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New favorite tumblr: http://colormepantone.tumblr.com/ So much...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:33:58 -0400

New favorite tumblr: http://colormepantone.tumblr.com/

So much inspiration.

Since Twitter hasn't built a correction feature, here are 3 things that journalists can do instead

Thu, 30 May 2013 15:00:46 -0400

Since Twitter hasn't built a correction feature, here are 3 things that journalists can do instead:

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/214484/since-twitter-hasnt-built-a-correction-feature-here-are-3-things-journalists-can-do-instead/

Craig Silverman at Poynter argues we shouldn’t keep waiting for a Twitter feature to help us deal with misinformation in case of big events such as the Boston marathon bombings. His most useful tip is the first one:

“It’s not the kind of news product the vast majority of the public grew up with. People now see the sausage being made, and receive conflicting information. In many cases, I imagine, they feel overwhelmed, confused and frustrated.”

One of the solutions: transparency, transparency, transparency. We need to get better at telling people what we know, how we know it, how sure we are of it, and what we’re still trying to figure out. The challenge is not on Twitter, but on all of us spreading news through their network.

(Thanks to Bildblog for pointing this story out)

The Social Media Editor is Dead

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:44:00 -0400

The Social Media Editor is Dead:

“On the one hand, social media has become so central to a newsroom’s mission that dedicated functionaries may be obsolete. On the other, doesn’t every outlet need a boy or girl wonder to lend a human touch to the Twitter handle?”

Read the story for a great summary of the changes in social journalism from the tactical questions of what to tweet when to the strategic ones, which are much more fun to think about anyway.

(via the always-smart Craig Kanalley)

"As Samsung has risen, others have failed, often in spectacular fashion: Motorola was split up and..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:49:48 -0400

“As Samsung has risen, others have failed, often in spectacular fashion: Motorola was split up and its handset business sold to Google. Nokia watched its long-standing No. 1 position erode when it got blindsided by smartphones. The Sony-Ericsson partnership dissolved. Palm disappeared into Hewlett-Packard. BlackBerry continues to be on a 24-hour watch and has had its belt and shoelaces confiscated. When it comes to mobile hardware, today there’s only Apple, Samsung, and a desperate crowd of brands that can’t seem to rise above being called “the rest.””

- How Samsung became the world’s number 1 maker of smartphones. Weekend longread from Businessweek.

abteilungsleiterderliebe: in love with food!

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:18:14 -0400

abteilungsleiterderliebe:

in love with food!

Photo

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:46:55 -0400

"We’re having a conversation about something that we both witnessed, and that forces me to work..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:44:02 -0400

“We’re having a conversation about something that we both witnessed, and that forces me to work harder and think more seriously.”

- Graydon Gordian (who’s a Medill classmate of mine) on his basketball blog, 48 Minutes of Hell. Applies to other types of journalism as well, don’t you think?

Interesting persepctive on Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:41:22 -0400

Interesting persepctive on Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” from some of Wall Street’s top women.

timeshaiku:

A haiku from the article: Women in a Man’s World

techspotlight: Round Up: All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:27:54 -0400

techspotlight:

Round Up: All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’ 2013, from Google Maps treasure hunting to YouTube closing - The Next Web

Every year, Google goes all out for April Fools’ Day. The company not only pulls together more jokes than all the other tech giants, but the company makes a point to outdo itself too. It honestly gets difficult to keep track of everything Google thinks up, so like last year we’re putting together a roundup.

In the spirit of my previous post, here’s a roundup of the little April Fool’s jokes Google is playing on the Internet.

humansofnewyork: After the photo, the three youngest ones...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:16:21 -0400

humansofnewyork:

After the photo, the three youngest ones formed a line to give me an unprompted Easter hug.

Colorful pants. Kickin’ it.

"If you recognize something as a fake or untrue, not correcting it can sometimes be as bad as..."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:14:04 -0400

“If you recognize something as a fake or untrue, not correcting it can sometimes be as bad as repeating it.”

- David Cohn, serial entrepreneur and founder of journalism startup Circa, to Poynter. A cites fake images circulated in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last year as an example. The Atlantic did some stellar work then, debunking doctored photos.

Fake images, twitter accounts and rumors accompany almost every major news story by now. Seeing how fast news spins, they can be transported widely and take hold in peoples’ minds. Cohn has a point in saying journalists shouldn’t just ignore false alarms, they should actively spread the word about what’s fake along with what’s real.

"When a newspaper moves online, the bundle falls apart. Readers don’t flip through a mix of stories,..."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:45:00 -0400

“When a newspaper moves online, the bundle falls apart. Readers don’t flip through a mix of stories, advertisements, and other bits of content. They go directly to a particular story that interests them, often ignoring everything else.”

- Nicholas Carr in a 2008 column, as quoted by Jay Rosen, who adds:

“That’s a power shift. And it leads directly to: Sources said the website (AllThingsD) is receiving a lot of “inbound interest” from potential buyers…”

Read on here.

"It turns out that instead of Reading About Foreign Policy and Thinking Deeply About the Future of..."

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:00:39 -0400

“It turns out that instead of Reading About Foreign Policy and Thinking Deeply About the Future of the Economy, we are watching videos of cats hitting walls.”

- And we’re talking about it. On the Internet. Great funny read on Jennifer Lawrence and falling down from Washington Post.

Unfortunate outfits and regrettable jobs and horrid boyfriends in crap apartments.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:48:42 -0500

Unfortunate outfits and regrettable jobs and horrid boyfriends in crap apartments.:

The new books about blogging.

"Wir Blogger sind ein bisschen wie Berlin: arm aber sexy."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:01:12 -0500

“Wir Blogger sind ein bisschen wie Berlin: arm aber sexy.”

- schreibt Richard Gutjahr und gibt Einblick in die Finanzen seines Blogs.

Photo

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:31:53 -0500

theatlantic: Good Deed of the Day: Help Geo-Reference the...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:21:01 -0500

theatlantic:

Good Deed of the Day: Help Geo-Reference the British Library’s Map Collection

The British Library needs your help.

It is in the process of turning its gargantuan collection of maps into a digital resource tied to Google Earth. This allows people to see ancient and modern maps at the same time, with a slider to fade between the centuries. It’s easy to compare a city to its younger self, or observe the geographic impact of dams, bulkheads, and embankments. You can spot the mistakes — or marvel at the accuracy — of mapmakers working in the pre-electric age.

But for this to happen, the Library needs people to set up control points linking old maps to satellite data. It’s simple: you find recognizable locations and join them. Then, the software uses your input to mesh the two maps. (You can learn about georeferencing and be assigned a random map here.)

Read more. [Images: The British Library]

Libraries + Geodata + Crowdsourcing + Maps = A nerd’s dream come true.

thingsiseefrommycab: Thingsiseeinthesubway

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:17:20 -0500

thingsiseefrommycab:

Thingsiseeinthesubway

"All too often, we see protesters or rebels as just a person carrying a sign or a gun, but we..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:11:50 -0500

“All too often, we see protesters or rebels as just a person carrying a sign or a gun, but we don’t know what motivates them and what they hope to accomplish. By connecting my followers with them, I hope they get to see the world through their eyes, even if it’s just for a few moments.”

- NPR’s Arab Spring storyteller Andy Carvin talks about how he collects, shares and verifies information on Twitter in real time, the differences between Egypt and Libya and why it’s fair to criticize his work.

Read on.

Why passion projects rule. Also, this.

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:18:02 -0500

Why passion projects rule.

Also, this.