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Nieman Journalism Lab
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@niemanlab archives: December 2011

6
Dec
TV on your phone: The BBC’s global iPlayer moves to iPhone and iPod Touch http://t.co/Gg4cuw1B 
 
European regulators are investigating Apple, five major publishers on antitrust grounds http://t.co/KqRd934R 
 
Good morning! NBC stations will partner with local nonprofit news organizations and ProPublica http://t.co/r0sxTrRM 
 
3 million views and counting! How Buzzfeed broke its own traffic records http://t.co/rV8rhbRg 
 
5
Dec
For nonprofits, government money might not help the bottom line http://t.co/TS46YWdl 
 
Buzzfeed just had its biggest traffic day in its history http://t.co/rV8rhbRg 
 
#Occupymedia: What journalism can learn from the occupiers http://t.co/xJBAGq4Q 
 
RT @NiemanReports: Gay Talese hangs out at Harvard http://t.co/9uhb4llW 
 
If you haven’t seen it already, @NYTimes’ interactive series on hockey player Derek Boogaard is pretty fantastic http://t.co/vXnZkBDA 
 
Awesome opportunity: @civicMIT is looking for a community organizer/codesign facilitator http://t.co/efd87iN4 #jobs 
 
Gowalla’s going to Facebook http://t.co/2dvnOYUI 
 
RT @sunlightlabs: kudos to the http://t.co/FbftYhGD team for deciding to open-source their platform! http://t.co/g0EMLizX 
 
RT @CJR: Hey, sportswriting startup @Classical launched on Friday. And @freedarko blogged about it for us: http://t.co/Sq4nTnRn 
 
Ad campaign finds people “surprised and excited to see a newspaper reporter become more than a byline” http://t.co/vcYmyAvp 
 
For nonprofits, more money from the government usually means less from everywhere else. But it doesn’t have to http://t.co/TS46YWdl 
 
The remote control: lost, forever http://t.co/sJtaJCe3 
 
The psychology of engagement http://t.co/4opzXGfx 
 
Good morning! A new ruling will allow Julian Assange to pursue his extradition case in Britain’s supreme court http://t.co/GRna9GTF 
 
4
Dec
This Week in Review: Citizens Occupying journalism, and solving the copyright problem http://t.co/W9teQo6E 
 
The newsonomics of tomorrow http://t.co/UpcGvA8a 
 
Could Pulitzer changes mean an award for live-tweeting? http://t.co/lUgpUBHc 
 
Errol Morris on the art of the interview http://t.co/UjvV4ne4 
 
3
Dec
How Time Inc. is preparing for a future in digital news with a j-school of its own http://t.co/vl1O21zz 
 
The personal(ized) brand: Yet another reason The Economist is trouncing competitors http://t.co/Zqa0Q7LJ 
 
Amazon’s sold (mumble mumble) of the new Kindles http://t.co/EXabzgbn 
 
2
Dec
NYU’s Studio 20 wants to create grads who can “teach their employers about where journalism needs to go” http://t.co/pGO2osey 
 
Font matters: Typography and the unified look of The Boston Globe and http://t.co/WbYnWkUn http://t.co/UI33e4na 
 
I’m too old for this tweet: Media execs of a certain age say they’re too busy, private, old, to tweet http://t.co/poOoL0w4 
 
RT @elizabeth_shell: #Job: @NewsHour is hiring a Digital News Editor. @ me for details. #Pubmedia 
 
Today’s big Facebook news is they’re opening up an engineering shop in NYC (Related: #jobs) http://t.co/1i8oDAue 
 
Week in Review: Solving SOPA, or how the potential law could affect the media and innovation http://t.co/W9teQo6E 
 
Google just wants everyone to get together: Free voice calls now available in Google+ hangouts http://t.co/1i8oDAue 
 
New over at @niemanstory! Gay Talese has a Coke. Reflections of a narrative legend: http://t.co/w6fxYNc0 
 
This weekend the University of Kansas and @ONA are hosting a live-streamed digital diversity summit http://t.co/IZu7v74F 
 
Looking for a reason to go to Nebraska’s J-school? They’ve started a drone journalism lab http://t.co/3xEIEMn2 
 
Curious who’s investing in QR codes and other action codes? Magazines. Big time. http://t.co/nvnqy2pL 
 
This Week in Review: When sharing is frictionless news organizations benefit http://t.co/W9teQo6E 
 
The use infographics is skyrocketing, but do the visualizations need to be saved before its too late? http://t.co/EXLlUBLo 
 
Yahoo took about 75,000 Associated Content articles to the wood chipper that don’t meet new standards http://t.co/vUx2r5Nb 
 
Good morning! YouTube’s redesign emphasizes creating new media hubs through channels http://t.co/Pw6SbeBK 
 
1
Dec
PSA: The Washington Post is looking for a producer for its PostPolitics team http://t.co/3qMRyeDs 
 
RT @NiemanReports: Our boss, Ann Marie Lipinski, is featured in this @AmJourReview piece on women as editors http://t.co/MNqTZSha 
 
The unlike stat: Facebook analytics now include negative feedback from fans http://t.co/HaSUk5FT 
 
Why bother with paper or smartphones when the news could go right to your contact lenses? http://t.co/UpcGvA8a 
 
A Year in Review from Twitter, or how one tweet leads to many stories http://t.co/QhbNJySE 
 
Journal Register is extending its Idea Lab to MediaNews Group, outfitting reporters with new tools http://t.co/gOxcMTOZ 
 
“I and a lot of people love to read a newspaper in print and online, and that will continue.” http://t.co/nrPvmFYR 
 
HuffPost is partnering with TED to spotlight the 18 best TEDTalks of the year http://t.co/yPzkTXmn 
 
On paywalls and finding an audience: An interesting email conversation with @MarcMaron http://t.co/vi8KvpY1 
 
On @niemanstory: Esquire’s Chris Jones on awesome writing and the power of donuts (by @williams_paige) http://t.co/eBbMhxVR