@niemanlab archives: January 2011
11
Jan
Guardian (UK) is bringing together hackers to build better tools to cover SXSW http://nie.mn/fCuolD 
Why won’t some online news organizations talk about diversity on their staff? http://nie.mn/hU7bVR
The scramble to find sources in the AZ shooting, made transparent through Twitter http://nie.mn/fMr9ax
Forbes plan “to create a platform that puts authoritative business journalism at the center of social media” http://nie.mn/guqtzB
Conde Nast takes a new turn on iPad apps, offers best-of content instead of whole mag http://nie.mn/ekhNo7
Good morning! Sports news finally gets the Techmeme (or Mediagazer) treatment with Quickish http://nie.mn/dTXNdI
10
Jan
How Hearst is using analytics to predict sales of print magazines http://nie.mn/eUpFpx
Google’s URL shortener gets an API http://nie.mn/eIGvzq
RT @joepompeo: Confirmed: Steve Jobs to join Murdoch to unveil iPad paper at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://yhoo.it/i39Znf
Are you an awesome hacker-journo? Do you live–or want to live–in Chicago? This may be just the thing http://nie.mn/eguqQ6
“Correct, don’t delete, that erroneous tweet,” argues corrections guru (and poet) @scottros http://nie.mn/fRjTmR
TPM blogger, in Tucson to cover the shooting aftermath, is live-tweeting his reporting http://nie.mn/hCBuj1
Newspaper reporter < garbage collector…and more of the moment’s most popular stories on Twitter http://nie.mn/htW5YR
PSA: Placeblogger has scholarships available for the Watchdog Reporting Workshop in NYC on 1/29 http://nie.mn/fREp59
The New Yorker’s groundbreaking story on the toppling of Saddam’s statue needed nonprofit funding to get published http://nie.mn/e94FKd
“i THINK MY cAPS lOCK KEY IS BROKEN”: a nugget of wisdom discussed on http://www.cwora.com/ (via @teamreboot)
How Hearst is using analytics to predict sales — of print magazines http://nie.mn/eUpFpx
RT @public_affairs: Yep, we’re publishing the Guardian’s WikiLeaks book next month: http://bit.ly/i8xTo5
To delete or not to delete (an incorrect tweet)? Nice discussion at @lostremote http://nie.mn/ih2gEa (via @BostonAbrams)
WSJ’s Best & Worst Jobs list puts “newspaper reporter” at 188 of 200 (btw “sheet metal worker” and “seaman”) http://nie.mn/i3af7w (via @CJR)
The future of narrative will be inspired by visual tools, Instapaper, and (maybe) the Geico Gecko http://nie.mn/i8td4L
Breaking-news narrative as a framework for understanding: @Niemanstory on the coverage of the Giffords shooting http://nie.mn/gFKmNU
PSA: The application deadline for the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism is January 14 http://nie.mn/hTzcpl
Klout gets $8.5M to “create the Page Rank of the social web” http://nie.mn/hDuZ0R
Google’s going to start charging for its Predication API http://nie.mn/eOcp9i
Half off…talking babies? Groupon’s starting a TV ad campaign http://nie.mn/dP7KPO
Good morning! YouTube now has a weekly talk show featuring some of its most popular contributors http://nie.mn/e77df9
7
Jan
Q: Can I become a Nieman Fellow? A: Proof of your general awesomeness is required http://nie.mn/fns66k
A Storified look at the struggles of new media organizations to get press credentials http://nie.mn/hlF70o
Help On the Media find which senator killed the whistleblower protection act last month http://nie.mn/dJstwz
Examining how the Telegraph (UK) uses SEO and analysis in its editorial strategy http://nie.mn/f06xHC
TWiR: The net neutrality debate continues, WikiLeaks and the media, rethinking the year of the tablet http://nie.mn/dITYkb
The lesson from the homeless announcer video? Newspapers, stop thinking like portals. http://nie.mn/fTOg8d
Online comments, maybe it’s a design issue, not a behavioral one, says @cshirky http://nie.mn/g9rxhE
Follow the (guy with) the money: Meet the Lobbyist Tracker, the latest tool from @SunFoundation http://nie.mn/hXKRvm
What’s popular on Twitter? The Atlantic’s fortunes, Village Voice pulls a story and Cwora answers Quora http://nie.mn/f5qpgp
Fantastic job opportunity for digital media junkies: @AP is hiring a DME to run its Nerve Center in NYC http://nie.mn/hk7GiB
Always good to know: Four free data tools for journalists http://nie.mn/gnkNE0
“Why wasn’t I consulted,” or, why the web is a customer-service medium http://nie.mn/e5TvqA
A year at Harvard? To become a better journalist? It can be yours if you apply for a Nieman Fellowship http://nie.mn/fns66k
This week in review: FCC and net neutrality fallout, L’affair WikiLeaks continues and tablets in 2011 http://nie.mn/dITYkb
FCC chairman to broadcasters: Mobile is exploding, time to give up some wireless space http://nie.mn/fZJ1hX
“In private, gadget reporters will tell you that covering the show is a tremendous hassle” http://nie.mn/dJbg7C
Harvard calling: Attention American journalist, it’s application time for the Nieman Fellowship http://nie.mn/fns66k
YouTube played a part in making “the man with the golden voice” go viral, and now the video’s gone http://nie.mn/gmxtuz
Stay by your inbox: First round Knight News Challenge decisions are coming out http://nie.mn/fqiMA0
The Atlantic made a profit for the first time in a decade. http://nie.mn/gEOgOI
The Washington Post wants to find you a better handyman through Service Alley http://nie.mn/fECpMp
Enter: The Honeycomb. It’s Google’s new OS for tablets and it’s coming early this year http://nie.mn/dTnIgS
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