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

@niemanlab archives: November 2010

11
Nov
What an “urban operating system” can teach us about making more efficient journalism http://nie.mn/buMKoX 
 
How many working journalists are there in the U.S. today? We crunch the numbers http://nie.mn/adhO37 
 
Wholesaling to retailing: How the Center for Public Integrity wants to build revenue and readership http://nie.mn/alkoij 
 
10
Nov
“Good journalism has always been about telling a good story. Still is. Today we have better tools to do that.” http://nie.mn/a2tajW 
 
TPM’s first developer talks about making technology fit reporters needs, building Poll Tracker and data journalism http://nie.mn/99yL4u 
 
“Where is the existing, untapped potential for on-the-ground journalism that is more than just a lucky tweet?” http://nie.mn/9Fbg7h 
 
JOB: Curator to run charming house in Cambridge, assess journalism’s big issues, keep fellows and @NiemanLab in check http://nie.mn/bOdW9B 
 
The bunny’s going social: Playboy launches Scout, a geolocation app for nightlife http://nie.mn/byfSSY 
 
A behind the scenes look at that the making of the @WashingtonPost iPad app Woodward loves so much http://nie.mn/9vBELt 
 
Beyond Newsweek: Who else is doing innovative things with Tumblr? http://nie.mn/bVzWAX 
 
What’s popular on Twitter now? The View from Nowhere to @Slate, @Snarkmarket and more http://nie.mn/9aYjzb 
 
A talk on the Tech Side: TPMs first developer on startup life, jumping to ProPublica and data journalism http://nie.mn/99yL4u 
 
“The more we learn to involve others in what we do, the richer and more trusted our journalism will become.” http://nie.mn/9WGTRH 
 
eByline, which connects freelancers and publishers, has raised $1.5 M in funding thanks to E.W. Scripps Company http://nie.mn/dDeRhz 
 
Public Service Announcement: Be the big boss! (Or Curator to be specific) An opening at the Nieman Foundation http://nie.mn/bOdW9B 
 
Will Google Instant Previews put a new emphasis on web design? http://nie.mn/9zxSZ7 
 
Facebook (counter)sues Phoenix Media over patent rights to listing services and online music player http://nie.mn/bCEAfQ 
 
Canada, “a hive of activity in Open Government and Open Data?” Yup. See what journalists are producing. http://nie.mn/a5Phab 
 
.@Jacobwe says @Slate goes for the sticky over the clicky in its biz model http://nie.mn/bzmsAX; more on their strategy http://nie.mn/9yKxTe 
 
On demand AP Guide RT @APStylebook: Draw on the knowledge of the Stylebook community by including #apstyle when you tweet a question. 
 
Jeff Israely introduces Worldcrunch: An idea and a brand brought together as a start-up http://nie.mn/9Fbg7h 
 
On Slate and Jacob Weisberg “The bar-none best Web editor in New York who runs a tech-backward site” http://nie.mn/cWDcyN 
 
Good morning! Knight Commission releases new report with 4 ways to increase digital and media literacy http://nie.mn/9UsAuT 
 
9
Nov
Think friendship makes for the strongest links in social news? Think again. http://nie.mn/chFqq9 
 
Public Service Announcement: Outside.in needs a content manager http://nie.mn/chnYBL 
 
How do you tell a story around a fixed time and space? http://nie.mn/aaLsrW 
 
What’s been going on on Twitter today? http://nie.mn/cHr18o 
 
Coupons are still king: 40% of holiday shoppers expected to use them http://nie.mn/dCSAt3 
 
Public Service Announcement: Media Consortium is looking for a new executive director http://nie.mn/aFa4Zz 
 
Time and Space: Here’s Intersect, where storytelling, time and location get all mashed up http://nie.mn/aaLsrW 
 
US internet users saw 1.3 trillion display ads last quarter http://nie.mn/bClRde Is that supply outpacing demand? http://nie.mn/94ol0s 
 
Nice opportunity for small online video producers to get their stuff in front of 15 million people http://nie.mn/9xjWie 
 
Good news for Kindle publishers. Amazon announcing a bump in revenue share to 70% http://nie.mn/bk0UsM 
 
AOL runs into the age-old problem: display ads bother readers, but they make money… http://nie.mn/d6Bb5l 
 
Public Service Announcement: Medill is hiring like crazy (ranging from videographers to enterprise experts) http://nie.mn/bv8F69 
 
Internet on a plane: Google is giving you free in-flight wifi for the holidays http://nie.mn/aiU9YD 
 
By 2015 the e-book publishing industry could be worth $3 billion http://nie.mn/dmD8PL 
 
In social news, shared interests trump friendships http://nie.mn/chFqq9 
 
Good morning! The expanded NYT DealBook will get an “initial reprieve” from the wall http://nie.mn/bkZCuP 
 
8
Nov
“The news, as a civic space, ends up outsourcing the design of its own traffic flow.” http://nie.mn/buMKoX 
 
While only 7% of online adult book readers read e-books, those readers also spend the most money on books http://nie.mn/dmD8PL (via @chr1sa
 
Technology in the service of memory: @Open_File builds an interactive map of the 3,224 Toronto residents killed in WWII http://nie.mn/cs1y4J 
 
Facebook ads accounted for over 23% of all graphical, online display ads viewed in the US during Q3 http://nie.mn/c8kg1v 
 
Link o’clock! Some of today’s most talked-about stories on Twitter http://nie.mn/94BGHD 
 
“Today there are 70, 80, 90, 100 groups all competing for the same limited pool of nonprofit dollars” http://nie.mn/alkoij 
 
@mathewi @robinsloan Oh, you guys. Happy to! 
 
Q: How many different ways are there to get hacked on Facebook and Twitter? A: http://nie.mn/bI9VI9 
 
Making money through blogging: an org chart of options http://nie.mn/bZLsBd 
 
Why we could use some urban planning for news http://nie.mn/buMKoX 
 
Center for Public Integrity’s first HTML5 produce is live. Check it out on any device with a browser http://nie.mn/bcK2aL