Twitter archive

• Playing with http://xtranormal.com free text to movie site. Buggy and slow on web but clever. First result: http://tr.im/AMEM8 minutes ago from web
      
• Whoops: MoD document: "how to stop leaks" is leaked. Tgraph. http://tr.im/ALz0about 3 hours ago from web
      
• UK Supreme Court rules against anonymity in terrorism funding case and in favour of media and open justice. PressGaz http://tr.im/ALwKabout 3 hours ago from web
      
• US NFL bans live blogging of football games. WSJ does it anyway. Techdirt http://tr.im/ALq9 via @internetlawabout 3 hours ago from web
      
• Facebook in Latin: favete linguis. Reuters' piece seems to have attracted comment from Sacha Baron Cohen. http://tr.im/AL7Aabout 4 hours ago from web
      
• New rules mean US bloggers who review will have to declare freebies or face $11k fine. AP http://tr.im/AKW8 via @matthewi @davefleetabout 4 hours ago from web
      
• French try free newspaper subscriptions for 18-24yo. 65% resubscribe after free period. via @paulbradshaw. http://tr.im/AKqoabout 6 hours ago from web
      
• Guardian publishes (as news) list of 22 new rules of news from @dangillmor No. 11 is NO lists of 10. What? Otherwise cool. http://tr.im/AIOcabout 11 hours ago from web
      
• Scrapping the HRA would be to shift power from the British courtroom to Strasbourg, Tories tell Tories. Guard http://tr.im/AIMvabout 11 hours ago from web
      
• "Peeling the onion," says Harold Evans. "That's what's being lost [in digital]. Just let's find out what the facts are." http://tr.im/AIKyabout 11 hours ago from web
      
• RT Av print newspaper reader worth £155 a year. Online news reader is worth £5. Obs http://tr.im/AFJqabout 11 hours ago from Tweetie
      
• RT Euro Parliament urged to take a position on Italian press freedom under Berlusconi. Letter to Guard http://tr.im/AFKwabout 11 hours ago from Tweetie
      
• Euro Parliament urged to take a position on Italian press freedom under Berlusconi. Letter to Guard http://tr.im/AFKwabout 23 hours ago from web
      
• Av print newspaper reader worth £155 a year. Online news reader is worth £5. Obs http://tr.im/AFJqabout 23 hours ago from web
      
• i - the Portuguese newspaper with 16% increase in circ in 2 months. News in the order readers want it. Obs http://tr.im/AFGvabout 23 hours ago from web
      
• Google is not a newspaper vampire. CEO Eric Schmidt says Google has a moral responsibility to help. http://tr.im/AFyC via @steveoutingabout 23 hours ago from web
      
• Mmm The establishment defends itself http://tr.im/AFyC. Meanwhile today's front page http://tr.im/AFyv RT @bengoldacreabout 24 hours ago from web
      
• RT @sarahditum Just came across a blog commenter using "librarian" when they meant "libertarian". Me> In my exp they're almost antonyms.9:31 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• Despite US public criticism of media, 62% support "watchdog role" for press RT @EvidenceMatters http://tr.im/Atx19:28 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• Use "nofollow" when linking to a site you know is wrong and other cervical cancer precautions from @malcolmcoles http://tr.im/AsqH6:14 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• Unique visitors shouldn't be your No. 1 concern. Engagement should be. Time spent on Facebook soared 699% since April 2008. RT @jiconoclast6:09 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• Would've like to have been a fly on Murdoch's wall when he heard Evening Standard is going free. BBC http://tr.im/Asm86:07 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "The quest for a gazillion unique users denudes newspaper sites of their character," says Mirror man. Guard http://tr.im/AsnP6:05 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• Google Wave makes journalism transparent? Readers say they're interested how reporters string together a story. LA Times http://tr.im/AskS5:58 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "The challenge for journalist is how the storyteller evolves with the times." Comments from working journos.5:53 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "In the web era there is less opportunity to learn from experienced journos, and more scope for bad habits." Comments from working journos.5:52 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "The web can be good for journalism - the breadth of available sources creates more interaction." Comments from working journos.5:50 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "Technology does not stop writers from being good." Comments from working journos.5:49 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "Once a community has been created, lead it back to the primary content: don't let it take over." Comments from working journos.5:48 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• "Because online content is free, there is a perception anyone can do it." Comments from working journos.5:23 PM Oct 2nd from web
      
• BBC newsrooms have become factories run by "poor kids" says rtd newsreader Peter Sissons. Guard http://tr.im/Anq211:54 PM Oct 1st from web
      
• Too much opinion on BBC news programmes, not enough straight reporting of facts says rtd newsreader Peter Sissons. Guard http://tr.im/Anq211:52 PM Oct 1st from web
      
• High Court injunction served via Twitter orders user to stop impersonating right-wing political blogger. BBC http://tr.im/AnnE11:45 PM Oct 1st from web
      
• List of magazines on Twitter. Mag Nation http://tr.im/AnkS RT @Lucie_M11:37 PM Oct 1st from web
      
• Hi res pics to wifi to website in 2 minutes the CNN way. New journalism. Adv the Story http://tr.im/AkbE via @journalismnews2:06 PM Oct 1st from web
      
• UK is first major economy where internet advertising overtakes TV. £1.75bn spent online in first 6 months this year. Guard http://tr.im/AfLf9:16 PM Sep 30th from web
      
• 66% of US adults do not want tailored web advertising based on monitoring their web use. Outlaw http://tr.im/AfJN9:12 PM Sep 30th from web
      
• Libel: NI Police chief Sir Hugh Orde wins huge damages over false claim he flew his son to the US on expenses. Guard http://tr.im/AfIk9:04 PM Sep 30th from web
      
• Libel: Peter Andre sues IPC over Now Mag's story on his marriage breakup. PressGaz http://tr.im/AfHz9:01 PM Sep 30th from web
      
• Local paper saves money on subeditors pays out in libel damages. Could be coincidence. PressGaz http://tr.im/AfGQ8:59 PM Sep 30th from web
      
• BBC website redesign due next March will focus more on social media. Guard http://tr.im/AeZW6:45 PM Sep 30th from Tweetie
      
• BBC's fair version http://tr.im/A8O0 (19 clicks) beats Mail's hysterical version http://tr.im/A8Ob (17 clicks) of cervical jab story.10:59 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• Take your pick on cervical cancer jab story: fair (BBC) http://tr.im/A8O0 or hysterical (Mail) http://tr.im/A8Ob9:49 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• "Mediagenic" class defend Polanski but 70% in Le Figaro poll say he should face justice. NYT http://tr.im/A8g78:14 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• C4 News analysis: outline of Labour's election strategy: they're toffs, we're normal, vote for us.7:53 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• Dell claims to have earned $3m via Twitter posts since 2007. Video from @xplane http://tr.im/A7Yf7:30 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• Interesting video with digital media/ convergence stats. http://tr.im/A7Yf7:23 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• US newspaper subscriptions are down but subscribers are staying loyal (churn is down too) E&P http://tr.im/A7S77:08 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• Independent saved with five year deal - Greenslade, Guardian http://tr.im/A7L46:48 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• The Guardian tries crowdsourcing to turn the Copenhagen climate text into plain English. http://bit.ly/3gk3FC RT @andybechtel @sarapeach6:38 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• The Mail is 90% irresponsible over cervical cancer jab story according to a system devised by @malcolmcoles OJB http://tr.im/A6rJ3:19 PM Sep 29th from web
      
• Journos are no scientists: their methods are flawed by need for narrative and rhythm of the deadline says @paulbradshaw http://bit.ly/4FuXsi10:19 AM Sep 29th from web
      
• Rant about crap Windows vs annoying Apple fans gets @charltonbrooker 694 (4x normal) comments.Guard http://tr.im/A4JZ9:23 AM Sep 29th from web
      
• As soon as papers got desperate for cash, they dropped their sacred principles: Dan Lyons, Newsweek http://bit.ly/9o8Ah via @marcusmessner9:04 AM Sep 29th from web
      
• Blog: Libel: six options for reform http://tinyurl.com/yewn7ul4:22 AM Sep 29th from twitterfeed
      
• Blog: Good journalism from the master http://tinyurl.com/ydn8mn64:22 AM Sep 29th from twitterfeed
      
• Blog: End free news the Murdoch way http://tinyurl.com/y9ksjwj4:22 AM Sep 29th from twitterfeed
      
• Aussie swimmer gives up libel when French newspaper and journo fail to show in court. ABC http://tr.im/A2CK If only they were all so easy.11:57 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• People were never paying for content and publishers weren't selling it says Paul Graham http://bit.ly/4Q7ti via @tomforemski @kentkrekorian10:39 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• AP accidentally publishes memo on Polanski rather than news story. http://retwt.me/mx8u via @journalismnews7:05 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• Nikon launch camera with built-in projector. paidcontent http://tr.im/A101 Nikon http://tr.im/A11r6:52 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• BBC receives 100 complaints about Marr's painkillers question to Gordon Brown. Guard http://tr.im/A0YA Could all be from Brown aides.6:47 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• FT's poor heads, spelling and grammar are the result of progressive undermining of production journalism says NUJ. Guard http://tr.im/A0WR6:44 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• The Safire speech Nixon would have given if the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon: http://bit.ly/3lHW7 RT @Lucie_M @s_m_i:6:35 PM Sep 28th from web
      
• Bouyed by its popularity on the web French satirical mag Bakchich moves into print. FT http://bit.ly/3BzAoe8:22 AM Sep 28th from Tweetie
      
• Interesting R4 profile of DPP Keir Starmer who issued assisted suicide guidelines and defended the McLibel 2. BBC iPlayer http://tr.im/zVto10:05 PM Sep 27th from web
      
• Libel reform: statements on public health or safety should be covered by qualified privilege says @jackofkent http://bit.ly/1Eycoc9:38 PM Sep 27th from Tweetie
      
• Roman Polanski arrested by Zurich police for poss deportation to US on 1977 child sex charges. BBC http://tr.im/zVeT9:10 PM Sep 27th from Tweetie
      
• RT @bengoldacre What I like is how you totally get the gist by the 2nd word of the 2nd sentence http://twitpic.com/jdkg09:01 PM Sep 27th from Tweetie
      
• RT @suzanneyada "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." Carl Sagan9:10 PM Sep 26th from web
      
• MP expenses: how the source controlled the story. PressGaz http://tr.im/zNn612:38 PM Sep 26th from web
      
• The Internet is not filling news vacuums. There are hundreds of sites [where] all they do is comment. Peter R Kann WSJ http://tr.im/zNiT12:25 PM Sep 26th from web
      
• Jon Snow: "I would welcome a privacy act. Damn me, Ann Widdecombe, I didn't think we'd have to sit here and agree." Guard http://tr.im/zNb311:49 AM Sep 26th from web
      
• Andrew Marr reveals (beguilingly) he missed the Arms to Iraq story because he was drunk and trying to fiddle his expenses. http://tr.im/zN9t11:44 AM Sep 26th from web
      
• Guardian's trick of getting politicians to interview journalists reveals why we mostly do it the other way around. http://tr.im/zN9g11:40 AM Sep 26th from web
      
