January 2011
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“It’s time for the United States to choose: Does it really support the...”
– Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy, on CNN.com.
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“You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring.”
– Malalai Joya, Afhgan woman and member of parliament, in the Independent.
How mobile is affecting when we read →
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Read It Later reveals some interesting shifts in how readers are consuming content, saving it for later, and which devices they prefer.
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“Wenn wir uns nicht gelegentlich verirren, dann haben wir uns nicht genug bewegt.”
– Zeit Magazin 1/2011 über Fehler.
“Basically the idea is to take a lot of the same data analysis work that papers...”
– Ben Welsh, database producer at the L.A. Times, on an online database of California schools he helped build - a quote that also applies to programmer/journalists in general, I think.
MediaShift . California Schools Guide: Database of Scores With News Hook | PBS
Shield Laws and Social Media in the Age of... →
futurejournalismproject:
Mashable’s Vadim Lavrusik writes about potential issues investigative journalists face in light of the recent US subpoena of WikiLeaks’ Twitter account.
At issue is how State and Federal shield laws may or may not protect journalist sources.
“We are much more engaged, but now the questions turn to the quality of that...”
– Craig Watkins, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “The Young and the Digital,” in an article about the new “digital divide” on USA Today.
Gabrielle Giffords Wrote Email Calling For... →
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“The real wild card for political and social unrest in the Middle East over the...”
– From Clear Gold: Water as a Strategic Resource in the Middle East, by Jon B. Alterman and Michael Dziuban. Via the New Security Beat.
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Number of the Day
About 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 today, and 10,000 more will do so every day for the next 19 years. http://pewrsr.ch/eHQhuN
from @pewresearch
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