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IDMAA: The Distributed Story Stream

Two New AEJMC Columns + Videos

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Extreme Makeover

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-24

AEJMC: What Game Companies Can Teach Journalists

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-23

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-18

Community Management: What Computer Games Can Teach Journalists

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-17

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FriendFeed: The Cult of Me

RT @fionacullinan: Wow! What a timeline. History of Net in nutshell: http://bit.ly/4hOdL3 (No mention of Licklieder, sorry @brad_king)

This weekend: finished the IDMAA paper, 2 chapters in The Cult of Me + outlined a second IDMAA-esque paper. #writingisracing

reading this research, though, makes it harder for me to talk with "humans" who think they really understand SM. the crash will come.

complexity + interdisciplinary work derailed the research, but seems that a small group are back into it; what a great + perfect find!!

fascinated by the realization the "distributed stream" were part of AI research until 20 yrs ago

Another reason DRM and the DMCA is BAD for truth and open culture: http://bit.ly/1KgFUI - folks are arguing abt the wrong stuff #aejmc

19 ethics students, using a wiki, constructed a 7-page ethical argument in 48 hours abt why we should eliminate papers this semester. ha!!

RT @james_atomic: Movie industry not making as much as they want. They want to break your TV + make u buy a new one. http://bit.ly/3TT3Ze

RT @pedroteich: NEWSPAPER publishers are running out of costs to cut, WSJ. http://bit.ly/1TsZsV (via @agranado) RT @JMF1957

RT @michsineath: In case you missed it... "Extreme Social Media" w/ @Brad_King and Ball State's Journalism Department http://bit.ly/12OW50

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

FriendFeed: What The Cult of Me Likes

Jason Pontin: @jayrosen_nyu When I said exactly this, and you roundly mocked me, because I was insufficiently deferential to your gurus.

Jason Pontin

@jayrosen_nyu When I said exactly this, and you roundly mocked me, because I was insufficiently deferential to your gurus.

July 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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Jay Rosen: Get it straight: For about 180 years newspapers haven't charged for the journalism they do http://tr.im/tG7P Well done, @jeffsonderman.

Jay Rosen

Get it straight: For about 180 years newspapers haven't charged for the journalism they do http://www.newsfuturist.com/2009... Well done, @jeffsonderman.

July 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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The author writes on how this post went viral http://www.newsfuturist.com/2009... ... "As best I can reconstruct, a few of my Twitter followers started retweeting the post link late Wednesday. The firestorm really started, though, after former washingtonpost.com Editor Jim Brady and later NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen tweeted it." - Jay Rosen

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Jason Pollock: HUFF POST: How Can Kelly Hildebrandt Marry ... Kelly Hildebrandt? (VIDEO)

Jason Pollock

HUFF POST: How Can Kelly Hildebrandt Marry ... Kelly Hildebrandt? (VIDEO) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...

July 19 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like

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HUFF POST: "Kelly Hildebrandt's Facebook search for her own name turned up just one match, a young man from Texas. Intrigued, she sent him a message, and the rest as they say, is history." - Jason Pollock

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Martin Fenner: Google Wave paper writing

Martin Fenner

Google Wave paper writing - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

July 18 from Flickr - Comment - Like

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Can't wait to get an account - Deepak Singh

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Cameron/Martin - thanks for the feedback. If embedding of Google Spreadsheets is similar to how it is done now in web pages that makes it difficult to collaborate because you can't edit or see formula. So you still have to provide a link directly to the Spreadsheet for those purposes. I am assuming the Wordpress extension is also write-only? - Jean-Claude Bradley

Currently the wordpress extension only allows people with Wave accounts to add to the embedded wave. I would guess it would be relatively practicable to have a robot proxy that let people with verifiable accounts add back to the wave but I suspect the edges would be problematic, as would preventing spam, which is why everything is tied down so much at the moment. - Cameron Neylon

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Joe Trippi: Nielsen study shows online reviews rank just behind personal recommendations for consumers making buying decisions. http://tr.im/rZXT

Joe Trippi

Nielsen study shows online reviews rank just behind personal recommendations for consumers making buying decisions. http://joetrippi.com/blog...

July 12 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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Brittany Klopfstein: Working on my wordpress blog for Into to Social Media class - so what is something people want to hear about?

Brittany Klopfstein

Working on my wordpress blog for Into to Social Media class - so what is something people want to hear about?

July 9 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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Carlton Hackett: RT @mashable: BREAKING: Google to Launch Operating System - http://bit.ly/16Gxzz

Carlton Hackett

RT @mashable: BREAKING: Google to Launch Operating System - http://mashable.com/2009...

July 7 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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Jeff Jarvis: @TheNewsChick Right. I've seen proper research that matches it. Point is that a large % of the public is less loyal to paper than info.

Jeff Jarvis

@TheNewsChick Right. I've seen proper research that matches it. Point is that a large % of the public is less loyal to paper than info.

July 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like

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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...

July 2 from Google Reader - Comment - Like

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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

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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...

June 29 from delicious - Comment - Like

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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

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