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

@niemanlab archives: October 2010

13
Oct
Many iPad users aren’t early tech adopters, an interesting challenge for designers http://nie.mn/cjfrW3 
 
Substitute “coffee drinks” for “news stories,” and… http://nie.mn/9BhQOR (via @romeneskoblogs
 
“CSI: Photojournalism”: How digital forensics can help determine images’ authenticity http://nie.mn/dtw95r 
 
NPR hires help for online comments, may explore pre-moderating commenters http://nie.mn/dmnXDK 
 
Tweet-sink: Turns out 71 percent of Twitter updates are ignored http://nie.mn/czbgAC 
 
AOL to launch City Beat entertainment sites for 25 cities with help from Patch and Mapquest http://nie.mn/c081uT 
 
RT @agolis: The brilliant Zack Roth joins The Upshot: http://bit.ly/9NuJNg 
 
Does investing in print help a paper’s bottom line? Not for the SF Chronicle http://nie.mn/9Ccu4z 
 
Four public media outlets want to grow to 100 journalists per city within months http://nie.mn/bXhGMN 
 
Good morning! Reuters.com to roll out a online video “morning show” http://nie.mn/amDfaB 
 
12
Oct
The investigative series, narrative feature and more may have a new home on the Kindle Single http://nie.mn/beJEt4 
 
The ongoing story: How lead testing in helping Cal Watch with engagement and reporting http://nie.mn/dzn0Zl 
 
Public service announcement: WaPo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer http://nie.mn/9oX4So 
 
Election night news stream: ABC News will stream mid-term election night coverage on Facebook http://nie.mn/duzogZ 
 
Tablet Heavy: News publishers planning apps for Android tablets, BlackBerry Playbook http://nie.mn/9bxozG 
 
If Bloomberg Government is successful, expect to see a state-level data and information service http://nie.mn/crhvCC 
 
Are magazine iPad apps walled off gardens when it comes to interactivity? http://nie.mn/9aGLiU 
 
Cox Media unleashes DealSwarm, a daily online discount competitor to Groupon http://nie.mn/aOWYYe 
 
What possibilities do Kindle Singles offer for in-depth news? http://nie.mn/beJEt4 
 
Is social gaming the next step for media companies? http://nie.mn/a4IqYH 
 
“I think the golden era is ahead of us.” .@burtherman on Hacks/Hackers, Storify and the future http://nie.mn/b52onb 
 
Engagement and tainted jewelry: California Watch offers investigative reports and free lead testing http://nie.mn/dzn0Zl 
 
As Twitter continues its advertising push, a tool for local business ads is expected next year http://nie.mn/c77SfS 
 
FT’s iPad app is raking in some dough (1 million pounds or $1.58 million) http://nie.mn/bnymVm 
 
Twitter users love links: The clickthrough rate crushes Facebook http://nie.mn/9Yedlx 
 
Good morning! Staples of old yellow journalism are the same as new: “sex; crime; and, even better, sex crime” http://nie.mn/bM2dq7 
 
8
Oct
Fire up the RSS reader, here’s a 50 great journalism feeds around data, law, technology and more http://nie.mn/aG4E1g 
 
Robots among us! .@10000words on the rise of automated journalism in the newsroom http://nie.mn/9BlZ1R 
 
NPR has seen the future, and it’s filled with app-loving news junkies http://nie.mn/cmAEvQ 
 
Guess who’s leading the way for innovation at newspapers? The sports department http://nie.mn/aB7twS 
 
Catch up on your future of news news with the latest installment of This Week in Review http://nie.mn/di6Riz 
 
Google News is experimenting with a Twitter integration http://nie.mn/cJKT2I 
 
HuffPo makes sure sponsored posts appear as prominently in search engine result pages as their own content http://nie.mn/aeI5Id 
 
NYT Co. president on the rise of the paywall, they will not retreat from the “online conversation” http://nie.mn/cICwrM 
 
Good morning! More details on the new categories in this year’s Knight News Challenge http://nie.mn/btM0U4 
 
7
Oct
Got bad comments? @carr2n made the backend of his posts more provocative and it helped. http://nie.mn/cVWS1Q 
 
Mario Vargas Llosa on his Nobel win: “I still don’t believe it, you know? I need to read it in the papers.” http://nie.mn/ayUDKn 
 
A TV ad for print? AXA insurance debuts interactive ad that ties iPhone to newspapers and magazines http://nie.mn/91E5sZ 
 
The Columbus Dispatch free iPad app outfoxes Apple, allows for subscriptions http://nie.mn/acniRv 
 
A history of social media screwups (spoiler: blogger picks a Kryptonite lock with a ballpoint pen) http://j.mp/b2qLJT 
 
So you want to start an online news site? .@OJR‘s got a checklist for that http://nie.mn/bfWy6A 
 
The Future is gadgets: Survey finds eReader owners read the newspaper and magazines more http://nie.mn/9QZxmY 
 
“Journalism on a diet,” Michael Schudson lays out three scenarios for the future of newspapers http://nie.mn/b7vWwY 
 
Huzzah for jobs and strategy! Scripps Fellows gives local papers time to figure out online plan http://nie.mn/c9rdFc 
 
Expect to see more videos from places like NYT, USA Today inside of your Twitter stream http://j.mp/b0sX9f 
 
Looks like 27% of us share 87% of news links http://j.mp/aHarVU #meta 
 
Sporting News and The Newsonomics of sports avidity http://nie.mn/ddrILc 
 
Crowdsourcing and collaboration: How the LA Times mapped Los Angeles http://nie.mn/c77LNe 
 
AOL plans to buy up more media properties, possibly even newspapers http://nie.mn/cwuihs 
 
Good morning! Confusion over the cable brand vs. the news site may lead to a name change for MSNBC.com http://nie.mn/bFITWr