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@niemanlab archives: December 2010

9
Dec
Good morning! New Pulitzer Prize rules allow for multimedia, databases or interactive projects http://nie.mn/g65GCN 
 
8
Dec
Anyone out there used Klout? If so, @mayerjoy–who’s studying engagement at RJI–wants to hear about your experience http://nie.mn/h2t0vz 
 
We don’t say it often, but want to include the smart people of Twitter in our 2011 predictions poll. So: please RT! http://nie.mn/hNtEt4 
 
So, this is awesome: Neil Armstrong emails @NPR to shed more light on his moon walk http://nie.mn/hc0POp 
 
From DocumentCloud to The Onion’s mobile app: @RWW‘s production editor lists the top 8 journalism apps of 2010 http://nie.mn/eK1rbb 
 
PSA: If you’re a non-U.S. resident who’d like to be a 2011 Nieman Fellow, you have exactly one week left to apply http://nie.mn/gT5MDX 
 
“It turns out that peer review is being done on blogs.” http://nie.mn/g3KGAw 
 
When world citizens are increasingly able to share their own stories…what’s the job of a foreign correspondent? http://nie.mn/f1Q1DO 
 
In NYC this Saturday? Interested in what WikiLeaks means to Internet Freedom? Then you’ll love this http://nie.mn/ikzCzk 
 
“We read a lot, and this Tumblr is where we can share all of our strange findings and recent obsessions with you.” http://nie.mn/gQotTi 
 
Great report from @sdavy: How Calgary’s mayor used social media to get elected http://nie.mn/haolUh 
 
Ellsberg! Assange! Patch! The moment’s most talked-about links on Twitter http://nie.mn/ifVJft 
 
Design for a tablet ≠ design for the web: the NYT shares some insights http://nie.mn/gYgVFS (via @pilhofer
 
PSA: Our friends over at Berkman are looking for an Assistant Project Director for the Digital Media Law Project http://nie.mn/fUnD2k 
 
Are foreign correspondents redundant? http://nie.mn/f1Q1DO 
 
Twitter now has 20 multimedia content partners, including blip.tv and Instagram http://nie.mn/gFYabC 
 
Struggle for Survival: The WikiLeaks Story http://nie.mn/dQx1LB 
 
Think those with the most Twitter followers are the most influential? Think again http://nie.mn/dLrqJu 
 
Join Register Citizen publisher @mattderienzo for a live chat on JRC’s Newsroom Cafe project today at 10a ET http://nie.mn/eG1Lwa 
 
It’s back! The Year in Media Errors and Corrections, from “Regret the Error” guru @craigsilverman http://nie.mn/eiimdT 
 
Good morning! PayPal exec explains the company’s restriction of WikiLeaks’ account http://nie.mn/ih8fjv 
 
Foursquare adds a badge for book-learnin’ http://nie.mn/eYdz7H 
 
7
Dec
From the NYT paywall to the fate of NewsBeast: Help us predict the future by taking our first annual Lab reader poll http://nie.mn/hNtEt4 
 
Help us predict the future: Tell us what 2011 will bring for the news http://nie.mn/hNtEt4 
 
Why The Onion is franchising and what it means for its web and print presence http://nie.mn/h2OLZD 
 
Gourmet Live (free) iPad app offers a menu of pay items http://nie.mn/gdprGx 
 
Join the NYT’s Bill Keller, WaPo’s Walter Pincus and us at the Nieman Secrecy in journalism conference next week: http://nie.mn/fKAFsV 
 
The future outlook for the New York Times? Not perfect, but brighter than before http://nie.mn/eLSlwa 
 
Don’t expect to be able to game our paywall like, ahem, other newspapers, says NYT digital head http://nie.mn/dGt69y 
 
What’s popular on Twitter right now? Assange, Shirky and more driving the conversation http://nie.mn/hMW8e9 
 
Reconsidering Patch: Success means a new approach to local journalism, failure means a cautionary tale http://nie.mn/dQC1l3 
 
It’s Crystal Ball Time: Take part in the Lab’s reader poll on the future of news in 2011 http://nie.mn/hNtEt4 
 
WaPo on others paid content experiments: “We’re quite willing to be followers on this front” http://nie.mn/i7tvxL 
 
Tumblr lives again, but consider why it’s outage matters to the web, and the world http://nie.mn/eZCRwK 
 
Flipboard, Instapaper, Twitter and Facebook: How have reading habits changed in 2010? http://nie.mn/gETGMj 
 
Redistricting, now more fun thanks to .@Sunlightlab‘s “Better Draw a District” http://nie.mn/hC61vY 
 
Journalism and secrecy, do they go together like PB&J? Join us at the Nieman conference on secrecy in journalism http://nie.mn/fKAFsV 
 
How did the AP and iCopyright go from tracking illegal use of content to a lawsuit? http://nie.mn/hMwyRK 
 
Mediaite empire to expand into mogul watch, tech for women and media jobs http://nie.mn/dZO7FL 
 
ESPN launches espnW.com, a sports blog about womens sports by women writers, athletes and more http://nie.mn/ekye0N 
 
Choice of words: Some news orgs no longer calling WikiLeaks a “whistleblower” http://nie.mn/hubrjP 
 
Survey of US smartphone owners finds more than half expect to use phone more to access news next year http://nie.mn/gtr1yD 
 
Good morning! The Guardian is liveblogging the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the extradition process http://nie.mn/hdudnP 
 
6
Dec
Want to hang out with @Niemanlab next year? Apply to be a Nieman Fellow http://nie.mn/gT5MDX 
 
Gawker + art = http://nie.mn/eEEZta 
 
Retailer Carphone Warehouse expects Android to be its top-selling smartphone platform in Europe this quarter http://nie.mn/gH9Bkn 
 
Check out @Mashable‘s new commenting guidelines http://nie.mn/erC4NU 
 
Harvard Business Review: Six social media trends for 2011 http://nie.mn/gYKZ78 
 
“Crowdsourcing tweets that already exist seems to have more immediate potential for nonfiction storytelling.” http://nie.mn/hY6EvA 
 
The year in iPad http://nie.mn/e84bDd