@niemanlab archives: February 2011
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Feb
How The Boston Globe made their winter arts guide literally come alive, thanks to augmented reality http://nie.mn/dHvfv6 
Got data? Need to map it? The FCC has a tool for you: IssueMap http://nie.mn/h2EIQH
NewsTrust Baltimore is taking a local approach to media literacy and showcasing new journalism http://nie.mn/fIorRm
Crowdfunding appears to be catching on, but are projects getting funded? http://nie.mn/fEViw7
Could the future of AOL/HuffPo be in danger if SEO becomes less important? http://nie.mn/gdWBBC
Good morning! A winning feature in this year’s Picture of the Year was shot using Hipstamatic http://nie.mn/gQ3Q3j
8
Feb
The Drudge Report gets an iPhone/iPad app http://nie.mn/iceHjx
How Egypt’s uprising is helping redefine the idea of a “media event” http://nie.mn/eFRDT5
An SEC filing on the AOL-HuffPost deal says that layoffs of some kind are guaranteed http://nie.mn/f6rl9o (via @CorbinHiar)
@robinsloan Gawker’s trying to change that attitude. Which is tough. The big question is whether the redesign is ahead of its time… (2/2)
@robinsloan Doesn’t have to be true. It’s a cultural thing, though: we’ve been taught to understand the web as a peripatetic place. (1/2)
Why the commenter outcry on Gawker’s redesign? “The online world is built and based on distractions.” http://nie.mn/hvK9uJ
Mashable rolls out Follow, a social layer with content-customization capabilities http://nie.mn/eyUFVy
Demand/ROI: In a recent mag piece, @CJR investigated AOL’s user-interest algorithm http://j.mp/fUfDEY
Hulu is watched twice as much as the 5 major TV networks online—combined http://j.mp/i6psPY
Instagram and Picplz have released their APIs http://nie.mn/e7hMn3
Today in awesomeness: the Jules Verne-inspired (and interactive!) Google doodle http://nie.mn/ekm7GA
Good morning! BBC gets the go-ahead to develop a permanent online archive http://nie.mn/eOKvcj
7
Feb
Citing security violations Marines ask Basetrack photographers to leave Afghanistan http://nie.mn/gArSjY
.@digiphile @mathewi Good question! We wouldn’t take that bet. It’s a lock Gladwell will face questions on Egypt & Twitter
Live from New Yorker: The New Yorker will hold a monthly talk on a story. Up first: Malcolm Gladwell http://nie.mn/hjLuL8
The breakfast test: How does The Daily stack up against Flipboard? http://nie.mn/dFHkCM
“YouTube affords fans a venue to curate what they, not the league, consider ‘Amazing.’” http://nie.mn/eN9O5i
Popular on Twitter: The Aol/HuffPo hail mary, finding updates on The Daily and WaPo has an outage http://nie.mn/ekLrbn
Nick Denton on Gawker’s redesign, its readers and the implications for advertising http://nie.mn/hcZo06
Twitter & Facebook “do a very good job of filtering out the fake news” http://nie.mn/eN4UnT
Readability and Instapaper team up to make reading later pay just a little http://nie.mn/gSWhQA
How exactly will HuffPo’s sensibility match with the mission of Patch.com sites? http://nie.mn/gyJkOx
DocumentCloud in action: How PBS NewsHour, WNYC and The Washington Post use DocumentCloud http://nie.mn/e5SfMH
My Boss is a Robot: It’s only a matter of time before the machines take over journalism http://nie.mn/fK2sRU
Testing curation: An eye tracking survey on how well curation works on NYT topic pages http://nie.mn/e10OIp
NewsBeast has the writers, but do they have the web team to succeed? http://nie.mn/hvlrAe
“PDF is to e-publishing what the steam locomotive is to the high-speed train” http://nie.mn/i1RxYa
Report: Yahoo is developing its own Flipboard-esque app http://nie.mn/eSg02e
Nick Denton on the Gawker sites new layout: “It just feels inevitable” http://nie.mn/hcZo06
Audioboo plans to partner with media companies to add audio recording to other apps http://nie.mn/eLvKTT
The case for even more metrics in online journalism http://nie.mn/dZw01z
Good morning! AOL/HuffPo deal puts Arianna in charge of all editorial content. Also MovieFone and Mapquest http://nie.mn/hMqILp
6
Feb
This Week in Review: Egypt’s uprisings, Apple’s restrictions, The Daily’s debut http://nie.mn/eVIWYY
“No varnish—and very little artistry”: @NickKristof reports from Egypt on his Facebook page http://nie.mn/fJEplK
How Al Jazeera is using social media to cover Egypt—and distribute its content in the US http://nie.mn/dGZpRt
How a game can help teach new media literacy http://nie.mn/gK0u4A
CitizenTube teams up with Storyful to curate user-generated videos of Egypt http://nie.mn/fT50wL
How does The Daily measure up when it comes to user engagement? http://nie.mn/fbecR2
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