@niemanlab archives: May 2011
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May
Summify, which gives you 5 stories to read every day, adds “Dislike” and “Love” buttons http://nie.mn/lCvBcm 
Homicide Watch tries to fill the gaps in D.C.’s crime coverage http://nie.mn/jxDwMB
Ken Doctor: Understanding changes to ABC circulation data “is best done either dead sober or after a six-pack.” http://nie.mn/mD7RO7
Press releases with multimedia get a lot more clicks, PR Newswire finds http://nie.mn/iUcwO0
From @mthomps, the three P’s of a great web headline: Parsability, promise, proper nouns. http://nie.mn/ij7UND (via @modernjourno)
It’s official: News Corp. lost $10 million on The Daily this year; 800,000 downloads since launch http://nie.mn/lTN7Ej
Good morning! Patch has launched “Local Voices,” its blogging platform http://nie.mn/lLBpNP
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May
Linux! Wikipedia! eBay! Why the digital world demands new approaches to organizational design http://nie.mn/jl1yvx
AOL’s profits fell 86% between the first quarter of 2010 and now http://nie.mn/mb83vf
“The app must be playful and creative.” @wnycradiolab wants help in developing its iPhone app http://nie.mn/kfmLnt
RT @pkafka: The Daily lost $10 million last quarter, says Chase Carey. Muffled voice behind him mentions 800,000 downloads
Check out @niemanstory‘s latest Editors’ Roundtable, chock full of insights into the narrative process http://nie.mn/jdZ4lj
Nisenholtz: The NYT’s reported goal of 300,000 year-one digital subscriptions is “inaccurate” http://nie.mn/k7du4o
Can publishers create a Business Class for news? http://nie.mn/jZJm9I
How to make smarter groups? Step 1: Include more women in them http://nie.mn/jl1yvx
Facebook was the US’s top online display ad publisher for Q1 2011—with market share up 15% from last year http://nie.mn/lPZqyS
Al Jazeera English is the second news org ever to win the Columbia Journalism Award http://nie.mn/jWgU4f
How the Bin Laden news made Adam Moss “a Twitter convert” http://nie.mn/mp4WN1
Reuters’ Chris Ahearn: Live video will be an increasing part of the firm’s digital offerings http://nie.mn/mPF035
The genetic structure of groups, and what we can learn from it http://nie.mn/jl1yvx
“Be human—but not too human.” And more social media guidelines from @stevebuttry http://nie.mn/jAElrU
Good morning! 85% of media sites use online video to cover news—33% more than last year http://nie.mn/mhn0LO
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May
Tracing the steps that led to the discovery of the man who live-tweeted the death of Osama bin Laden http://nie.mn/kTIclA
What does it take to make court transparent? A few MacBooks, a camcorder, Livestream and patience http://nie.mn/mfS9Ca
“Video is now more Google-friendly” – How @PBS transcribed and tagged its video for better search http://nie.mn/la42sh
Popular on Twitter: Advice on photos of Osama’s body, TV sales slide and The Situation Room Meme http://nie.mn/iE5BGA
According to the ABC the number of e-editions from the top newspapers rose around 20 percent http://nie.mn/myXIwM
The Knight Foundation has donated $100,000 to the international Media Legal Defense Initiative http://nie.mn/kvQSKa
Handy: The Atlantic went through the trouble of IDing all the people in the Situation Room photo http://nie.mn/lXYFQq
Here’s some of the satellite images The Birmingham News is using in its tornado coverage http://nie.mn/k3F8Gu
Transparency TV: Knight News Challenge winner OpenCourt has begun livestreaming court cases http://nie.mn/mfS9Ca
See how times (and tech) has changed in Slate’s slideshow for World Press Freedom Day http://nie.mn/ikvs8M
Want a shot at reporting on issues in the developing world? The Guardian has a contest for you http://nie.mn/lKTFDU
Interesting: Contrast this National Post/Foursquare “polling” with the results of Canada’s election http://nie.mn/lWzY5P
The more you know: NPR’s insight & research team on the importance of having data on your audience http://nie.mn/mcuwhm
PBS just got more Google-friendly thanks to transcripts of more than 2,000 hours of video http://nie.mn/la42sh
Sans Sullivan: The Atlantic registers some of its highest traffic yet after losing The Daily Dish http://nie.mn/kkYTZx
A study in how suspicious quotes, including that quote attributed to MLK, spread fast on the Internet http://nie.mn/lG20rk
How neat is this? The NYT has a graphic (you can add to) on the mood after the death of Osama http://nie.mn/ltAm6p
In the Plex: Eric Schmidt offers a little insight on how hiring works at Google http://nie.mn/jKP0Ak
A West Coast freelancers guild isn’t keen on Patch.com’s new plan for local unpaid bloggers http://nie.mn/iCGaJk
Good morning! The Daily has unleashed its aerial drones! Seriously, they have aerial journo-drones http://nie.mn/kNGcbh
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May
Bin Laden didn’t qualify for a NYT paywall exemption http://nie.mn/jm2tS2
Last night’s Twitter activity, visualized http://nie.mn/me4txL
When you go see the NYT doc “Page One” (new trailer at link!), watch for 2 familiar @niemanlab bylines http://nie.mn/iMZBtB
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