• @qikipedia We have red, green and blue receptors in our eyes. Horses only have red and blue.10:41 AM Sep 26th from web
      
• Libel: Sun pays Lily Allen £10k because she didn't call Posh Spice a monster. Guard http://tr.im/zKcJ9:25 PM Sep 25th from web
      
• Libel: Mail and Standard pay out for falsely accusing Met Commander of being a bigamist. Guard http://tr.im/zDIk9:15 PM Sep 24th from web
      
• Press Complaints Commission modifies editors' code to tighten privacy rules. PressGaz http://tr.im/zDHH9:13 PM Sep 24th from web
      
• Libel: better protection for publishers: from 1 Oct judges will monitor legal spending in no-win, no-fee cases. PressGaz http://tr.im/zDG59:09 PM Sep 24th from web
      
• Absolutely: RT @jiconoclast I'm starting to think a lot of journalists' aversion to math and science is a root of many reporting issues.8:17 PM Sep 24th from Tweetie
      
• Hunt by name... Jeremy says BBC News needs more Tories http://bit.ly/NJ47U8:11 PM Sep 24th from Tweetie
      
• @EditorMark Oh no. The world already has too many commas. Supplies are running low. The period is the only punctuation a good writer needs.8:06 PM Sep 24th from Tweetie in reply to EditorMark
      
• @zigojacko apparently I need to sign up to FriendFeed to leave a soc network use comment which would skew the data. Twitter, Facebook.8:00 PM Sep 24th from Tweetie in reply to zigojacko
      
• RT @AIannucci I have decided to launch a new range of T-shirts that have on their front the words CONTEXT HAS ITS PLACE1:30 PM Sep 22nd from Tweetie
      
• RT: Six options for reforming the British libel laws by me. http://tr.im/zkDE Give us back our free speech.7:30 AM Sep 22nd from web
      
• Fascinating - the "greatest human being who ever lived" - Norman Borlaug saved 1bn lives: http://tgam.ca/gF RT @mathewi @brodiefenlon6:33 AM Sep 22nd from web
      
• @EvidenceMatters Not sure I get the reference but anything with Joyce Grenfell and drain maintenance *must* be good ;-)11:37 PM Sep 21st from web in reply to EvidenceMatters
      
• Libel: I don't believe anyone in power will ever ditch these unfair laws says @bengoldacre in the Guardian http://tr.im/zkK59:28 PM Sep 21st from web
      
• Economist magazine has only 90 journos, wants to follow HuffPo: aggregation, curation, says its VP #ommaglobal RT @findingdulcinea @Rosental9:15 PM Sep 21st from web
      
• Six options for reforming the British libel laws by me. http://tr.im/zkDE Give us back our free speech.9:10 PM Sep 21st from web
      
• Libel: the degree to which companies can go to protect their reputations has become "skewed" says Dawkins BBC http://tr.im/zeyR11:06 PM Sep 20th from web
      
• Libel: Libdems want to un-reverse burden of proof. Dawkins says major implications for science. Guardian http://tr.im/zexM via @bengoldacre11:02 PM Sep 20th from web
      
• These shirts rule. What if daVinci worked for Apple, parts 1 and 2 http://isteammac.com http://isteamphone.com RT @film_girl6:57 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• @jackofkent: excellent. It's what's been missing.6:50 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• @jackofkent: Been mulling how I would change libel law in light of Singh - no good ans but I like uncond FC. Do we have free speech or not?6:14 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• @jackofkent Very good question. Not sure I have a 140ch answer. RU saying fair comment *should* be unconditional defence?5:52 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• Two bloggers arrested and beaten by police in Cuba; their computers confiscated, says RSF http://bit.ly/3Qjl9A via @yoanisanchez @rosental5:30 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• @jackofkent: okay. Misunderstood 'critical' Fair comment doesn't allow crime allegations, but is comment right forum for such allegations?5:25 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• Newspapers on the internet? Here's how they saw it in 1981: http://tinyurl.com/mo4zet RT @Judy_Sims @sambrook5:18 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• .@jackofkent Doesn't the Reynolds Defence allow publication of imp crit art about h and s?5:14 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• Important critical articles about public health and safety are not being published, just because of libel. RT @jackofkent5:14 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• .@jayrosen_nyu ... because journalism is about emotional response not necessarily historical truth.5:09 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• "Journalists almost always reach a point when they know what they want their interviewees to say." Why? http://jr.ly/kmmb RT @jayrosen_nyu5:08 PM Sep 19th from web
      
• "Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding" Harold Evans' Autobiog Guardian http://bit.ly/12Pw8N10:42 AM Sep 19th from web
      
• *A treat* Ian Jack on Harold Evans' autobiog: 'one of the most creative editors in newspaper history'. http://bit.ly/12Pw8N via @RoyHarvey10:41 AM Sep 19th from web
      
• "We’ve survived the execution, but now we are looking at a slow death," Observer journalist tells FT http://bit.ly/ZQxAn11:54 PM Sep 18th from Tweetie
      
• Google's Schmit pours cold water on Murdoch's pay-wall plans. "There are too many ways of getting [free] news" PressGaz http://tr.im/z4e66:02 PM Sep 18th from web
      
• I predict, in about 200 years, a war between the Jedi and the Supermarket Empire. This is how it started: Guardian http://tr.im/z48A5:43 PM Sep 18th from web
      
• The age of post-journalism. The quest for information has been superseded by quest for ammunition. NYT http://tr.im/z1X4 RT @TheNewsChick8:40 AM Sep 18th from web
      
• "Twitter is what we make it." Exactly. Also:"new water cooler of the creative class." http://bit.ly/2fOBa RT @Brizzyc8:00 PM Sep 17th from web
      
• Confirmed: Observer lives on http://bit.ly/4ilLbs (via @media_guardian)5:49 PM Sep 17th from Tweetie
      
• Libel: Min Justice consultation *only* improves online archives and could extend danger period from 1 to 10 years. http://tr.im/yYle5:04 PM Sep 17th from web
      
• Penguin have reissued one of my fav books: Most Secret War by RV Jones. Scientific spying on the nazis. http://tr.im/yYiK4:56 PM Sep 17th from web
      
• Ian Jack's Country Formerly known as Great Britain "Transcends journalism to attain status of literature" http://tr.im/yYbf RT @RoyHarvey4:54 PM Sep 17th from web
      
• @EvidenceMatters verodobbsical interesting. Not in even my v big dictionary but gets a page and a half on Google. Try http://tr.im/yU8111:23 PM Sep 16th from web in reply to EvidenceMatters
      
• Alan Alda's tribute to MASH writer Larry Gelbart is beautiful and concise but couldn't HuffPo have changed his byline pic? http://tr.im/yU1911:10 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• How marvellous. Reading @sarahditum 's blog discovered there is such as word as hobbyhorsical. Tomorrow, will use it in everything I write11:01 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• "Most journalists fear dip in quality," says PressGaz but since when did 54% mean the same as most? http://tr.im/yTl4 Was a push Q, anyway.9:10 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• UK libel shake up: single publication rule proposed, would help online publishers. Pressgaz http://tr.im/yTec8:43 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• The general reader is not as well informed about science as about politics or sport. Again with I'm with @bengoldacre #scidebate8:36 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• I'm with @bengoldacre. Sometimes right isn't good enough in science journalism when readers make life and death decisions. #scidebate8:34 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Opposites attract: Huffington Post new book section in partnership with New York Review of Books http://tr.im/yOgT via @NiemanLab6:40 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Libel: UK blogger claims US/Chinese games company suing in Australian to make his defence difficult. http://tr.im/ySwo via @InternetLaw6:35 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• .@bengoldacre and @lorddrayson debate science journalism at THE site here http://tr.im/ySt9 in 30 mins.6:27 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• @bengoldacre and @lorddrayson on Simon Mayo from 36.50 http://tr.im/yR2O via @EvidenceMatters Their voices argue but the words don't really.6:25 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Libel: NYT piece on Simon SIngh repeats original libel. NY law provides protection but what will BCA do? http://tr.im/ySrG via @jackofkent6:22 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• With science journalism in retreat, US unis to feed direct into news sites without indep scrutity. http://tr.im/yQcY RT @EvidenceMatters6:17 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Newspaper celeb stories go too far for SEO, says @malcolmcoles. Guardian ran *15* Patrick Swayse stories yesterday. OJB http://tr.im/ySob6:12 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Guardian's Brian Barron obit http://tr.im/ySmF contains almost all of Jon Snow's blog http://tr.im/ySmL Fair dealing?6:08 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• There are still many journalists who know less than their readers about how to read critically online: @scottros Nieman http://tr.im/ySkb6:00 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Hate 'moniker' for name. My dict says slang and personal but BBC uses it to mean F1 team name. Yuk. Prepenultimate par. http://tr.im/yS9Q5:31 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Kindle version of Dan Brown's new book outselling hard copy on Amazon. Nobody wants to be seen reading it. RT @charlesarthur @badbanana5:26 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Renault apparently admits fixing a grand prix by staging a crash. BBC http://tr.im/yS9Q5:25 PM Sep 16th from web
      
• Someone is getting away with murdering journalists in Russia. Guard http://tr.im/yO6H11:34 PM Sep 15th from web
      
• Rich countries must pay for climate change, says World Bank. BBC http://tr.im/yLXa4:23 PM Sep 15th from web
      
• "Every time Bush turns a new page in his life he will find Muntadar's shoes waiting for him." BBC http://tr.im/yLJZ3:46 PM Sep 15th from web
      
• Ha ha! Google Flip "jobs" topic has stories on job loss stats, Steve Jobs and nose jobs. RT @Judy_Sims3:30 PM Sep 15th from web
      
• RT @charlesarthur Reaction to Google FastFlip: US journos: wow! UK journos: uh? Me: Reaction to *anything* US journos: wow! UK journos: uh?11:05 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Lilly Allen backs crackdown on file sharing: FT http://bit.ly/JqgQZ Well it *must* be a good thing then.10:26 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Privacy: Google ordered to blur Switzerland more in Streetview. Register. http://tr.im/yKf510:24 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Is Google's Fast Flip a trick to assuage its media critics? Reuters. http://tr.im/yKdM10:18 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Well I love Google Fast Flip. http://fastflip.googlelabs.... News for the visual.12:22 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• "At the most interconnected time in history, accurate and comprehensive news of the outside world is disappearing" Walrus http://tr.im/yI1F12:13 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Three forces shape the world: money, women, and journalism. Al Jazerra hits the US. Walrus http://tinyurl.com/qsvm93 RT @macloo @lisallynch12:07 AM Sep 15th from web
      
• Some days Twitter is like reading Joyce and Facebook is like being stuck in a cattle truck.5:42 PM Sep 14th from Tweetie
      
• Observer closure unlikely but more integration with Guardian would mean redundancies 'senior sources' tell Tgraph http://tr.im/yFhf4:17 PM Sep 14th from web
      
• "The people I wanted to write about were often people I disapproved of." Why Harry Shearer gave up journalism. Economist. http://tr.im/yF0Y3:37 PM Sep 14th from web
      
• Most expensive planes ever? UK pays £400m per plane to upgrade 1950s ASW Nimrods. Register http://tr.im/yEY13:27 PM Sep 14th from web    
  
