Easy trimmings

Writing concisely makes things easier for the reader. Sometimes it is easy to lose words without losing meaning:

In order to................to
In the event of............if
In the near future.........soon
For the purpose of.........for
As a result of.............because
He is a man who............he
Checkup....................check
Join together..............join

In order to establish whether there are living organisms on the planet Mars, be advised that scientists are in the process of initiating a programme to send a robotic sample collection device in order to analyse samples of earth from the planet surface.

These 43 words could be recast as just 13:

Scientists will send a robot to see if there is life on Mars (and isn't this easier to follow?).

Be positive

Writing is generally clearer when it is cast in a positive way (even if it is still a negative thought). So not:

• The wine has not yet arrived.
• I have nowhere to live.
• The cat did not sit on the mat.

Rather

• The wine is delayed.
• I am homeless.
• The cat spurned the mat and sat on the sofa.

Negatives are bad enough. You should never avoid not using double negatives.

Write actively

An active sentence works better than a passive one. The cat sat on the mat (active) is simpler and clearer than the mat was sat on by the cat (passive).


The reader's brain works faster than their eye. If you start a sentence the attack... they may already be thinking about tanks, or vitriolic newspaper articles or a mugger in a dark alley.

If the sentence goes on the attack on the castle... the reader may have to discard previous pictures and now they may be thinking about a knight in shining armour. If the compete sentence reads the attack on the castle was carried out by Zorro, they discard all previous images and come up with a completely new one.

Conjuring up all these images is hard work and it can leave the reader confused. It is much clearer to work out the action in a sentence the attack and who took that action Zorro and put the actor first, then the action, and then the scenery the castle.

Actor - action - scenery
Zorro attacked the castle

Strict grammarians call the actor the subject of a sentence, the action the verb and the scenery the object.

Subject - verb - object is the definition of an active sentence and those are the best sentences to use.


Sometimes you will think you need a passive sentence but, really, you don't:

My house was broken into last night (passive).

You don't know who broke into your house (there is no subject) so you cannot make the sentence active. But you do know who broke into your house, you just think you don't:

Thieves broke into my house last night (active).

Newspaper gets own name wrong

Ananova asks if it is the worst typo ever when New Hampshire's Valley News puts a typo in its masthead.

The perfect news story

• The story should be summarised in the first sentence in the most direct way possible. The second sentence is also normally the start of the second paragraph.
• That news intro (news lead if you are American) will normally start with the who? your readers will most closely identify with.
• It is sometimes possible to leave out the when? or the where? but every story should contain a why? This is an important part of the story but also answers the readers question: why should I be interested in this?
• The best news intros are usually 15 to 25 words long (shorter on the web) depending on the audience.
• The reader should be able to get some idea of the story in the first six words of that intro.
• Your story should quickly (before par 4) include a quote justifying the approach you have taken.
• Your story should include quotes from two further sources so that you provide:
• justification
• balance
• authority
• the voice representing the ordinary reader.
• You story should be written in order of significance to the reader. If it is cut one paragraph at a time from the bottom up, each version should read perfectly well.

Language that grabs

• Make it about people your reader will identify with
• Make it into a story
• Use visual, dramatic verbs
• Think in terms of benefits for the reader
• Use hard facts
• Focus on the unusual, the surprising, the new

Direct language

Good writing is direct and immediate. Here are some tips on how to make your writing more direct:

• Visual: use language which is easy for people to picture
• Active: use active sentences (subject - verb - object)
• Modifier free: use as few adjectives and adverbs as possible (none is a good target)
• Postive: avoid using the words not and no (say delayed rather than not arrived)
• Short and simple

Writing visually

People process visual information (pictures, colours, layout) instinctively and quickly. We had to learn how to read and so generally we do that only after we have made judgments about how useful a piece of info looks.

Often users only take in a few words before giving up. The reasons are varied, but they amount to the same thing: reading is hard work.

You can make your writing easier if you write visually -- if your writing projects images in your reader's head. It is particularly effective in heads, intros and picture captions because those are the places where the reader's brain will make the transition from working visually to dealing with words. If the words are visual the transition is easier.

The way to work out if your writing is visual is to ask yourself "could I draw a picture of this?"

