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The Modern Journalist: Blog

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-03

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The Role of Predictive Markets in Storytelling

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The Cult of Me: An Introduction to the Term

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Archiving the Distributed Story: I Have No Idea

FriendFeed: The Cult of Me

RT @mathewi: Globe union has reached a tentative deal with the paper just moments before midnight strike deadline; vote scheduled for Monday

RT @JohnAByrne: Remarkable confession from a former Harvard Business prof: "What I taught has caused real suffering.." http://bit.ly/kXJEl

New blog post: The Role of Predictive Markets in Storytelling http://bit.ly/1aQ9oX

If you wouldn't "train" a programmer to be your managing editor, why would you "train" a reporter to be a flash developer or programmer?

RT @mathewi: RT @chartreuseb: AT&T Saw 65,000 Texts Per Second Following Michael Jackson's Death http://bit.ly/124hap

RT @JohnAByrne: @Brad_King Here's the rationale behind our recent design changes. http://is.gd/1lL2R

RT @dangillmor: WashPost blames marketing people, says fliers "weren't vetted" -- http://bit.ly/TGwCr wuld journos buy that from others?

RT @dangillmor: blog post: white house "online town hall" meetings are parody, and WH is arrogant about it. http://is.gd/1lG7i

RT @jowyang: Brands focused on tools (Twitter, Facebook, Blog) w/o strategy is like buying a hammer without having a blueprint for a house.

@bobmayo It's not shocking; when u run out the tech folks who can build biz and are left alone, you panic + make awful mistakes. inevitable

 

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Brad King

Distributed News Storytellling

I've been toying with the idea of distributed storytelling and its relation to organizational structure. Because, as MIT's Jason Pontin points out, organization without a business model isn't reall...

Started by Brad King Jun 23.

Brad King

Interactive vs. Distributed Storytelling

For some time, I've been arguing that teaching journalists Flash -- the vogue technology pushed in many newsrooms -- was silly; however, I couldn't put my objections into human-speak. (And apparent...

Started by Brad King Jun 20.

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btween in Liverpool

I'm currently at the btween conference in Liverpool, where I'll be updating on The Modern Journalist. There's loads of interesting folks here all looking at how you can tell stories in new ways. Ve...

Started by Brad King Jun 11.

Brad King

Real-Time Web Storytelling -- Is it for you?

Robert Scoble, the always-on net evangelist, has been having a series of discussions on Facebook about the real-time web, a concept that blends the interactivity of a chat room discussion with your...

Started by Brad King May 25.

Brad King

Back

After a little hiatus (okay, a long hiatus), TMJ is making a comeback...methinks. I've partnered with my friends at Carnegie Mellon and they will be publishing the book and some other tools. And m...

Started by Brad King May 24.

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mathew ingram: Future of our newspapers is bright, says Hartigan | The Australian (via feedly)

mathew ingram
Future of our newspapers is bright, says Hartigan | The Australian (via feedly) - http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...
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THE head of Australia's largest newspaper company, John Hartigan, has delivered an optimistic verdict on the future of journalism, arguing that Australian newspapers are holding up well compared with their counterparts in Britain and the US. But Mr Hartigan -- the chairman and chief executive of News Limited, which owns and publishes The Australian -- said newspapers would have to change to survive, delivering more relevant stories written by highly qualified, specialist writers. - mathew ingram

Megan Taylor: TEMPLE TALK: The 10 things local newspapers should do - compiled in one blog post

Megan Taylor
TEMPLE TALK: The 10 things local newspapers should do - compiled in one blog post - http://www.johntemple.net/2009...
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OK, I was critical of the American Press Institute's tired ideas for the newspaper industry. But what do I propose? Well, here goes: 10 ways to strengthen local newspapers in the face of the economic meltdown and the societal shift to the Web. - Megan Taylor

Patrick Thornton: Copyfraud Is Stealing the Public Domain

Patrick Thornton
Copyfraud Is Stealing the Public Domain - http://news.slashdot.org/story...
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Steve Outing: More newspaper folks migrate (flee?) to NPR management: Vivian Schiller, Kinsey Wilson already, and now Mark Stencel. http://is.gd/19iHQ

Steve Outing
More newspaper folks migrate (flee?) to NPR management: Vivian Schiller, Kinsey Wilson already, and now Mark Stencel. http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbow...
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Jeff Jarvis: Super speech by Reuters' David Schlesinger (@daschles) lecturing the Olympics on who/what is journalism. http://bit.ly/C4KoO

Jeff Jarvis
Super speech by Reuters' David Schlesinger (@daschles) lecturing the Olympics on who/what is journalism. http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters...
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Chris O'Brien: Looking Ahead At The Newsroom With Google Wave: http://snurl.com/ktevd

Chris O'Brien
Looking Ahead At The Newsroom With Google Wave: http://www.gizmotastic.com/2009...
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wil wheaton: From comment on my blog: "A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." E. Ionesco

wil wheaton
From comment on my blog: "A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." E. Ionesco
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and drinking - anna

Cathy Brooks: Note to self: next time consuming excess of espresso in the afternoon, wait to see how the first shot or two take hold before downing a 3rd.

Cathy Brooks
Note to self: next time consuming excess of espresso in the afternoon, wait to see how the first shot or two take hold before downing a 3rd.
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Cathy Brooks: Warren Packard on #socialmediahour: Good entrepreneurs know no economic downturn.

Cathy Brooks
Warren Packard on #socialmediahour: Good entrepreneurs know no economic downturn.
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Chris O'Brien: Tim Berners Lee Launches World Wide Web Foundation - Will it Be Effective?

Chris O'Brien
Tim Berners Lee Launches World Wide Web Foundation - Will it Be Effective? - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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