  
• US press accuracy at 20 year low Pew Research says.http://tr.im/yDAs Oh, and Republicans hate the NYT.9:52 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Great to see the delayed drop intro still has a place. On a blog even. Lucy Kellaway FT. http://tr.im/yDz79:45 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Cool visualisation of celeb Twittersphere from MTV awards: http://is.gd/3f2oV RT @Hermida @leolaporte9:35 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 10 ugly truths about journalism Guard http://tr.im/yDvl Started off thinking they were bleeding obvious. Now worried about our cynicism.9:25 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Iraqi journalist who threw shoe at Pres Bush is due to be released to day because of good behaviour. BBC http://tr.im/yDtJ9:16 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "I would rather the BBC was abolished than we started encrypting news to stop people seeing it," Mark Thompson tells Guard http://tr.im/yDsy9:11 AM Sep 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The (Movie) Rules of Journalism Empire http://bit.ly/tUcAZ RT @Lucie_M8:32 PM Sep 12th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• CNN: if we get hold of the wrong end of the stick we have a *duty* to report it. http://tr.im/yttp This way chaos lies.1:12 AM Sep 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Gordon Brown to apologise to Caesar for appalling treatment by Roman Senate.9:39 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Gordon Brown to apologise to Buddy Holly for Mason City weather conditions.9:32 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Gordon Brown to apologise to Oscar Wilde for conditions in Reading Jail.9:28 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• If FT can pull off 33% price hike for only 14% circ fall for 10 years it will have cover price of £35, circ of 24k and 4x revenue in 2019.9:23 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• FT increases price 33% sees UK circulation fall 14% -- net gain of £27.5k a day. PressGaz http://tr.im/ysgq8:37 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• CNN marks 9/11 anniv by scaring the crap out of people with false shootout story. Nice one. HuffPo http://tr.im/yseq8:27 PM Sep 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• And you think British libel laws are bad: Thai TV station owner gets 2 years in jail for defaming deputy PM. Bangkok Post. http://tr.im/ynwh11:28 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• When I grow up, I want to provide solutions for enterprises in rapidly expanding markets. I hate you, generic press releases RT @suzanneyada11:24 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Copyright: Getty uses tracking technology to demand fee for use of library pic. £2000 + costs paid. Outlaw http://tr.im/ymgu6:53 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Thanks to all for #foj09 Future of Journalism Tweets. My first conference by Twitter. 140ch summaries of best bits def the way to do it.3:19 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• #foj09 is about to finish. Lots of data on these troubled times, but few answers on the future. RT @dutopia3:16 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Internet use in UK rising, up from 66% in 2007, to 71% of the entire population online in 2008. New Google Internet stats http://tr.im/yl7N3:09 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Atton: alternative journalism unlikely to transform mainstream media. #foj09 RT @renbarau3:03 PM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Alison Tyler is charmingly unaware that a tenth is, in fact, a fraction (para 7): http://bit.ly/X7hom RT @sarahditum Also 45 not 1/10 of 63610:43 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Only 1.5% of news orgs' tweets contain external links. They need to go beyond shovelware #foj09 RT @renbarau @lisallynch @marcusmessner10:35 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Libel: Boxer Amir Khan threatens Facebook with legal action. New test for Section 1 defence. Guard http://tr.im/yk3F10:05 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Great blog: top 10 lies newspaper execs are telling themselves by @Judy_Sims http://tr.im/yjZS (via @alexgamela)9:47 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Reuters multimedia-up the credit crunch. http://tr.im/yjZ8 via PressGaz http://tr.im/yjZb9:43 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Kidnap journo rescue: "The pursuit of truth is the bedrock of freedom. The cost has always been high. Jon Snow C4 News http://tr.im/yjWJ9:31 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "The choice between profit and progress is a false one. The golden days of journalism still lie ahead." Obama http://tr.im/yjV99:22 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Incredible volume of Twittering on iTunes 9. More than 15 Tweets a second, I estimate.1:25 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• @charlesarthur Hubble to watch cat seems like massive over-engineering. What about webcam and electric fence? Or call for PetWatch app.1:15 AM Sep 10th from web in reply to charlesarthur
  
      
  
  
  
• Ambient journalism: Twitter allows people to have a mental model of news and events around them says @Hermida #FoJ09 http://is.gd/35Bi212:29 AM Sep 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• @ruskin147 There is a rumour that other people work at Apple but I think Steve does it all himself. Don't be *too* tough. He's not been well8:50 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie in reply to ruskin147
  
      
  
  
  
• Kidnapped NYT reporter: the story of the news blackout. E&P http://tr.im/ygGT6:18 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• NUJ launches Stand Up for the Observer website. http://www.standupfortheobs...6:10 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Spend money on condoms not windmills. Avoiding unwanted pregnancies could save 34bn tonnes of carbon emissions. Tgraph http://tr.im/ygCY6:06 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 2/2 ... but I'm with Google. It's not Google's fault if news orgs fail to adapt to the web. Media Show podcast BBC http://tr.im/ygxL5:53 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 1/2 Media Show paints Google as bad guy with 90% of UK search and only 25% of revenue going back to content creators... http://tr.im/ygxL5:52 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Curran at #foj09: Strategy of charging for new will lead to a loss of audiences, producing a self-reinforcing cycle of decline. RT @Hermida5:37 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "A new generation of news consumers doesn't know the icons of accuracy-Reuters, AP" - Jon Bramley #FOJ09 RT @drbillasu5:33 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Only place where newspapers sales up: India and China - Petets #FOJ09 RT @drbillasu5:31 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• BBC user generated content (UGC) hub has 23 journalists dealing with 10-20000 emails and 100s of vids and posts #foj09 RT @egrommet5:27 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Kevin Barnhurst: Also far fewer external links in stories now than in 2001. RT @susankeith #foj095:15 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Kevin Barnhurst reports that NYT, ChiTrib readers have to click more to get through an entire story than in 2001. RT @susankeith #foj095:14 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Just installed Snow Leopard with no apparent problems. Now I have survivor guilt.5:00 PM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 2nd-time kidnap victim, British NYT journo rescued in Afghanistan but soldier and interpreter die. Tgraph http://tr.im/yemA9:21 AM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Computer Aided Reporting skills required: dynamic programming, data storage, curiosity. MediaShift http://tr.im/yegR9:03 AM Sep 9th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Five ways for journalists to use Facebook. http://tr.im/ybBu8:35 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Erstwhile motoring journo caught doing 2x 120kph speed limit while testing a Ferrari was called Easdown. ABC http://tr.im/ybAy8:32 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Economist to charge for web content within 6 months. MediaWeek http://tr.im/ybyI8:24 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Huge 600lb bomb found in NI, Times http://tr.im/ybvJ As opposed to those *small* 600lb bombs?8:13 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Save the Observer meeting 7pm 21 Sep Friends Meeting House in Euston Road, London. PressGaz http://tr.im/ybus8:11 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Libel: David Gest sues the People over claims he was banned from Michael Jackson memorial. PressGaz http://tr.im/ybtQ8:07 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Suspected IED bomb found at RAF Lyneham by sniffer dogs. Tgraph http://tr.im/ybsT8:04 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 58% of Britons want to scrap our nuclear deterrent and pay off our credit cards. Meanwhile in Iran... Indie http://tr.im/ybr78:00 PM Sep 8th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "Political journalism has become a form of warfare. News with attitude tells us what we should think." Chris Mullen BJR http://tr.im/y6dN6:25 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• FT puts glossary of financial jargon online. http://lexicon.ft.com/5:56 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• @bengoldacre Don't know if it is better but it is worth having a look at http://posterous.com/5:53 PM Sep 7th from web in reply to bengoldacre
  
      
  
  
  
• 20 US papers show AP pic of dying marine. Press Gaz http://tr.im/y66n Guard http://tr.im/y66e Outcry but this is what war looks like.5:50 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• More than 1 in 3 Indie headlines uses \'quote marks\'. Are these guys not sure what the news is? http://yfrog.com/0wjvej5:35 PM Sep 7th from Yfrog
  
      
  
  
  
• Libel: Nadine Dorries finally serves writ on Damian McBride over Tory smear emails. Guard http://tr.im/y6075:21 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Richard Littlejohn managed to write something that was both in sentences and made of words says @sarahditum http://tr.im/y5YQ5:15 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 3am gossip site maintains consistency in crapness, eschewing SEO. Guard http://tr.im/y5Xu5:09 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Sudanese journalist found guilty of wearing trousers and fined $200 but spared the lash. Vows to appeal. AFP http://tr.im/y5Ut4:58 PM Sep 7th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Excellent: RT @markpack: Fantastic BBC News blooper http://bit.ly/iEC8c (via @mattwardman)2:51 PM Sep 7th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• The MIT Enterprise Forum United Kingdom seems like a good event, but the acronym is a naming FAILure RT @kaigani2:49 PM Sep 7th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• 1,200 journalists apply for the same job at the Sunday Times http://bit.ly/yyIu7 RT @Lucie_M6:51 PM Sep 6th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• My new strategy: Search Engine Optimism. Put it on the web and hope. RT @EditorMark, @Fritinancy6:36 PM Sep 6th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Umberto Eco on Italian press freedom. "You have to say no, so one day you can say you said it." Tgraph http://tr.im/y0mK11:33 AM Sep 6th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Plot by renegade Russians to sell missiles to Iran thwarted by Mossad agents posing as pirates? Real life apes Bond film. http://tr.im/y0lw11:29 AM Sep 6th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Ian Jack says Britishness is untethered, springs from 1000 fragments: the Beano, Sillitoe and drop scones. http://tr.im/y0jS via @RoyHarvey11:17 AM Sep 6th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Why I prefer short headlines for RSS feeds... http://yfrog.com/8bfs9j10:51 AM Sep 5th from Yfrog
  
      
  
  
  
• Ssssh -- don't tell the Russians. GQ is critical but wants to keep it quiet. NPR http://tr.im/xWhW10:43 AM Sep 5th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "Deadline fever encourages taut, crisp writing. The truely awfully written story demands time." Keith Waterhouse who died this week.10:22 AM Sep 5th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Roy Peter Clarke on the language of Twitter. Poynter. http://tr.im/xWdW10:10 AM Sep 5th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• United States Of Sin The 7 Deadly Sins, geographically. http://bit.ly/R9ghH RT @Lucie_M Not saying anything about the bible belt.10:09 AM Sep 5th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Public rejects Murdoch view of BBC, says ICM poll http://bit.ly/I6m1Z ... but of course Murdoch's speech wasn't aimed at the public...11:46 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "To use outsiders' jargon is to take their own evaluation of themselves on trust." Keith Waterhouse on Newspaper Style8:21 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "An interesting story does not have to open with a war-whoop." Keith Waterhouse on Newspaper Style8:14 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "Despite the invention of the tape recorder, many newspapers have a tin ear for dialogue." Keith Waterhouse on Newspaper Style8:11 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "If a news story is dramatic, drama should come out in the telling. It is not enough simply to assure readers that the drama was there." KW8:09 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "Journalists with flair write in the language of their readers." Keith Waterhouse on Newspaper Style8:08 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "Few journalists realise that the ground-rules for the human-interest story were laid down in Cassel's Book of Indoor Amusements, 1881" KW8:07 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "It is the tendency of cliches to generalise, approximate or distort." Keith Waterhouse on Newspaper Style8:04 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Keith Waterhouse, probably the best writer in journalism of his generation, has died at 80.8:01 PM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Compare the Meerkat ad campaign devised by pissed ad men. paidcontent http://tr.im/xRjl9:37 AM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Editor of Russian maritime bulletin who broke cargo ship piracy story flees after threats Guard http://tr.im/xRh09:23 AM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• 20 years after Tiananmen, China re-introduces programme to train independent journalists. Asia Times http://tr.im/xRfP9:16 AM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Good #journalism is not #news, it is #analysis & #commentary writes non-journalist @saqeram9:10 AM Sep 4th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Young citizen journos use technology to stay two steps ahead of authorities where freedom is repressed. BBC documentary http://tr.im/xP959:03 PM Sep 3rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Robert Peston's blog is at the core of everything he does "The discipline of doing it shapes my thoughts" Cybersoc http://tr.im/xP7l8:56 PM Sep 3rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Incisive Media split in two with banks taking over struggling UK arm. FT http://tr.im/xP668:51 PM Sep 3rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Blowy sunset on Brighton beach this evening. http://yfrog.com/02d6aj8:22 PM Sep 3rd from Yfrog
  