I have under consideration the implementation of a canine training strategy

is difficult to draw.

I'm going to teach my dog to jump through a hoop

is easier and therefore better.

Words that are easier to picture:

• Short
• Familiar (we learnt them at a young age)
• Learned in direct relation to the thing (by our mum pointing a dog, for instance) rather than in relation to other words (oh, canine means the same as dog, doesn't it?)
• Specific (jump can only mean one thing; give could be pictured in a number of different ways)

Attention span problem

Many people use the web to find information and they want it quickly. Actually the same is true in print. But the knowledge that Google will give you millions of pages with similar information means that web users often give you only a few seconds of their time.

Solving the attention span problem

• Make the language direct
• Make it clear what is going on
• Make it about the user
  
• Check that they benefit from what you are providing
  
• Make it obvious where they are in the virtual universe
  
• Avoid irritating them
• Make text easy to scan
• Give them something to play with

The credibility gap

It is so easy to publish on the web and so many people to it that there is a lot of dubious information out there. The result is that users trust what they read less and less.

Solving the credibility problem

• Well written
• Objective
• Independent
• Accurate
• True
• Facts and figures
• Balanced
• Authoritative sources
• High Google pagerank
• Be generous in using and crediting third party sources

Search engine optimisation in five steps

A summary of some previous posts, a five step guide to optimising for Google.

• Make your site as good as it can be
• Work out who your readers are and make it as interesting as possible for them
• Work out the language your readers are using and put their words in the right places
• Update regularly
• Encourage people to link to your site

Encouraging inbound links

Getting people to link to your site is a major element determining your position on a search engine results page. Here are my tips for persuading people to link to you:

• Make a good website in the first place
• Put the right words in the right places
• Update frequently
• Make what you have to say as interesting as possible
• Create a buzz or a focus
• Put stuff up that cannot be found anywhere else
• Make it detailed and specific
• Make it fun
• Make it free
• Make it controversial
• Be campaigning
• Put stuff up that other people cannot easily create for themselves

Make it interesting

• Make it about people
• Make it about people your reader can identify with, or people like your reader
• Make it a story with a past and future as well as a present
• Make it so your reader benefits from reading it
• Make it new
• Use hard facts (345m long) rather than soft facts (big)
• Pick out the surprising, the quirky, the unusual
• Make it visual (yes, use pictures, but also make the writing conjure up pictures in peoples heads)
• Evoke and emotional response

Reasons to update regularly part I

If you monitor what people are searching on it tends to come in surges driven by outside events. The day a celeb finds themselves sentenced to two years in jail is also a day that sees a lot of searching on their name.

There is an exponential decay. If you write about something relevant to your audience a week aften it has happened you will get a lesser response than if you write about it the same day.



BUT... search engines don't search the internet (shock news) they search a copy of it on their own servers. The frequency with which they update their cache for each web page depends on how often it changes. If you typically only update your site once a month, then responding to a new external event may be frustrating because you may have to wait severals days before the search engines re-cache your page.

So the more frequently you update the more search hits you will get.

Things to consider for regular updates:

• News
• Blogs
• News or blog digests
• Opinion on what is in the news
• Flagging new content elsewhere on the web

Right words in the right places

A big part of search engine optimisation (SEO) is making sure you use words people are likely to search for:

• Obvious and in plain language (dog rather than canine)
• Short (TV rather then television)
• Come up in natural conversation
• Don't jar if you use them repeatedly when talking about the subject
• Broad, all-encompassing terms
• Narrow, specific terms
• I realise the last two seem contradictory, but actually people search on both so you need to consider both
• Generic and product specific

The place where these words appear within your site determines their significance to a search engine. In order of importance:

1. URL (www.searchterm.com does better than www.somethingelse.com/searchterm)
2. Title bar (no-one searches on welcome or homepage)
3. Heads (particularly those coded with the h1 tag
4. Navigation (search engines use this to work out the context of your site)
5. The tops and lefts (of the whole page, each paragraph, even the URL)
6. Words associated with pictures (alt tags and words near picture such as captions)

Keyword stuffing is a technique where you work out what search terms you want your site to get a good ranking for and then making sure they appear in those important positions.

