@niemanlab archives: June 2011
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Jun
How to write about slow-moving stories http://nie.mn/izvGt8 
Good morning! Is real-time reporting the new “first rough draft of history”? http://nie.mn/jUFgyJ
13
Jun
“We cover the story…without ever losing site of the fact…that this is fundamentally a moronic story” http://nie.mn/kUvnef
“There’s more digital media activity in New York now than anywhere else in the world” http://nie.mn/jQDj0r
This American Life wants to reinvent its stories and how it reaches the audience http://nie.mn/laiftY
An introduction to the redesign of Chicagotribune.com, which goes live tonight http://nie.mn/k4VsCV
Eli Pariser on how web sites need to embrace the idea of a newspaper front page again http://nie.mn/lZTOQd
PSA: The New York Times is looking for a multimedia producer http://nie.mn/ijtvvN
Popular on Twitter: Digging into the Amina hoax, “hamsterized” journalism and high-stakes Twitter http://nie.mn/lgDmcr
How content management systems are evolving, and could be a beautiful thing http://nie.mn/lVUlTe
How Twitter helped a filmmaker gather hours of footage for a documentary on the revolution in Egypt http://nie.mn/jmxu46
(link fixed) Even as This American Life reaches a bigger audience they’re rethinking the basics of the show http://nie.mn/laiftY
Even as This American Life reaches a bigger audience they’re rethinking the basics of the show http://nie.mn/lORHZV
Where did the idea for Flipboard come from? Rebuilding the Internet from scratch, says Mike McCuehttp://nie.mn/jnpmt4
“The contemporary reader has become an omnivore because the literary jungle is free, and available” http://nie.mn/ifrCUd
The WaPo’s managing editor on the cost of “free” and why revenue from readers isn’t enough http://nie.mn/meD79T
A conversation with Eli Pariser on filters and how journalists can change their approach towards readers http://nie.mn/lZTOQd
Hearst magazines are making it easier for readers to buy products right from their magazines http://nie.mn/kr57nP
The LA Times is struggling with its reader comments: “Our goal of civility is falling short” http://nie.mn/liDZpE
Good morning! After switching to a paid iPhone app The Guardian converted about 17 % to subscribers http://nie.mn/jiuaE3
12
Jun
An Apple-focused Week in Review: Mark Coddington’s required reading http://nie.mn/lOAv0U
Is it speech, text, or something new? Maria Popova (@brainpicker) on Twitter’s place in human communication: http://nie.mn/jM6lHE
The FCC’s big report this week appeared to recommend government intervention in local news http://nie.mn/kyeIaW
Even after Apple made its subscription terms more publisher-friendly, the Financial Times isn’t satisfied http://nie.mn/lKBNAX
Newspapers have a developed a defense, but do they have a good offense? Ken Doctor: http://nie.mn/lOYWSS
11
Jun
Apple has relaxed its iPad subscription rules, but it might be more of a symbolic move http://nie.mn/imTxb3
Sunlight Foundation’s Gmail plugin reveals your connections’ connections http://nie.mn/kEPq9h
House Hunters, data edition: Meet Curbwise, the Omaha World-Herald’s real-estate news app http://nie.mn/jH3MD8
CNN.com gets 8.5 million unique visitors *a day* — how do they do it? http://nie.mn/l3BcS8
Bill Kling is calling on public radio stations to spend $100 million hiring reporters http://nie.mn/iyoaGM
Newsstand, Reader, iCloud: Three takeaways for the news business from Apple’s big event http://nie.mn/muq952
Happy weekend! We’re tweeting links to Lab stories you might have missed. First up: Hacks/Hackers and the niche Q&A http://nie.mn/iiRQFc
10
Jun
An investigative reporting team has found justice for a Bay Area journalist assassinated four years ago http://nie.mn/jBQMmq
An app that Apple would never approve: Read WSJ for Chrome lets readers bypass the Journal’s paywall http://nie.mn/kLAevE
In “exciting byline” news…@brainpicker has a great Lab piece on Twitter, curation, and guided attention http://nie.mn/jM6lHE
Safari’s new Reading List feature is just bookmark syncing — not an Instapaper killer http://nie.mn/l4MT6L
PSA: The Wall Street Journal is hiring a social-media editor http://nie.mn/lbxaxS
HuffPo tops NYT? Not so fast: “Unique visitors do not equal page views.” NYT has more regulars, “addicts.” http://nie.mn/kyteWu
Yahoo exec: We’re bigger than TMZ, ESPN, Wall Street Journal, but we don’t get credit http://nie.mn/iOlUEB via @iwantmedia
This week in review, Apple edition: A Newsstand, a concession, and one newspaper’s challenge to apps http://nie.mn/lOAv0U
Good morning! Huffington Post has zoomed past the NYT in traffic. “Six years to disrupt 100 years.” http://nie.mn/lRhVvG
9
Jun
Apple’s relaxed its subscription policy, but the FT says its new web app “will continue to be our main focus” http://nie.mn/lKBNAX
“We’d expect more offense out of newspaper companies. More investment in offense, and not just in defense.” http://nie.mn/loHGSK
Great overview on the sustainability of nonprofit state news sites http://nie.mn/mkTAFZ
Today’s FCC report recommends government intervention (sort of) to help local news http://nie.mn/kyeIaW
“This balance of import and intimacy may be the balancing act that will prove toughest for Grantland to pull off” http://nie.mn/m3PsGz
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