      
  
  
  
• Journalist: I made a snowman. Inuit: nice! Journo: it took me all day. Inuit: what's your point? Journo: that'll be $5. RT @jayrosen_nyu8:52 AM Sep 3rd from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Human rights doctors say CIA may be guilty of illegal human experiments during torture. Guard http://tr.im/xKKu11:52 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Easier on the web for readers to feel informed without thinking for themselves -- Bill Keller NYT (kind of) NYRB http://tr.im/xK5G9:13 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Part II of Michael Massing's excellent study of the changing nature of news. The New York Review of Books. http://bit.ly/JEz3J RT @RoyHarvey9:00 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The ten cleverest youngish men with glasses and serious expressions who invented the internet http://bit.ly/1lQv9E by @IanDouglas Tgraph6:23 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Pittsburg Post Gazette takes leap of faith and starts charging for content. $2.99/mo for members club. Guard http://tr.im/xIyt3:29 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Journalists captured by N Korea tell their story in the LA Times. http://tr.im/xIwS3:23 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Donkey bloggers: 2 Azerbaijanis are facing jail after posting YouTube satire on press freedom: donkey giving news conf BBC http://tr.im/xIrL3:08 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Tim Davie failing to defend the BBC because he cannot speak English. Media Show podcast http://tr.im/xIqr3:02 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Director of BBC Audio and Music Tim Davie gave pisspoor defence of R2 on Media Show. You can't convince, Tim, when you talk bollocks.2:59 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• I'm a little late with this idea but could we replace Big Brother with Robert Peston, James Murdoch and a huge vat of mud? http://tr.im/xIoW2:57 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Why you should always proof in spreads. Express creates unfortunate head. Guard http://tr.im/xInD2:54 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• New list of 30 words you should stop using... http://bit.ly/i6s4b RT @paulbradshaw @OrangeBlossomer @louisebolotin @goodcopybadcopy:2:47 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• US military ends contract with PR firm profiling journalists. Reuters. http://tr.im/xIkX2:42 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Twitter for investigative journalism: sign up here. Gawker http://tr.im/xIkh2:40 PM Sep 2nd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• RT @bengoldacre Anscombe's quartet, why we graph stuff http://bit.ly/2axFHO 8:27 PM Sep 1st from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• The 5 film making rules you can break (and 5 you can't) http://tinyurl.com/mgt699 #journalism RT @AdamWestbrook10:12 AM Sep 1st from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• URGENT: small bbq fire on roof of building. No-one in world affected, not even small rodents. But everyone must *know* as soon as poss. gasp6:05 PM Aug 27th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Northern & Shell to axe 70 journalists from Express and Star titles. http://bit.ly/X6j6B RT @journalismnews5:58 PM Aug 27th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• ... Money man argues for quality jouralism. Paidcontent.org http://tr.im/xgY25:56 PM Aug 27th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• News is abundant but interesting, thought-provoking, community, and trust are scarce. That's where the money is ... http://tr.im/xgY25:55 PM Aug 27th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Freedom of young media journalism competition. http://tr.im/xgVu5:48 PM Aug 27th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Boston Globe stopped the presses when Sen. Kennedy died http://bit.ly/I7Jvw Glad they still had presses to stop. RT @TheNewsChick5:14 PM Aug 26th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The Times' lack of transparency about its process furthers perception it's being used. Missing parts of news. Newsless http://tr.im/xaJo4:49 PM Aug 26th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• NYT only major paper without a Kennedy cover. RT @GlynnMacN I went down to the newsstand to dbl check. @mediaite http://bit.ly/uErsK4:36 PM Aug 26th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• According to @LitmanLive Big Brother has been axed. Good start to the day. RT @alexandrapullin10:45 AM Aug 26th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Vegetables are a hoax. It's just all those farmers trying to trick you into eating their produce. They're all in on it. RT @DougCoupland10:44 AM Aug 26th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Why we don't read newspapers: it's all Sophie Dahl's fault. But for really bad journalism read Heidi Kingstone in HuffPo http://tr.im/x5ru7:30 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Telegraph article on the Lily Allen cricket controversy contains external links. Is this a first? http://tr.im/x5pm7:22 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Boo: Lego stops Spinal Tap using its figures in their music video. Outlaw http://tr.im/x5lG7:11 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Jon Stewart's comedy points more directly to the truth than a balanced news report WashPo http://tr.im/x5iu7:00 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Solar cells could soon be printed like newspapers http://tr.im/x5g2 Could this mean newspapers that recharge your phone?6:54 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The anti-Twitter: Woofer has a 1400 char *minimum* http://tr.im/x5aA6:48 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Researchers Forget to Eat Lunch During Multitasking Study http://bit.ly/HgYw3 RT @eSarcasm6:15 PM Aug 25th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge? Top ten jokes from Ed Fest. BBC http://tr.im/wZBr3:42 PM Aug 24th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Murdoch's plan to make me pay for his news failed today. Just been given a free copy of the Times on the train.3:28 PM Aug 24th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Hollywood bosses whinge that Twitter is killing movies. http://tr.im/wZyT Answer: make better films3:24 PM Aug 24th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Israelis boycott cheap furniture and deny Swedes press passes in retaliation for organ sale allegations. Haaretz http://tr.im/wZyB3:23 PM Aug 24th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• First rule of neutral club: let's hear what the other rules are, then we'll take an overview. In the Loop cut lines Guard http://tr.im/wXm611:18 PM Aug 23rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Thanks to SEO, soon all human knowledge will be available via medium of top 10 list. http://tr.im/wXlh http://tr.im/wXll http://tr.im/wXlB11:15 PM Aug 23rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• If a friend takes a quiz on Facebook, anonymous developers see *your* private info. Take the quiz http://tinyurl.com/laxjkd RT @InternetLaw10:56 PM Aug 23rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Surely compassion is one of the things that separates civilised society from terrorists, re: al-Megrahi release.3:23 PM Aug 23rd from web
  
      
  
  
  
• I have no fucking clue what the next business model for news is, says @jayrosen_nyu Neither does anyone running a media empire says me.2:32 PM Aug 23rd from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Might start graffiti-ing mundane thoughts on walls like this: http://tr.im/wN3s Oh wait. That's what I have the internet for. RT @katiesol11:11 PM Aug 21st from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Barry George, cleared of (TV presenter) Jill Dando murder, sues Mirror Group for £100k libel and privacy. Guard http://tr.im/wRlO11:06 PM Aug 21st from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The UK government should address the libel laws (inter alia) to save investigative journalism says @paulbradshaw http://tr.im/wRj410:56 PM Aug 21st from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Sky closes 7 websites: phase 1 of Murdoch's plan to make us pay. Guard http://tr.im/wRi010:49 PM Aug 21st from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Phase 2 of Murdoch's plan to make us pay: the online news consortium. LA Times http://tr.im/wRhK10:47 PM Aug 21st from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Realizing Every Company Is Now A Media Company http://su.pr/5bMtKR (via @tomforemski) Yeah -- remember when people used to make stuff.12:43 AM Aug 21st from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• By me: Ending free news the Murdoch way. Is closing thelondonpaper part of a grand scheme? http://tr.im/wN0x9:35 PM Aug 20th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Headlines that disappoint: Nicky Campbell is an unlikely swinger. Guard http://tr.im/wMzx7:46 PM Aug 20th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• What's @bengoldacre going to say? Candles give you cancer shocker. BBC http://tr.im/wMxz7:39 PM Aug 20th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Record A level results for 27th year in a row. BBC http://tr.im/wMvn The kids just get brighter. I took mine 27 years ago ;((7:37 PM Aug 20th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Jason Blair, plagiarist who nearly brought down NYT, says he's life coach now. But how can we be sure? http://tr.im/wMqC via @TheNewsChick7:15 PM Aug 20th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• #nexttoclose Now Show podcast says Indie is read by people who get to newsagents too late for Times or Guardian.5:44 PM Aug 20th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Rt @PhyllisMD Who needs a resume? You are who GOOGLE says you are. (via @cyberjournalist)8:51 AM Aug 20th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Why did the summer of paid content become "someone pull the trigger so we can see if it's a mistake?" http://tr.im/wJRD (via @jayrosen_nyu)8:49 AM Aug 20th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Sky pays £330.75 for pic taken from Twitpic without permission 200+ RTs @Joe prove power of social media. OJB http://tr.im/wIuR10:11 PM Aug 19th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• So proud. Scored 4/7 in BBC's media studies quiz. http://tr.im/wIqs9:56 PM Aug 19th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Social media will eventually lead to massive social consciousness. Understanding the unconscious mind. http://bit.ly/i6iL1 RT @TEDJohnMark9:47 PM Aug 19th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Please note Google/Vogue blogger disclosure outcome also likely under English law http://bit.ly/1a5E8y RT @jackofkent9:44 PM Aug 19th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Journalism needs to get back to basics. Less partisan BS and more Edward R. Murrow professionalism. RT @knightpulse RT @craignewmark7:32 PM Aug 18th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Compared with other comms channels, Twitter's pointless babble ratio is not that bad. InfoWorld http://tr.im/wD5O He has a point.7:27 PM Aug 18th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Salon done with online magazine model. Fires 6 to become true web publication. NY Mag http://tr.im/wD3G7:20 PM Aug 18th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Thrillist, email newsletter aimed at young men set to make $5m or more this year. http://bit.ly/KPKEU RT @jstevens6:58 PM Aug 18th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• In San Francisco, The Los Angeles Times might as well be Le Monde. How NYT and WSJ are competing for America. Nieman http://tr.im/wyPV9:07 PM Aug 17th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• If you read the NYTimes site right after reading The Onion, reality morphs. It's like the news had a stroke. RT @mathewi RT @DougCoupland8:28 PM Aug 17th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Iranian authorities have shut down the reformist newspaper Etemad-e Melli. Reuters http://tr.im/wwoL8:23 AM Aug 17th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Own brand journalism from @AdamWestbrook http://wp.me/p1DIa-f68:22 AM Aug 17th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Twitter falls over too often. Microblogging should be managed by scores of different providers. Slate http://tr.im/wuXU RT @bengoldacre6:34 PM Aug 16th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Is it me, or is the Indie's Smuggest Britons list a bit ... smug? http://tr.im/wuXB6:31 PM Aug 16th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• I'm late responding to this one, but good point: ill-conceived surveys are worthless. RT @malcolmcoles http://bit.ly/UBNvJ6:18 PM Aug 16th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Telegraph helps bloke sell book with Bomber Harris news story. News? 66 years too late. http://tr.im/wt2D12:04 AM Aug 16th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Half of Afghanistan's annual GDP comes from illegal opium. RT @qikipedia 200th Brit soldier dies in Afghanistan RT @bbcbreaking11:34 PM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Not sure if my last Tweet goes in the 40.5% or the 3.6%6:50 PM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Twitter is 40.5% pointless; 37.5% conversation; 8.7% RTs; 5.8% self-promotion; 3.75% spam; 3.6% news, study shows. http://tr.im/wspL6:45 PM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The question Kirsty should've asked. Twitter plans to make money selling services to business. USA Today http://tr.im/wspn6:41 PM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Twitter as a tool for checking modern English usage. How often do people use \"infer\" correctly? http://yfrog.com/0g4v7j10:55 AM Aug 15th from Yfrog
  