I think it is better to do it the other way around. Work out the best language to talk to your audience and that should produce a more natural site which also gets a high ranking. But you may also want to look at the key positions and check you are making the most of your site.

A good website

Before you create a website you should ask yourself what the goods one do. This is my list:

• You learn a lot quickly
• They are easy to use
• Offering something you cannot get elsewhere (taking advantage of the technology)
• Clear and obvious
• Succinct and immediate
• Well organised
• Visually appealling
• About the user (rather than about the site owner)

Indicators of a bad site include:

• Cluttered
• Confusing
• Long-winded
• Full of jargon
• Using lots of proper nouns

Resources

Web development
World wide web consortium
W3schools web tutorials

Style sheets
Meyerweb CSS tools
Style Gala
CSS guide for the unglued
CSS Zen Garden
CSS vault
CSS properties index

Standards
Zeldman's designing with standards
The web standards project
HTML validation service
CSS validation service

Accessibility
W3C Accessibility
Joe Clark on accessibility
Accessify.com
Test accessibility


Domains and searching
The link exchange
Search optimisation
Search engine guide
Domain checker
UK2 Domain purchase and aliasing

Developers resources
A list apart
Digital Web magazine
HTML by example
Morgue file stock photos
Website 101
Online tools
Free software from Download.com
Tucows free software
Web designers' bookmarks
Webmaster tools central
Free stuff for web developers
Javascript resource
Content management systems reviewed
Sitepoint
Blogger.com

Twitter Archive Oct/Nov 2009

• Murdoch accuses Google, BBC of theft. Now Times runs blogger's obit without permission. http://tr.im/Fj4m via @mathewi @emilybell 11 minutes ago from web
  
  
  
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  The BBC's UGC hub via @ruskin147 's iPhone. "July 7th completely changed the argument." YouTube http://bit.ly/16QvKs about 8 hours ago from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Headlines are supposed to be mini poems. Not this one: Newspaper Deliverers Are Probed : WSJ http://tr.im/Fhkp about 8 hours ago from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RBI's @KarlSchneider says publishing is like a big room http://tr.im/FcRa. Strangely I agree. (via @Lucie_M ) 10:52 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Just discovered @qwghlm 's automatic Daily Mail headline generator. Saves a lot of time and trouble with the real thing. http://tr.im/FcPB 10:44 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT Hats off to Tugendhat J. Libel tourism rejected http://tr.im/Fblo Eady driving privacy http://tr.im/Fblz Civil libs PDF http://tr.im/FblL 10:34 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Twitter users young, libertarian says YouGov but sample size is 200 Argh! That's all my followers but none of Fry's 1m http://tr.im/Fbni 12:34 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hats off to Tugendhat J. Libel tourism rejected http://tr.im/Fblo Eady driving privacy http://tr.im/Fblz Civil libs (PDF) http://tr.im/FblL 12:29 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Thom Brooks, reader in politics at Newcastle Uni, pays out to publisher over accusations made on his blog. N.Echo http://tr.im/Fbjx 12:17 AM Nov 18th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  So explain to me again the Murdochs' relationship with Google... http://yfrog.com/16image5wtj 12:00 AM Nov 18th from Yfrog
  
  
  
  
  
