn/bKPejP 
 
Press release: American Public Media is looking for a new CEO 
 
This week in review: news orgs and metrics overload, Google changes search and NPR goes local http://nie.mn/bPr9WM 
 
Looks like the NYT is planning a social news service http://nie.mn/9uQ6Hu 
 
Wikileaks readies another round of war documents http://nie.mn/dxABPD 
 
Reviving Ground Zero: fantastic multimedia infographic from @NYTimes http://nie.mn/aMvY7B 
 
Good morning! Apple’s changes to app development rules could be a boost to mobile advertising http://nie.mn/9DglSS 
 
9
Sep
Congrats to PRX on earning $2.7 million in grants to expand distribution and mobile projects http://nie.mn/bItq9L 
 
Moviefone 2.0: How the National Post is using Foursquare to cover the Toronto Film Festival http://nie.mn/9E5tds 
 
RT @citmedialaw: Calling all bloggers, journalists, media lawyers! Check out our media law conf. 9/25 – Atlanta http://bit.ly/bhLsdq 
 
Reporting from far away places: our sister publication @niemanreports published their fall issue today http://nie.mn/aoFDJD 
 
Do we still need foreign correspondents? Ethan Zuckerman thinks…yes http://nie.mn/bAOkUu 
 
.@huffingtonpost resurrects #headlinehelp with the end-of-print-at-NYT story http://nie.mn/a6OiPF 
 
Apple’s new App Store guidelines: what they mean for news orgs http://nie.mn/8ZJPqe 
 
Apple clarifies its rules for getting apps into the App Store; here’s what that means for news orgs http://nie.mn/8ZJPqe 
 
.@WSJ to launch a book review section http://nie.mn/aq4flF 
 
“’At any moment, Justin Bieber uses 3% of our infrastructure.’ –A guy who works at Twitter” http://nie.mn/d5Vpy5 
 
The future is mobile: Google says mobile queries are up 4x this year http://nie.mn/cGMEN8 
 
.@NPR‘s Project Argo: the business proposition http://nie.mn/9lnbHq 
 
“All the extra work–the slight cognitive frisson of having to decipher the words–wakes us up.” http://nie.mn/944ZkD 
 
SEO implications? Predictive search expected to cause fluctuations in traffic for AdWords http://nie.mn/cmuLSq 
 
Univision was the most popular network among 18-49-year-olds last week, a first for a Spanish-language station http://nie.mn/8Z5OhC 
 
Genie journalism: @voiceofsandiego reporter “does your bidding for an entire day” http://nie.mn/dBCms2 
 
Good morning! YouTube launches a branded travel channel in conjunction with Norwegian Cruise Line http://nie.mn/aH21lk 
 
8
Sep
Five simple things news aggregators can do to protect themselves against lawsuits http://nie.mn/az3uIk 
 
Everything you always wanted to know about aggregation (but were afraid to ask) http://nie.mn/az3uIk 
 
Love this: @ProPublica launches Nerd Blog, a spot for hacker-journos at PP and elsewhere http://j.mp/aWn2XK 
 
Boy, look who the National Journal has been hiring http://nie.mn/cPBT7U 
 
Excellent conference opportunity: Media Law in the Digital Age, co-sponsored by @BerkmanCenter http://nie.mn/bLHmaP 
 
Looks like News Corp is hiring a creative director for its iPad news effort http://j.mp/c5j6n8 (via @rafatali
 
Important, timely piece: @CJR on the far-reaching effects of faulty traffic metrics http://nie.mn/apXoBg 
 
“Hot news” and more: a comprehensive guide to the risks and best practices of online aggregation http://nie.mn/az3uIk 
 
From book to blog to radio: Freakonomics takes to the airwaves this fall http://nie.mn/bxPuIY 
 
How does the Bay Citizen-New York Times relationship work? http://nie.mn/9CyosB 
 
Newspaper ad declines tapered off in second quarter http://nie.mn/csgwTg 
 
What BBC’s project leader learned from using @Ushahidi to crowdmap the London Tube strike http://nie.mn/9t3LfB 
 
Good morning! @NPR‘s Argo Project officially launches today http://nie.mn/bX72Pt 
 
7
Sep
.@GawkerMedia sites are now more trafficked than all papers save the NYT; ad sales hit a new record in August http://nie.mn/adrV2z 
 
Comment is (editor-) free: Guardian gives members of its science blog network the power to publish directly to its site http://nie.mn/9PmM7i 
 
.@TheAtlanticWire is now crowdsourcing its popular “Media Diet” series http://nie.mn/cvpGDR (via @romenesko
 
Former Nieman Fellow @tommytomlinson chats with @niemanstory about newspapers and experimental storytelling http://nie.mn/aQZ3bs 
 
J-school as news org: ASU’s Cronkite School launches multimedia site for local/state news http://nie.mn/bNNzKl (via @dangillmor
 
What Elizabeth Spiers’ pupils learned in entrepreneurial summer school http://nie.mn/cvTtWE