      
  
  
  
• Latest piece by @bengoldacre is important. Don't get distracted by pictures of Katie Hill. http://tr.im/wrxv10:01 AM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• This is endemic, and it creeps me out. Papers are giving advertising in exchange for dubious content says @bengoldacre http://tr.im/wrxv10:00 AM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Interesting thing about Mashable's 12 things newspapers should do to survive: UK papers are doing most of them. http://tr.im/wrvV9:43 AM Aug 15th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Murdoch wants to charge to read news. Meanwhile, the Sun gives away job ads. ? Press Gaz http://tr.im/woo51:11 PM Aug 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Cunning legal loophole spotted by @Crispian_Jago in Simon Singh libel case. http://tr.im/wonH RT @jackofkent1:09 PM Aug 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• City AM owner bids to buy the Observer from Guardian for a nominal sum. Would turn it into weekly mag and website. http://tr.im/wond1:05 PM Aug 14th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Press Gazette runs speech by Justice Eady calling for privacy law. His 3000 words convince me we need tougher free speech. http://tr.im/wlQA8:02 PM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Arlene Phillips to be UK government dance champion. For goodness sake. Gordon needs some sharper moves, but the Tango? http://tr.im/wlOw7:53 PM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Teens need pictures, context, basics in online news, study shows. MMC offers 10 key lessons for broader news sites. http://tr.im/wlJm (pdf)7:33 PM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Amnesty takes on Shell over human rights record in Niger Delta using Twiiter chat. A few days old but interesting http://tr.im/wlGV7:22 PM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Wallace flew to Tehran in 79. In 09, HuffPo's blogger stayed in DC and linked to info from Tehran. Content doesn't pay http://tr.im/wlEt7:11 PM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Literacy level of recruits now a major concern for media http://bit.ly/HJeZp (via @media_guardian)4:19 PM Aug 13th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Among the most popular YouTube videos, 23% are user-generated, 36% professional, 36% pirated http://tr.im/wkkm (via @NiemanLab)4:07 PM Aug 13th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Radio Times dips below 1m sales http://bit.ly/LRrf4 (via @media_guardian)4:03 PM Aug 13th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• Blog: Tops and lefts for SEO http://tinyurl.com/mwht9g8:34 AM Aug 13th from twitterfeed
  
      
  
  
  
• SEO for publishers "If you are not in constant communication with your IT Department, they are going to screw it up" NYT http://tr.im/wiyl12:07 AM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Reuters increased web visitors by 500% in 5 years says Liesil Kipp. "You have to constantly talk about search and SEO" http://tr.im/wiyl12:03 AM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Search-friendly headlines are straightforward. No puns, sarcasm or jokes. SEO for publishers. http://tr.im/wiyl12:01 AM Aug 13th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Flash can be used to track your web use. Just installed privacy add-on for Firefox http://bit.ly/3apGlN RT @jiconoclast RT @NickHeller11:45 PM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Music firm Oricon drops Japanese libel case against freelance who accused it of inflating bands' chart positions. http://tr.im/witx11:32 PM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Regarding the emotional impact of baby-killer mug shots: Print 1, Internet 0 http://tr.im/wgZB RT @NiemanLab10:02 PM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Mail stops moderating reader comments. Risks legal probs: (loses Section 1 defence to libel?) NMA http://tr.im/wi4M9:46 PM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• We are all, collectively, the media. New pics of your grandchildren beat updates of distant wars Geddes tells Rubenstein http://tr.im/wgDf7:51 PM Aug 12th from Tweetie
  
      
  
  
  
• UK govt launches science website featuring roller coaster design the day 30 are injured in roller coaster crash. http://tr.im/wfRr11:12 AM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Brazilian crime show host accused of organising murders to boost ratings http://tiny.cc/svllD RT @sarahditum11:00 AM Aug 12th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Tweeting of horses... here\'s me coming 5th at Goodwood on Sunday. http://yfrog.com/7eudoj9:05 PM Aug 11th from Yfrog
  
      
  
  
  
• Female bonding helps feral horses to survive and reduces harassment by aggressive males. BBC http://tr.im/wdAZ Is it the same for humans?9:01 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• FriendFeed has been the R&D department for Facebook, Scoble tells the BBC. http://tr.im/wdAo8:56 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Huzzah! Tr.im is back. But is my trust shaken and will I stick with bit.ly now that I have tried it? http://tr.im/wdxf8:43 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Buy print Economist via web one issue at a time for next day delivery. Guard http://bit.ly/hFkql8:29 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• "I only ever read magazines if disconnected from the Internet. A situation I strive to avoid at all costs" - Martin Geddes, BT RT@RoyHarvey4:52 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Twitter has tipped over the peak and will soon experience disillusionment among corporate users says Gartner. Reuters http://bit.ly/GsflS4:50 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• The internet at 40. Timeline journalism from the Guardian http://bit.ly/Tf58f4:32 PM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Optimistic women have a lower risk of death says BBC http://bit.ly/xgkwL Really? I'm fairly certain everyone dies... RT @alexandrapullin10:51 AM Aug 11th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• In Webland, the byline pictures are smaller, so there's less chance you'll be sick @charltonbrooker on saving news Guard http://bit.ly/7fKs310:45 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Before the recession, magazines had little in common with marsupials. Now... NYT on ad revenue http://bit.ly/Ar79N7:02 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• How is it that a misused apostrophe causes outrage but a dissonant headline is apparently okay? CJR http://bit.ly/sL2146:56 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• From the paper that brought down Nixon, "Kitten rescue". Reason http://bit.ly/kzPrA WashPo http://bit.ly/dK9lt6:44 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Ten US newspapers that are doing things well. E&P http://bit.ly/avlR36:37 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Simon Singh to argue at Appeal Court that his BCA piece was fair comment Press Gaz http://bit.ly/15LEpS6:07 PM Aug 10th from web
  
      
  
  
  
• Libel: NoW apologises to Cherie Blair. http://bit.ly/rp2XW Story should have been fair comment but writer went too far.6:02 PM Aug 10th from web
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• @RoyHarvey Cloud pic is clearly scene from Ghostbusters with Pillsbury Dough Boy.9:53 PM Aug 7th from web in reply to RoyHarvey
  
  
  
  
  
