Twitter, ‘appification’ and technology: Journalism predictions for 2012
Journalism experts weigh in for the Niemen Journalism Lab on trends they expect to see in the industry in 2012.
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Toronto Star invites you to second-guess its editors in its ‘You be the editor’ survey
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English has put the call out to readers, asking for their opinions in the paper’s annual “You be the editor” survey.
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The top 10 tweets that were Storified this year
Storify has compiled the top 10 tweets that were used by the storytelling tool this year.
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Ottawa: Where local reporters face federal roadblocks
What is it like covering local news in a city that is home to the federal government? It's no walk in the park, as Holly Gordon explains.
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‘The Elements of Style’ is transformed into a rap video by j-students
Students at the Columbia School of Journalism have created a rap video explaining required reading, "The Elements of Style." Now, to find someone to sum up the CP Stylebook so eloquently.
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Digital is to newspapers as electricity was to candle-makers: Ken Auletta
Ken Auletta addressed the digital revolution in a Q&A with IJNet.
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Five questions for The Globe and Mail’s Chris Boutet
J-Source talked to Chris Boutet, the deputy editor of digital operations at The Globe and Mail about how newsrooms can use analytics to guide web editorial content, how some analytics tools differ from one another and how they have influenced the emerging field of digital storytelling.
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Infographic: How the news was shared online in 2011
AddThis just released an infographic that gives an idea of how news and information was shared online in 2011. Facebook came out on top, accounting for over 50 per cent of sharing, up from 44 per cent last year.
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Twitter: Journalists’ best friend and journalism’s worst enemy
The trend toward using people who tweet as legitimate sources in stories, and using stand-alone tweets as quotes, counteracts a primary function of the profession and promotes reactive reporting, says Stephanie Brooks. She looks at why this trend is problematic and how she thinks journalists should be using the social media platform to enhance their…
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We are journalists: Tumblr
"We are journalists. We are proud of what we do. We are tired of bad press about the press."