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@niemanlab archives: January 24, 2011

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This could be fun tomorrow night: Follow in real-time with Sunlight Foundation’s Stream Congress http://nie.mn/fTWhQU 
 
Are journo-programmers born or made? Dave Winer checks in with Studio 20 at NYU and Columbia’s Tow Center http://nie.mn/dVAOFd 
 
In SeedSpeak “community engagement” means more than followers and comments http://nie.mn/foK6H1 
 
Guardian working on iPad app: “we’re not a fan of PDFs with the sound of a page turning” http://nie.mn/gPzcgn 
 
Long form is not dead! The New Republic debuts online cover stories http://nie.mn/e9sVdA 
 
HuffPo and National Journal plan to use Sunlight Live to fact-check the State of the Union http://nie.mn/hdsRSV 
 
News as software promotes use of the product instead of just consumption http://nie.mn/dQO8tX 
 
What’s popular on Twitter: BBC cuts, NYC’s chief digital officer and the Pope! http://nie.mn/enLuXS 
 
PSA: You have exactly one week left to send in your Nieman Fellowship application http://nie.mn/gCR3oM 
 
Apps are great, but publishers should pay attention to people on feature phones http://nie.mn/fm7z9r 
 
Dave Winer asks how can universities educate “journo-programmers?” http://nie.mn/dVAOFd 
 
Get more out of maps: Check out these 7 map mashups http://nie.mn/erJQJJ 
 
Groupon wants to be the Amazon of local products, CEO says http://nie.mn/hnhvk0 
 
If AOL gets dinged for publishing “piffle,” they’ve got plenty of company online http://nie.mn/h14nzJ 
 
Will the NYT’s pay plans shunt readers from the iPad to the website? http://nie.mn/htaPXK 
 
Google TV? Eric Schmidt’s next gig could be as a talk show host? http://nie.mn/hookvd 
 
Can a geolocation app make for better civic engagement? SeedSpeak thinks so http://nie.mn/foK6H1 
 
Looking to improve your health care reporting? The Association of Health Care Journalists has fellowships http://nie.mn/f8AvlO 
 
Lessons on two years of chronicling the fortunes of journalism from @themediaisdying http://nie.mn/eTp13z 
 
Are Twitter and Facebook the new homes for serial narratives? http://nie.mn/dFp5Ia 
 
If Google cleans up search from “content farms,” could Patch get swept up? http://nie.mn/gERMeV 
 
NYC hires the founder of GroundReport to be first chief digital officer http://nie.mn/gyOsnp 
 
CQ will join Politico and Bloomberg in offering a data service on Congress, lobbyist and more http://nie.mn/gm9mzT 
 
A small Brooklyn neighborhood offers lessons on blogging, journalism and dealing with angry neighbors http://nie.mn/fkQish 
 
Good morning! With job cuts and shuttered sites, BBC explains how they plan to engage readers http://nie.mn/eJ8xra