  
• FT plans pay-per-article scheme, iTunes style. Indie http://tr.im/vVCS9:50 PM Aug 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "I have more interest when a retweet uses the original as a jumping off point for argument, debate, development." Reuters http://tr.im/vVBX9:48 PM Aug 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In Iowa, you can text the emergency services. Next 911 Tweets. Engadget. http://tr.im/vVff9:25 PM Aug 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Times discovers top 10s work as link bait. http://tr.im/vNyz http://tr.im/vNym Oops -- look what I did.11:36 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Greek woman sets fire to Briton's balls, claiming assault, hands herself in and becomes national hero. Typical Tgraph http://tr.im/vNrs11:26 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Poor old Twitter. Hugh success yet makes no money, hit with DoS attacks and now is being sued for patent infringement. PCW http://tr.im/vNlg11:02 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @jackofkent 100% you trickster.10:55 PM Aug 6th from web in reply to jackofkent
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mmm Demon-cracy - Freudian.10:54 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lord Sugar asks Quentin Letts never to criticise him again. Blow for demoncracy early action of govt czar via @toadmeister http://tr.im/vNga10:53 PM Aug 6th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel judge Eady tells jury evidence he himself ruled inadmissible. Good blog from @sarahditum http://bit.ly/O6wm91:01 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Might Newsnight just be a fad?" Sure if they keep running interviews as bad the one with Twitter's founder. Guard http://bit.ly/3NNDTz12:49 PM Aug 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Magazine revenue: NME launches music radio iPhone app. http://tr.im/vDpG10:04 PM Aug 5th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Clinton's visit to N Korea may help Kim to steer his own succession. Economist http://tr.im/vDj59:54 PM Aug 5th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Newspaper Web sites attracted 35.9% of all Internet users in June says Newspaper Assoc of Am survey Reuters http://tr.im/vDf09:46 PM Aug 5th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• English libel law suppresses the critically minded journalism needed for an open society says Nature's editor PressGaz http://bit.ly/9c9jm9:39 PM Aug 5th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Antiquated journalistic conventions get in the way of a good story. Guard http://bit.ly/37BR0O9:30 PM Aug 5th from Power Twitter
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Save the Observer, but don't just stop it from being shut. Make it good again.8:33 PM Aug 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ridiculously long heads: why is the Mail doing that? Anyone know?5:52 PM Aug 5th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Grammar: what drives you INSANE? WIth me it's people who use infer when they mean imply. #gr_nazi2:20 PM Aug 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @alexandrapullin A semicolon is a conjunction not just a random piece of punctuation #gr_nazi1:58 PM Aug 5th from web in reply to alexandrapullin
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @alexandrapullin You cannot say myriads of something. Correct use is "a myriad somethings" #gr_nazi1:57 PM Aug 5th from web in reply to alexandrapullin
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @alexandrapullin Anticipate doesn't mean the same as expect; enervate means the opposite of energise. #gr_nazi1:55 PM Aug 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Anyone found guilty of homophobic hate crime to serve sentence in drag. Mark Thomas policies http://is.gd/23DB2 via @V_Bee @shanerichmond1:47 PM Aug 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @Mark_Coughlan Boris Johnson was editor of Spectator and only gave up when shadow minister. Michael Gove has Times column assume paid9:09 PM Aug 4th from web in reply to Mark_Coughlan
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Pardon issued to US journalists in N Korea, BBC reports. http://tr.im/vt3v8:38 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Pictures of cities at night from space. Tgraph http://tr.im/vt2Q8:36 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How are social networking sites still making news?! I blame @stephenfry RT @gemmajtaylor7:54 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Google quadruples it's searchable newspaper archive. http://tr.im/vs7X5:49 PM Aug 4th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• You know you're a British Citizen if: the police don't carry guns, you don't need an identity card, you can say what you like... oho hang on3:23 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Scott Trust exists to safeguard the future of The Guardian — but not The Observer — “in perpetuity” Times http://tr.im/vrdB3:09 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The ability to get angry and type is near-universal; the ability to get stuff right is scarce @sarahditum http://bit.ly/14Cbyz1:16 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Clinton visit to N Korea intends to bring imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee back home says Yonhap News Agency http://tr.im/vqt61:14 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Remembering when radio was accused of being the death of journalism: Gawker http://bit.ly/IVIg7 RT @TheNewsChick12:52 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC science programme loses 400k viewers. Guard. http://tr.im/vqqP Could be that smug, patronising and devoid of real science is a turn-off.12:50 PM Aug 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• To all my followers: how Tweet it is to be followed by you. (stolen from E&P head http://tr.im/vk0i)7:39 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The collapse of newspapers would lead to time where corruption is uninhibited, Wire writer David Simon tells the Indie http://tr.im/vjX27:33 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Japan holds first jury trial since 1943. Times http://tr.im/vjUo7:28 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Times top 60 books of the last 60 years. http://tr.im/vjRA7:22 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalist is one well-versed in proper grammar, experienced in covering subjects, trustworthy says Florida reader survey http://tr.im/vjN47:13 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lib Dem MP wants to ban airbrushing photos to make models look more beautiful in ads aimed at children Guard http://bit.ly/WGFah7:10 PM Aug 3rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Axe hangs over The Observer: Could be reinvented as mid-week magazine. FT http://bit.ly/fIn8l9:28 PM Aug 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Be sure to look up "gaol" in http://www.etymonline.com. RT @Fritinancy9:26 PM Aug 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Just give me the facts I’ll mix em up when I quote you. NYT can't tolerate errors in Cronkite piece. http://bit.ly/leQTs RT @alexandrapullin6:30 PM Aug 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New Met guidelines say police can only view pics if they reasonably suspect photographer of being a terrorist. PressGaz http://tr.im/vax16:12 PM Aug 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Jo Jackson wins swimming medal. Looked different at Michael's funeral and different again when he sang "Is she really going out with him"10:28 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lots of odd typos in this NYT story about La Guardia. RT @andybechtel http://bit.ly/16LFTW Used fake sub with wires sticking out.10:22 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Top 5 tips for writing top 5 tips http://tr.im/v5yM10:11 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "You can teach your children nothing, but they learn everything from you" says Johnny Ball in the Guardian http://tr.im/v4vn6:39 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Peter Capaldi playing Malcolm Tucker "the greatest display of invective in movie history". Huffpo reviews In the Loop http://tr.im/v4sS6:32 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 70% of Mail readers think assisted suicide should be decriminalised (insert your own anti-Mail-reader joke here)6:14 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Copyright: Tenenbaum fined $675k for filesharing 30 songs. Appeal planned. BBC http://tr.im/v4if5:58 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• About 6% of registrations for "co.uk" domain names come from abroad, mostly China. Fake websites. BBC http://tr.im/v4dg5:45 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Youth unemployment solved: we're sending them to Costa Rica. Now we need a similar scheme for govt ministers. BBC http://tr.im/v4cg5:42 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: despite an Appeal Court ruling on the meaning of his article about BCA, Simon Singh still has options. @jackofkent http://tr.im/v47K5:31 PM Aug 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• UK courts busy week: you may have right to help someone die, the Home Sec can't control you without evidence, you can be deported to the US.8:13 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blogs driving papers: Telegraph runs fun picture gallery based on http://facesinplaces.blogsp.... Tgraph http://tr.im/uXAn8:06 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "You’re uglier than El Fary eating lemons" and other European expressions for ugly discussed at Cafe Babel http://tr.im/uXwz7:58 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The role of the journalist is not just to get information but to put it in context and make sense of it. #iranelection BBC http://tr.im/uXmI7:39 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Copyright: Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher wins legal battle to be recognised as co-writer Whiter Shade of Pale. BBC http://tr.im/uXj77:31 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Venezuela proposes law that would jail journalists who publish anything that might harm state stability. BBC http://tr.im/uXeP7:28 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ashton Kutcher (not really sure who he is) just hit 3m Twitter followers. Only another 6.7b to get whole world. Mashable http://tr.im/uXdd7:20 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Twitter libel action: Horizon Realty takes criticism seen by 20 followers and broadcasts it all round the world. WP http://tr.im/uXbB7:17 PM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Twitter delivers the news in football transfer and cricket selection. Implications for journalism http://bit.ly/UkMs3 RT@loosewire11:14 AM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Peter Andre wins against Sunday People over accusation he was unfaithful to Jordan. BBC http://tr.im/uTgP11:07 AM Jul 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• “Student sues Amazon after Kindle eats his homework” http://tinyurl.com/ngmxae (via @InternetLaw)8:45 AM Jul 31st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: More on Twitter editing http://tinyurl.com/lgdzzv8:28 AM Jul 31st from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• AOL newsroom now has 1500 writers (x2 in a year). New media values content, apparently. TechCrunch http://tr.im/uLYd5:51 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalists are the most valuable assets news organisations have, says @scottkarp http://bit.ly/2Dt4HA RT @ryansholin5:49 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Guardian pays SA President Jacob Zuma substantial sum over false allegations he was rapist. PressGaz http://tr.im/uLNK5:32 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: News of the World pays £100k to mechanic it falsely accused of terrorism. PressGaz http://tr.im/uLLR5:29 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Survey of EuroElections shows that women, young, poor and ill-educated are disenfranchising themselves. CafeBabel http://tr.im/uLI35:23 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• US traffic vital to UK newspaper websites. In many cases, adds over 30% to UK audience. Via @journalismnews http://tr.im/uLrX5:01 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A summary and links if you want to be as confused as everyone else about the future of news. http://tr.im/uL8n RT @mathewi4:27 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Which celeb gossip section famous for being so vague as to be pointless is going to be pointlessly vague online? Guard http://tr.im/uL5o4:22 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Free Word Website Goes Live #freeword http://bit.ly/FBVqn RTIndoncensorship4:19 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fame and fortune were not the end but only the beginning, Madonna writes in Israel's daily Yediot Ahronot AP http://tr.im/uL0c4:12 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• After offloading AOL, Time Warner may get back online with TV rather than magazines. Forbes http://tr.im/uKW24:07 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Top 10 social media gaffes. ABC News http://tr.im/uKU74:04 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Soldiers and journalists are committed to fighting for an ideal larger than themselves says journalist recalled to war http://tr.im/uKS94:01 PM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mystery of Watergate tape’s missing 18 minutes may be solved by electrostatic analysis of Haldeman's notes. Times http://tr.im/uIcd9:35 AM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalist waves UN immunity to contest Sudan's trouser law. Faces 40 lashes if found guilty. BBC http://tr.im/uI8b9:21 AM Jul 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Why typos matter http://tinyurl.com/locjzn5:57 AM Jul 30th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC + Sun say Schumacher return to F1 is "shock", Times "sensational". Telegraph, Guardian let me decide for myself whether to be shocked.11:45 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• News literacy movement seeks to nurture news consumers who can distinguish between verification and mere assertion. HuffPo http://tr.im/uFgs11:40 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Since when did bitchy inaccurate bullying count as journalism? RT @LadiesSaladRan to @kirstiemallsopp re crapMail http://tr.im/uFdC11:34 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Most worrying feature of English libel is the lack of rigorous oversight from a free expression perspective @jackofkent http://tr.im/uD6M7:13 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Economist settles action by Russian oil billionaire Gennady Timchenko. Guard http://tr.im/uAV63:34 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• David Cameron says "politicians have to think about what they say" before saying "too many Twits might make a twat" Guard http://tr.im/uASu3:31 PM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sorry, I don't use the word news - it doesn't mean anything anymore. Wired's @chr1sa Spiegel http://bit.ly/DS204 RT @gapingvoid @mathewi10:23 AM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New Brunswick, Canada paper's editor-in-chief and publisher out over PM communion wafer story: http://bit.ly/13MVgR RT @mathewi10:01 AM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The reason women's magazines suck "The writer needs photogenic ladies to slot into a pre-written narrative" RT @Lucie_M http://bit.ly/3BSGv9:53 AM Jul 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Why typos matter: Standards in writing have never been more important because users are judging your .. http://tinyurl.com/locjzn2:08 AM Jul 29th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• GQ.com does deal with We7 to let visitors listen to music on its site. NewMediaAge http://tr.im/utcQ8:54 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mexican journalists who write about drug trafficking live like war correspondents; report under gunfire. Knight Center http://tr.im/utbE8:52 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Music magazines are dying because their social networking role has been replaced with... social networking. Slate http://tr.im/urMs6:43 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How far will the Independent be from its orginal ideals when it is owned by an ex-KGB man? Lebedev drops hint he will buy. http://tr.im/urH66:36 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 69% of adults don't know what Twitter Is: http://tr.im/upMG RT@MsBeat But then most don't know what a browser is either: http://tr.im/urxO6:23 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Interview ethics:Gotcha subjects can bite back, as Richard Herring demonstrates to Guardian's Brian Logan. Paperhouse. http://tr.im/up442:39 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Twitter user sued for libel in Cook County, IL Chicago Bartender http://tr.im/uoT9 (via @ljthornton)2:21 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Five top tips for terrifying media http://bit.ly/1SCfof RT @The_MediaBlog I think the Daily Mail already knows this stuff.2:03 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 24% plan to cut spending on mag and newspaper subscriptions. 18% plan to cut pay TV. YouGov poll in UK via Guard http://tr.im/uo5k12:48 PM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @alexandrapullin Hi Group12:32 PM Jul 28th from web in reply to alexandrapullin
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Free speech allows website parody of right-wing US think tank to keep similar domain name. Outlaw http://tr.im/un9A10:31 AM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Frank Warren wins £35k over false corruption allegations by boxer in TV interview. PressGaz http://tr.im/un8L10:27 AM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Nichepapers aren't new. Harvard Business http://tr.im/un4H (mostly bollocks). No -- we used to call them magazines.10:19 AM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC shares video content with Guard, Tgraph, Indie, Mail. http://tr.im/un1Y (via @journalismnews)10:11 AM Jul 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Crowd sourcing platform "Help me investigate" generates first story in Birmingham UK OJB http://tr.im/ui7611:57 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Getlippy.com is to relaunch as Company.co.uk on 5 August. NewMediaAge http://tr.im/ui4Q11:52 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• UK government's 36,215 char guide to using Twitter misses the point. "I was surprised how much there was to say" Guard http://tr.im/ui1e11:46 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Copyright: $4.5m filesharing case started today. Joel Tenebaum makes his case in the Guardian http://tr.im/uhZw11:40 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ten best movies about journalism. HuffPo http://tr.im/uhWz11:33 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Boxer Terry Marsh sues Observer over report of previous libel trial. PressGaz http://tr.im/uhUe11:27 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• CBS sending a backpack journalist to Afghanistan. She'll be her own mobile bureau with a laptop and camera http://tr.im/ufuK RT @NiemanLab7:09 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bernanke confesses:"Economic forecasting makes weather forecasting look like physics." RT @KatrinaNation I hate to tell you Ben but w f is p4:24 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• To The Times, London. Sir, If you are going to write your heads too long for your "most read" box could you at least title the links. Ta Ade4:21 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Elsevier's project to find new ways to present science online resembles 1997 CD encyclopedia says @paulcarvill in OJB http://tr.im/udIu4:05 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: Edinburgh man wins £1m in damages + costs from Dubai newspaper in High Court London. Times (note head misleading) http://tr.im/udA23:52 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Readers feel cheated by click-harvesting tactics: most-read story is nowhere in most shared list. @The_MediaBlog http://bit.ly/d10No3:45 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Financial Times online subscriptions up 18%, but profits down. NYT is studying their model. http://tr.im/ucsJ (RT @NiemanLab)2:10 PM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• RSF 2009 press freedom barometer 26 journalists killed, 177 in prison via @journalismnews http://bit.ly/1FnK6s10:28 AM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How libel happens: Nursery Management Today publishes picture of wrong nursery to illustrate story about child abuse Guard http://tr.im/ubgi10:10 AM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The hell of war comes home: "slaughter became a part of life" in Iraq. 10 arrested for murder in US. Colorado Springs Gaz http://tr.im/ubaT9:54 AM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel: number of cases taken by businesses trebled last year: downturn to blame? FT http://bit.ly/MalDe9:42 AM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Hopefully" is an "ignorant Americanism"; "career woman" is a "boo-boo". Style guides reveal newspaper character Guard http://tr.im/ub2V9:34 AM Jul 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• RT @jackofkent Read Tom Bower's own account of his wonderful libel defeat of Richard Desmond http://bit.ly/gTZ398:02 PM Jul 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Telegraph is recycling its green news. Today's rubber band story is a rehash of 25 June piece http://tr.im/u6Tu vs http://tr.im/u6TA8:01 PM Jul 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @TheNewsChick It's a matter of taste but 5 to try http://tr.im/u6mV http://tr.im/u6nb http://tr.im/u6ng http://tr.im/u6nu http://tr.im/u6ny6:15 PM Jul 26th from web in reply to TheNewsChick
• Hyping the news: Govt says important to make Council Tax evaluation accurate. Mail on Sun says "SECRET TAX ON PATIOS" http://tr.im/u4Xn1:05 PM Jul 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blogging is becoming a far more efficient way of publishing news than a newspaper. Beatblogs http://bit.ly/lrdfN (via @ljthornton)8:45 AM Jul 26th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @jackofkent See also http://tr.im/u16t (pdf) and search on "Eady"... RT@bengoldacre Judges criticise Eady over libel http://tr.im/u0U49:08 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @sarahditum Most ladies seem to hate most ladymags. So how do they survive? Not familiar with Bust. Assume not a mag about chest area.6:26 PM Jul 25th from web in reply to sarahditum
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Typos, ambiguities: boy did the Telegraph need a sub on this one: http://tr.im/u0dz6:10 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Confusing heads: "Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests" How were they measuring Bush's weight? NYT http://tr.im/u0bU6:02 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Women's magazines are largely uncritical. Many articles just repackage the same old ideas in obvious ways. http://bit.ly/JVUuG via @Lucie_M5:53 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Boffins say the happiest tweeter in Britain is @rachtdesign Tgraph http://tr.im/tYzz12:09 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Free web content is a myth. Users are prepared to pay for quality. Bloomberg http://tr.im/tYyv12:03 PM Jul 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The funniest books ever according to Esquire: http://tr.im/tTNM8:43 PM Jul 24th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Half of all journalists look at blogs working on story but I'm still utterly reliant on journalists Marcia Wheeler NYbooks http://tr.im/tTLT8:38 PM Jul 24th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Uri Gellar settles libel action with Sun over false story: project with Michael Jackson to solve the credit crunch. BBC http://tr.im/tTC88:22 PM Jul 24th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How it's possible for a NoW editor not to know his reporters are bugging phones by ex NoW ed Derek Jameson http://tr.im/tPHd via PressGaz12:15 PM Jul 24th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Future journalist will have to be jack of all tirades. From @adamwestbrook slight mod from me: http://tr.im/tPAe11:54 AM Jul 24th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Desmond libel trial a travesty says @GreensladeR Good result but evidence of Desmond's conduct should have been allowed. http://tr.im/tLcI11:38 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Minister calls outgoing army chief a rude word. Press Gaz http://tr.im/tJKj Is this a case for Oftwat?8:50 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mail Online leapfrogs Guardian and Telegraph to be most popular UK newspaper website -- 29.3m unique users in June. Guard http://tr.im/tJGj8:45 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• PR advice: "If a CEO wants press coverage today, I would advise him to shoot his wife with a new iPhone app" RT @RoyHarvey8:33 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Milan: La Repubblica sues Berlusconi for libel because he said paper is "subversive". BBC http://tr.im/tJx88:28 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Typo of the year. Guardian invents new govt watchdog with one letter typo. @The_MediaBlog http://tr.im/tJuX8:26 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Facebook is designed like a lobster trap with your friends as bait. RT @mathewi RT @ifindkarma Nonprofit News http://tr.im/tJtv8:20 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The total legal bill for the Desmond Vs Bower Libel trial is believed to be £1.25m Loser pays. Guardian http://tr.im/tJos8:12 PM Jul 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Richard Desmond loses libel claim against Tom Bower http://bit.ly/15mh91 (RT@media_guardian)6:53 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Thanks to @mjrobbins now know blog traffic is seasonal See e.g. http://bit.ly/Yafr8 and set to max...4:02 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC News 24 just did Breaking News that New Scotland Yard was being evacuated. It was a fire drill. (RT @JonGrip via @badjournalism)1:24 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Slow week on the blogosphere... (via @Mark_Coughlan). Do blogs have a summer silly season or do bloggers just stop and go to the beach?1:19 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Daily Mail has a swine flu account by someone too tired to get out of bed but not so ill they can't tell all. (RT @Lucie_M)1:13 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @maxormark my cockup. Many apologies for free followers crap. Sorry1:10 PM Jul 23rd from Tweetie in reply to maxormark
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sorry to all for crap add follower messages. I was got. :((8:17 AM Jul 23rd from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @robbmontgomery No. 1 Web writing tip: make it human, personal, about people12:23 AM Jul 23rd from Tweetie in reply to robbmontgomery
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Information Commissioner given new powers to issue fines for data protection breaches from next April. Outlaw http://tr.im/tzO210:20 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Oh no... Best Buy launches 500 sales reps on Twitter. Brand Republic http://tr.im/tzMu10:16 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1000 news publishers join Fair Syndication Consortium to try and get paid for original content. EnP http://tr.im/tzKP10:13 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Telegraph makes online money selling stuff, fantasy cricket, puzzles, betting. Not news. NewsInnov http://tr.im/tzDV (RT @journalismnews)10:02 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Are police misusing anti-terror laws against photographers? Tall man arrested in Chatham. Register http://tr.im/tzA3 (RT @mattwardman)9:55 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fair dealing protects news aggregator sites from copyright suits says NYT lawyer. Nieman. http://tr.im/tzxN (RT @TheNewsChick)9:51 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Writing breaking news in tweet-sized chunks. Poynter http://tr.im/tzuY9:46 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Web stats have no bearing on what NYT chooses to put on front page of paper or its home page NY Observer http://tr.im/tzrw9:40 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sale of Reed Business Info may be off the cards again. Tgraph http://tr.im/tzmo9:36 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Protests in Iran continue, but whose news should we trust? Critics to slam government owned press. http://bit.ly/218CXy RT @journalismnews3:53 PM Jul 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• HuffPo to lauch Technology section Sept with ex WashPo's Vargis at helm. Soon all WashPo writers will work at HuffPo. http://tr.im/tp9s10:51 PM Jul 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• With fears that the NYT is about to croak, the best hope is charity. Economist http://tr.im/tp7Y10:44 PM Jul 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Holy grail, silver bullet, shedding light, missing link, paradigm shift. 5 science cliches Wired http://tr.im/tp3j It's not rocket...10:37 PM Jul 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• If you give Richard Desmond damages, make it 40p, Tom Bower's QC tells jury http://bit.ly/rzfAc (via @media_guardian)6:30 PM Jul 21st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• FT ambivalent. Starts with blogs coming of age... ends old news content is king. http://tr.im/tmEg6:26 PM Jul 21st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Guardian tricked and runs interview with a fake Banksy. http://tr.im/tjQr1:23 PM Jul 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Take out the trash day: UK govt dumps 26 bad news stories on last day of parliament. Times http://tr.im/tjOm1:21 PM Jul 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Conde Nast hires McKinsey to "rethink" business NY Obs http://tr.im/thV38:14 AM Jul 21st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ethical minefield or future of journalism? NBC journalists hunt down terrorists in the style of the Bourne Ultimatum. LAT http://tr.im/tewm10:58 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Dennis buys http://kontraband.com to add to digital magazine stable including http://thefirstpost.co.uk and http://theweek.co.uk7:42 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• FT story "Free content online" says to continue reading this article, you must be a Premium subscriber... http://tr.im/tbvD5:32 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Classic Rock mag to launch £3/month online subscription with chance to download pre-release albums. Guard http://tr.im/taVB4:39 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Analysing Iran's best interests: surprisingly reassuring. TED http://bit.ly/6e3Pi RT: @RoyHarvey3:50 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalism is exclusively middle-class because editors appoint people like themselves. PressGaz. http://tr.im/t9Yu3:03 PM Jul 20th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• There is a growing recognition that the libel laws are becoming an embarrassment to Britain. Spectator http://tr.im/t4E5 #singhbca10:48 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Nascar motor racing accredits 30 bloggers to media corps to "increase the depth of knowledge" via @The_MediaBlog http://tr.im/t35T5:55 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Met Police guidelines on photography under anti terror law wrong says NUJ and Home Office. Outlaw http://tr.im/t34a5:46 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC under fire from Tories for stockpiling Tamiflu (Swineflu antiviral) against official advice. PA http://tr.im/t32u5:42 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Google not responsible for libel contained in search snippets, UK High Court rules. Outlaw http://tr.im/t31q5:38 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Social media in print? http://theblogpaper.co.uk aims to be the first user generated newspaper in London5:16 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Guardian is Twittered about nearly 3x as often as other UK newspapers. MalcolmColes http://tr.im/t2Rh5:09 PM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Noded journalism: "working in newsrooms is rubbish" @:AdamWestbrook http://tr.im/t18P10:31 AM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Copyright: New Pirate Bay filesharing free but legal using give-and-take model. AP http://tr.im/t17H10:25 AM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Mathematicians who could expose reckless bankers scared into silence by libel law. Observer http://tr.im/t0Wa (via @jackofkent)9:34 AM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Television has enormous influence and the lack of women over a certain age is damaging" Joan Bakewell on BBC ageism Times http://tr.im/t0Vy9:30 AM Jul 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• It will soon be expected that every intelligent person has a media platform. Seth Godin via What the f* is social media via @KatrinFraebel11:24 PM Jul 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Walter Cronkite was the man I grew up wanting to be. Brian Williams Mediaite http://tr.im/sYuZ11:18 PM Jul 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Web journalism at its best: National Geographic busts moon landing hoax theories in pics. http://tr.im/sViH12:40 PM Jul 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Why I will keep buying books on paper: Amazon takes back Orwell after purchase on Kindle. WSJ http://tr.im/sVgg12:28 PM Jul 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rome, bloggers protest a proposed law that would fine those who don't correct offensive comments within 48 hours. HuffPo http://tr.im/sRte11:16 PM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Iran election: former president Rafsanjani says crisis has caused a loss of trust. NYT http://tr.im/sPAI7:33 PM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Evening Standard mistake twists facts on Chinese riots. Toronto Star http://tr.im/sPz87:29 PM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A press free from statutory intervention is fundamental to our democracy. PCC free of govt interference. PressGaz http://tr.im/sPvG7:24 PM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• UK Freedom of Info extended slightly, but many bodies providing public services still exempt. CFOI http://tr.im/sPsn7:19 PM Jul 17th from web
• Old-school skills and new-media immediacy have made her a must-click look into insecure Hollywood id. NYT on Nikki Finke http://tr.im/sLn911:19 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Will crowd funding save journalism? Ade spent £1.28 reporting, writing and editing this Tweet. Please donate. Mashable http://tr.im/sHZW9:41 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Will coffee save journalism? Payment models include product placement. Yuk. Tweet brought to you by Apple Computer. Time http://tr.im/sHWR9:40 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• £2m for investigative journalism bureau from Psion founder David Potter. PressGaz http://tr.im/sKPb9:39 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Apparently Sussex seaside resort Brighton is at war with S Korea and the US. Cyber attacks. Times http://tr.im/sIfw1:47 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Woman officially changes name from Claire Forshaw to Princess-Rainbow.com Start of trend? I bags Mr Twit McGoogle. Indie http://tr.im/sI551:24 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Google to newpapers: opt out of search if you don't like it. Huff Po http://tr.im/sI3g1:16 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Headlines trying too hard nominations:Mountain of praise for Banff journalism (geddit?) Calgary Herald http://tr.im/sI2i1:13 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Headlines trying too hard nominations: Vetting: it should happen to an author. Guardian http://tr.im/sI1T1:12 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Will crowd funding save journalism? Ade spent £1.28 reporting, writing and editing this Tweet. Please donate. Mashable http://tr.im/sHZW1:08 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Will coffee save journalism? Payment models include product placement. Yuk. Tweet brought to you by Apple Computer. Time http://tr.im/sHWR1:04 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Re Trump libel. No requirement to show malice if case heard under UK libel law but would still have to show his reputation was damaged.12:48 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Donald Trump loses US libel trial: could not prove author's malice saying he had $millions rather than billions. Bloomberg http://tr.im/sHQ012:46 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New Irish libel law introduces defence of fair and reasonable publication on a matter of public importance. Irish Times http://tr.im/sHKS12:34 AM Jul 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC pays £45k libel damages to the sec gen of Muslim Council over comments by ex Tgraph editor Moore on Question Time. http://tr.im/sDnH4:41 PM Jul 16th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• One of my non-journalist friends just told someone at a bar: "journalism is key to democracy." Me: 1 Forces of Evil: 0 RT @Brizzyc9:02 AM Jul 16th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Web values human news: The most popular news stories are rarely those considered most important by jo.. http://tinyurl.com/ku6dnd1:55 AM Jul 16th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• TMZ claims police treating Jackson death as murder. http://tr.im/suSO Other news sources struggle to confirm. http://tr.im/suTb7:56 PM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalists’ worst enemies are other journalists.The effort to be first, thirst for exclusivity are detrimental. CafeBabel http://tr.im/suOI7:49 PM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• No special treatment for celebs in UK family courts judge rules. PressGaz http://tr.im/suJ37:39 PM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• UK's top judge says plans to oversee MPs’ expenses risk dangerous conflict between judges and Parliament. Times http://tr.im/suFm7:36 PM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Questioning the journalism behind CNN story defending Cheney role in CIA project. Salon http://bit.ly/Qxdmx RT@TheNewsChick7:17 PM Jul 15th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
  