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  Just about to buy a £30 stand for my iPhone when I say this... http://tr.im/F9J7 5:30 PM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Privacy: Spy uses to breach of confidence to sue Ev Std for naming him and prevent Guard naming him again. Guard http://tr.im/F9yi 4:50 PM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  "[Twitter] is human shaped, not business shaped." Some bloke called Fry, Guard http://tr.im/F9xo 4:47 PM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Haymarket closes print edition of MediaWeek at cost of 18 jobs. Continues online as part of BrandRepublic. PressGaz http://tr.im/F9wd 4:42 PM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  The Times' plan is to "rewrite economics" paidContent http://tr.im/F9st Why not? They already rewrite history, geography, physics... 4:32 PM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  SEO: Google to take site load speed into account in page ranking. http://tr.im/F7Vp 9:33 AM Nov 17th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  PCC wants to regulation bloggers. Indie http://tr.im/F5Hd Yeah because it has had such success regulating the newspapers. 7:48 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Australian judge calls for a rethink: overwhelm juries, inflict injustice. WSJ http://tr.im/F5fp 5:59 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Lynn Barber's fair comment defence fails for book review because it has clear mis-statement of fact. PressGaz http://tr.im/F5cn 5:51 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Murdoch is heavy-hearted about abandoning Brown but it makes good business sense to back Cameron. Obs http://tr.im/F5bM 5:47 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Spin is neither a cornerstone nor a bulwark of a free society," says Judge Judge. Guard http://tr.im/F5ac 5:42 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  "It's been a disgusting economy, in case nobody else noticed," says Thomas E Ascheim, chief executive of Newsweek. NYT http://tr.im/F57p 5:33 PM Nov 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @Brizzyc: Journalists fall into 6 categories in adapting to the Web, Northwestern U. finds: http://bit.ly/2OHdBr 7:03 PM Nov 13th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: court rejects case because article got only 4 UK visits. Outlaw http://bit.ly/1VDKvr via @InternetLaw 6:46 PM Nov 13th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sun's Olympic-std HUBRIS, apologises for misspelling soldier's mother's name Guard http://bit.ly/324jCp 6:43 PM Nov 13th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is great RT @Hermida My Macbook screen is not so dirty as to need this kind of screen cleaner http://bit.ly/DPpPw (via @nep) 12:34 AM Nov 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Turns out Ft Hood had a different hero? How did military, press get facts so wrong? NYT http://tr.im/EPPR HuffPo http://tr.im/EPQ3 7:29 PM Nov 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @RoyPeterClark: Toughest of 5Ws: Why. Why did Army shrink kill? Public wants THE reason; truth will be messier. Our job? To own the mess. 12:18 AM Nov 12th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @AIannucci The Sun gets the name wrong. http://bit.ly/J3naK. What an utter dissgrayce. 7:19 PM Nov 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Bad politics from Mandelson. He should have kept quiet over Sun/Brown story. It was playing out in B's favour. Now? Guard http://tr.im/EJUg 1:49 PM Nov 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @sarahditum Ha! Not sure of prospects for a Tati-esque gymnast, but I'd be a fan. 9:46 PM Nov 10th from web in reply to sarahditum
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: F1 star Rubens Barrichello wins $0.5m from Google in Brazilian court for false neg profiles of him on Orkut. AFP http://tr.im/EHzP 9:45 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Peter Andre accepts substantial damages from IPC's Now mag over false accs he lied about being loving father. BBC http://tr.im/EHxZ 9:40 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Max Mosley wants Euro Court to force journos to contact subject before running story that invades privacy. Guard http://tr.im/EHav 8:00 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sun's new political editor remonstrated with bosses over hard line on PM's misspelt letter. Guard http://tr.im/EH8c 7:52 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @anglobibliofile Agree, bad spelling not good in gen, but in this case I prefer PM took trouble to write a personal (if sloppy) note. 7:49 PM Nov 10th from web in reply to anglobibliofile
  
  
  
  
  
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  @sarahditum Really good to know children love Tati. I always worry it is too leisurely for generations x, y and z 7:46 PM Nov 10th from web in reply to sarahditum
  
  
  
  
  
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  Blog by me: Libel reform groups' recommendations with commentary. Plus a roundup of how it has been reported: http://tr.im/EH5c 7:43 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @AIannucci Are the Sun hiring a medium so that all aspects of the Gordon Brown / Afghan soldier story can be respectfully covered? 7:38 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: it's not just the UK: Iraqi court orders Guardian to pay £51k for describing Iraqi PM as autocratic. http://tr.im/EGTk 7:02 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Mirror pays out to Ronaldo over 'Ron the Lash' story http://tr.im/EGRv Apology here http://tr.im/EGRS 6:58 PM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @CharlieBeckett: Guardian online poll says that vast majority (90%) think the Sun story is 'media lynching'. http://is.gd/4RVyE 6:48 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @jackofkent: Re Brown: Bad spelling is often a sign of authenticity; good spelling usually means some flunky did it. 6:44 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @bengoldacre: amazingly, unprecedentledly, this bullying brown with a bereaved mother thing is making me feel quite cuddly towards him. 6:43 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  75% news execs think switching off their websites will drive people to their newspapers: http://bit.ly/Paywalls RT @mathewi @robbmontgomery 6:32 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nearly as many soldiers committed suicide at Ft. Hood this year (10) as killed by Maj Hasan. 76 in 6 years. RT @Brizzyc @GregMitch 6:29 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Guardian 'analyses' Brown's phone call. Outrageous. Adds authority to Sun's playing politics with people's grief. http://tr.im/EF1U 10:50 AM Nov 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @sarahditum J Tati v good. Tennis match in M Hulot's Holiday one of the funniest things I have ever seen. 10:38 AM Nov 10th from web in reply to sarahditum
  
