TV station firing renews questions about whether journalists should respond to critics online This issue of having reporters respond to critics online is, says Jeff Soderman, one of courage and trust for publishers. I agree. You cannot cheerlead for your staff to get out on social media, and then bust them over the head the... Continue Reading →

Gloom and jokes as Financial Times Deutschland laid to rest "German business daily Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) bade farewell to its readers on Friday in a final edition packed with gallows humour cartoons and melancholy musings on the revolution in the media industry that sealed its fate. Publisher Gruner + Jahr decided to shut the... Continue Reading →

Leveson inquiry report (full document) Embedded document on Telegraph website. Plus Guardian's more reader-friendly digest of the report http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/28/leveson-inquiry-report-essential-guide tags: Leveson press freedom freedom+of+the+pressPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Kon*Fab wants to break the filter bubble by finding location-based news " Kon*Fab, a new project funded by the Knight Foundation, which aims in some small way to inject serendipity, conversation, and physical space into news. "tags: geolocation Kon*Fab Live Blogging- Digital Journalism's Pivotal Platform? A case study of the production, consumption, and form of... Continue Reading →

» Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users "For some time now, newspaper people have been insisting, sometimes angrily, that we readers will soon have to pay for content (an assertion that had already appeared, in just that form, by 1996.) During that same period, freely available content grew ten-thousand-fold, while buyers didn’t. In fact, as Paul... Continue Reading →

5 iPad Apps Journalists Should Try For Interviews - 10,000 Words Does exactly what it says on the tintags: ipad apps audioPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Even a superstorm is no excuse for journalists not to check Twitter trolling The @ComfortablySmug Sandy tweets were obviously fake, but journalists retweeting without checking the source or facts led to his deliberate misinformation being broadcast as fact on network TV. Salutary warning about the dangers of RT-ing, without checking what is being said.  "Tripathi,... Continue Reading →

Sticking a fork in “man-on-the-street” interviews | Media, disrupted tags: media interviews Are You Treating People Like They’re Stupid? "1. Humans are amazing at adapting to new things if they’re given the right context. 2. Change is something that a person or organization has to want for themselves before anyone or anything can help them... Continue Reading →

Why have Birmingham’s hyperlocal bloggers failed to deliver? | Marc Reeves' post on the hyperlocal blogging scene - really interesting debate in the comments section.  tags: birmingham hyperlocal bloggersPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

3G mobile data network crowd-sourcing map by BBC News "Opensignalmaps has pinpointed North Wales as the area with the worst coverage - with the highest concentration of notspots. "Looking at our map most of the big cities are well served by 3G, but it's clear that 3G coverage is still a massive issue anywhere outside... Continue Reading →