http://static.reallysimple.org/users/jay/linkblog.html The links I've shared with the world recently, mostly about new media, journalism and digital culture. en-us Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:10:12 GMT Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:10:12 GMT Radio2 v0.78 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://static.reallysimple.org/users/jay/ linkblog.xml 2009-04-08 2011-12-12 12/12/2011; 10:10:12 AM You can build a user base with short fast and frequent. Or with long form and more occasional posting. http://jr.ly/7nye But you need data. http://jr.ly/7nye Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:10:05 GMT http://jr.ly/7nye http://www.forbes.com/sites/lewisdvorkin/2011/12/11/inside-forbes-the-inspiring-data-behind-two-digital-reporting-strategies/ "We'd like to be a cheerleader for all that's good about San Diego." Nice. Really good values for newspaper ownership. http://jr.ly/ciqz http://jr.ly/ciqz Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:02:35 GMT http://jr.ly/ciqz http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/environment/muck/article_aafd0af6-11a3-11e1-843d-001cc4c002e0.html 384 "Citizen journalism" notwithstanding, without journalism jobs, we don't have journalism. http://jr.ly/ck3x Yeah. I agree 100 percent. http://jr.ly/ck3x Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:53:58 GMT http://jr.ly/ck3x http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/what_i_saw_at_the_hyperlocal_revolution.php?page={%221%22,%20%22all%22} 732 Occupy Wall Street as API. http://jr.ly/ciqp Sometimes @alexismadrigal just kicks ass. This is one of those times. via @emahlee http://jr.ly/ciqp Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:45:33 GMT http://jr.ly/ciqp http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2011/11/a-guide-to-the-occupy-wall-street-api-or-why-the-nerdiest-way-to-think-about-ows-is-so-useful/248562/ 1169 What happens when journalism is everywhere? http://jr.ly/cir2 Storify surges. (But no one's talking about replacing the professional press.) http://jr.ly/cir2 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:49:24 GMT http://jr.ly/cir2 http://gigaom.com/2011/11/18/what-happens-when-journalism-is-everywhere/ 510 The e-mail rumor mill circulating politically salient untruths is largely a conservative phenomenon. http://jr.ly/ck35 Why is this? http://jr.ly/ck35 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:36:07 GMT http://jr.ly/ck35 http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/when-it-comes-to-e-mailed-political-rumors-conservatives-beat-liberals/2011/11/17/gIQAyycZWN_print.html 739 Hey, there's a new post at PressThink. "Low information voters" and the political press. http://jr.ly/7inf Especially for politics nerds. http://jr.ly/7inf Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:33:59 GMT http://jr.ly/7inf http://pressthink.org/2011/11/low-information-voters-and-the-political-press/ 2730 What good does running an open newsroom do? CJR reports on letting users shape the editorial agenda. http://jr.ly/7imp http://jr.ly/7imp Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:22:24 GMT http://jr.ly/7imp http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/experiments_in_the_open_newsro.php?page=all 349 Memo to the AP. From @mathewi: Twitter is the newswire now. So get real... http://jr.ly/7ihb http://jr.ly/7ihb Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:58:22 GMT http://jr.ly/7ihb http://gigaom.com/2011/11/16/memo-to-ap-twitter-is-the-newswire-now/ 743 Associated Press: always first with the news, as long as its control freaks get due deference and their rules are obeyed http://jr.ly/djdk http://jr.ly/djdk Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:35:12 GMT http://jr.ly/djdk http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/11/ap-staff-scolded-for-tweeting-about-ows-arrests.html 405 The Guardian comes out with Notice, hyperlocal software that's part blogging platform, part Craigslist... http://jr.ly/cibq http://jr.ly/cibq Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:27:10 GMT http://jr.ly/cibq?id=2466 http://gigaom.com/2011/10/28/guardians-n0tice-puts-a-new-twist-on-hyperlocal/ 424 Regional news publishers in the UK failed to invest in the future when flush with cash http://jr.ly/cibh http://jr.ly/cibh Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:59:30 GMT http://jr.ly/cibh http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/nov/16/local-newspapers-mediabusiness?CMP=twt_gu 264 I am digging Marshall Kirkpatrick start-up idea. http://jr.ly/7ib7 He's very much the right one to do it. Good luck with it, @marshallk. http://jr.ly/7ib7 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:32:37 GMT http://jr.ly/7ib7 http://gigaom.com/2011/11/11/marshall-kirkpatrick-stops-writing-about-startups-starts-one-instead/ 617 "But it is also with some pride that I have stopped writing for publications that aim for journalistic objectivity." http://jr.ly/dzai http://jr.ly/dzai Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:09:14 GMT http://jr.ly/dzai http://www.salon.com/2011/11/15/why_i_quit_the_mainstream_media/ 1314 BBC can't do some stories because it needs to avoid political bias, says its chairman. http://jr.ly/7hz4 Excellent. That will improve trust. http://jr.ly/7hz4 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:48:55 GMT http://jr.ly/7hz4 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/13/bbc-political-bias-lord-patten 553 Charles P. Pierce on the brutal truth about the crimes at Penn State. http://jr.ly/chuu So far the best thing I have read on this horror. http://jr.ly/chuu Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:22:36 GMT http://jr.ly/chuu http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7233704/the-brutal-truth-penn-state 2151 CJR summarizes the reactions to its "future-of-news gurus are fu*king it up..." essay. http://jr.ly/cj95 http://jr.ly/cj95 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:59:49 GMT http://jr.ly/cj95 http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/debating_starkmans_confidence.php?page=all 571 "Don't ask, don't tell" doesn't work for journalists any better than it did for the U.S. military. http://jr.ly/chuf Spot on, @robpegoraro. http://jr.ly/chuf Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:08:17 GMT http://jr.ly/chuf http://robpegoraro.com/2011/11/14/dont-ask-dont-tell-doesnt-work-for-journalists-either/ 612 The direction in which CNN's iReport is evolving is key: more like a social network than a user-generated news site. http://jr.ly/7j7m http://jr.ly/7j7m Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:48:18 GMT http://jr.ly/7j7m http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/152878/cnns-redesigned-ireport-will-look-more-like-a-social-network-than-a-news-site/ 552 Brilliant column by @felixsalmon: The future of online advertising. http://jr.ly/7j7h http://jr.ly/7j7h Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:04:19 GMT http://jr.ly/7j7h http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/11/14/the-future-of-online-advertising/ 1180