• @ruskin147 I use Twitter as a microblog. Feeds to blog updates sev times a day instead of sev times a week. Also good for live blogging.3:05 PM Jul 15th from Tweetie in reply to ruskin147
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Great angle: "The Guardian is a bigger threat to society than NOTW" First Post http://tinyurl.com/ko5rtw RT @badjournalism10:18 AM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC College's Future of Journalism free to download as PDF here http://tr.im/spO09:40 AM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ten SEO strategies for your Facebook page. http://tr.im/spLy9:33 AM Jul 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Web values human news: The most popular news stories are rarely those considered most important by jo.. http://tinyurl.com/ku6dnd2:03 AM Jul 15th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Pilger: the longer you live and see what small groups of humans would like to do to larger groups, the angrier you become. http://tr.im/sm9611:24 PM Jul 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Politicians in trouble cannot be trusted. Journalists sometimes trust them anyway in the pursuit of great get. Economist http://tr.im/sm6T11:17 PM Jul 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Glossies' editors play it safe: same sh*t different year. Jezebel http://tr.im/skrI via @Lucie_M8:10 PM Jul 14th from web
• Death of paid-for editorial? -- Stylist, a free, upmarket, weekly women's magazine, to launch in the UK in October. Guard http://tr.im/sfk79:20 AM Jul 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Adverbs for controlling the masses? Language manipulators ignore the human cost. HuffPo http://tr.im/sfjk9:14 AM Jul 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Arianna Huffington vs NYT: 10000 Tweets, phone pics better than one 'elite' reporter on the spot? http://tr.im/sfgx9:07 AM Jul 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sudanese journalist faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers Sharia law in action. BBC http://tr.im/s9HY7:20 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Paid models for online magazines worth watching. Min http://tr.im/s9m06:39 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Civil servants to get own Facebook so we will have to do FoI request to see MI6 boss in his trunks. Mail http://tr.im/s9jW6:37 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Breaking news will be ubiquitous, instant and simultaneous. Its value will tend to zero as a result. CBS http://tr.im/s8nE4:51 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Harsh: 10 reasons you'll actually miss newspapers. BusInsider http://tr.im/s8jp4:46 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• HuffPo has it both ways -- it is taken seriously in Washington, while also being a purveyor of trash. Economist http://tr.im/s8c14:36 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Peter Sissons says political correctness stops BBC reprimanding reporters for basic journalistic mistakes. MailonSun http://tr.im/s8a94:33 PM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Account of Iranian police attack on student dorms. 5 die. Parents banned from holding funerals. Guardian http://tr.im/s5an9:18 AM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Teens use cinema, concerts, games not Twitter, newspapers, TV. *Shock* news from teen banker. FT http://tr.im/s58I9:13 AM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Libel reform: British journalism shouts a great deal, throws many bricks, but uncovers precious little. Guard http://tr.im/s5719:06 AM Jul 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Financial basis of leading news organisations has collapsed, and it's not clear what will replace it. Weisberg, Economist http://tr.im/s1nA9:30 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Foreign, local, investigative reporting don't look economically viable at the moment. Slate's Weisberg, Economist http://tr.im/s1nA9:28 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Web writing is different. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. Slate's Weisberg, Economist http://tr.im/s1nA9:27 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalists must be architects of poverty eradication and ignorance says Ghana Minister. http://tr.im/s0CA7:05 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Cheney ordered CIA to hide project. BBC http://tr.im/s0AN In other news... Pope is Catholic; ursine defecation is arboreal ...7:03 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The way it is with war...3 of the 6 British soldiers killed in Afganistan on Friday were only 18. http://tr.im/s0zW6:57 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Why BCA vs Singh libel trial matters by @jackofkent. http://tr.im/s0yH6:54 PM Jul 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sad but true -- Dubious journalism widespread, even accepted in Britain. NYT on tabloid phone hacking. http://tr.im/rUGp8:55 PM Jul 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rather than reporting the news, the networks allowed themselves to be used by the Jackson family. Journalism low HuffPo http://tr.im/rUFx8:52 PM Jul 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Le Tribune uses auto translation for English version: Result: "Ryanair loan to make travel of the passengers upright" AFP http://tr.im/rTaf4:27 PM Jul 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Subbing for Twitter's 140 chars: The secret of a good Tweet is to cram as much information as will fi.. http://tinyurl.com/nes8au4:09 AM Jul 11th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Children taking part in an exercise study fooled researchers by attaching their pedometers to their pet dogs. BBC http://tr.im/rOpw11:27 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Guardian reveals NoW paid secret damages to Jo Armstrong legal advisor, Pro Fooballer Assoc for hacking her phone http://tr.im/rOnp11:22 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Reuters puts its handbook/ style guide online for all. http://tr.im/rNl18:44 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Newspaper publishers lobby EU to strenghten copyright law against aggregators. Trying to move beyond ad business model NYT http://tr.im/rNmO8:44 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• AP calls on news organisations to adopt a standard news format. Media Post http://tr.im/rNf38:25 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sunday Times circ up 5% year on year. Sunday Indie down 22% Guard http://tr.im/rNbe8:15 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Swedish papers boycott Britney concert over photo rules. "Next they'll say critics can't write anything critical" HuffPo http://tr.im/rN8T8:13 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Study by TubeMogul, 45% of video found through blogs. HuffPo http://tr.im/rN5e8:08 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• US journalists in N Korea not yet sent to labour camp; could be freed as part of talks with US. PressGaz http://tr.im/rJH81:35 PM Jul 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blog: Web news: 10 things on the BBC: Analysing a typical BBC News story reveals some important lessons for.. http://tinyurl.com/l7u2qr6:11 AM Jul 10th from twitterfeed
  
  
  
  
  
  
• News Int'l lobbied House Lords in 2008 to prevent increase in sentences for unlawfully obtaining personal data. PressGaz http://tr.im/rDVF11:37 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Journalism's survival as a nec. democratic actor depends on confronting its faults. These are many, but not incurable. FT http://tr.im/rDQR11:29 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New York TImes reader survey asks if they would be prepared to pay $5/month for web news. Bloomberg http://tr.im/rDjL10:27 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Protests in Iran today, AP reports. Police continue to arrest journalists, bloggers. Mobile network turned off last 3 days http://tr.im/rDgw10:22 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In the news industry, micropayments need to be part of a wider offering. Telegraph. http://tr.im/rDbN10:15 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Cloud, cuckoo and land spring to mind: Minister says press coverage of science is now balanced, accurate. http://tr.im/rBMa via @bengoldacre7:53 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Kate Beckinsale wins £20k libel damages from Express for false claim she was dropped from Barbarella remake. BBC http://tr.im/rzPQ4:47 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Re: NoW Phone Hacks: Coulson has already broken rule one for any spin doctor - "Never become the story" Nick Robinson BBC http://tr.im/rzMl4:41 PM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• China is handling the press rather than blocking the press -- a step forward? AP http://tr.im/rwgv8:47 AM Jul 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Why you should never piss off Alec Baldwin: HuffPo http://tr.im/rwfL8:45 AM Jul 9th from web