  
  
  
  
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  Murdoch in FT: "They [BBC, ABC] will have to spend a lot more money on .. reporters .. when they can't steal from newspapers.." via @Lucie_M 3:50 PM Nov 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Murdoch quoted in FT: "Most of their stuff [BBC, ABC] is stolen from the newspapers, and we'll be suing them for copyright." via @Lucie_M 3:30 PM Nov 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT Journalists miss the truth, too often, because they write the story that readers want to read. Blog by me: http://tr.im/Ewiy 9:39 AM Nov 9th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  How a Sports Illustrated reporter's tweet about Andre Agassi's meth use scooped his own magazine http://tr.im/Ezrr RT @NiemanLab 9:35 AM Nov 9th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Murdoch wants Google to pay him to index his sites *and* he wants to rewrite copyright law BoingBoing http://j.mp/1RiXcf via @paulbradshaw 9:27 AM Nov 9th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Cuban gov uses brute force to silence blogger Yoani Sanchez on way to a march against violence. Guard http://tr.im/EyvV 10:12 PM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Times continues its campaign against UK libel, says US pubs may withdraw from UK and block UK web visitors. http://tr.im/EyuC 10:07 PM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @KarthikaM I'm with you. Tweeting is Tweeting. Journalism is journalism. Not tough to tell them apart. 7:33 PM Nov 8th from web in reply to KarthikaM
  
  
  
  
  
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  Journalists miss the truth, too often, because they write the story that readers want to read. Blog by me: http://tr.im/Ewiy 4:25 PM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @KarthikaM Facebook just told me I need to reconnect with my sister. The gall!!! I just spoke to her a couple hours ago! 11:51 AM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Re @TechCrunch http://tr.im/EvRZ @KarthikaM says "no one in right mind said tweeting was journalism" Me: except HuffPo et al who used lists 11:49 AM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Deploring human nature as much as citizen journalism, @TechCrunch http://tr.im/EvRZ 11:46 AM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  EMAP paywalls In, out, shake it all about? Peter Preston Obs http://tr.im/EtUx 12:29 AM Nov 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  USS New York built from World Trade Centre steel arrives home. BBC http://j.mp/JfBBW via @jiconoclast 12:03 AM Nov 8th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Apparently my Twitter Times page is public. http://www.twittertim.es/ad... Cool but also a bit worrying. 12:39 PM Nov 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @EvidenceMatters Are you telling me the Mail hasn't thought the story all the way through? How shocking. 12:33 PM Nov 7th from web in reply to EvidenceMatters
  
  
  
  
  
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  Actually I think I may have distorted the figures in the scurvy story to make my point. The Mail will be scandalised. 12:24 PM Nov 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Scurvy cases *soar* from 0.00010% of pop to 0.00015% says Mail (they present figures differently) http://tr.im/Eqxq via @EvidenceMatters 12:22 PM Nov 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Secret copyright treaty would put onus on internet providers to stop copyright abuse. Civil rights concerns. WashPo http://tr.im/EquY 12:09 PM Nov 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  German tabloid Bild blocks iPhone users from website except by paid-for app. TechCrunch http://tr.im/EqtQ 12:04 PM Nov 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Iran demos: 2 Canadian, a Japanese and a Danish journalist thought to have been arrested for unauthorised reporting. Times http://tr.im/Eloe 4:13 PM Nov 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: rare newspaper win. Judge throws out Petra Ecclestone's claim against Telegraph, says 'falsity is immaterial' Guard http://tr.im/Elan 3:39 PM Nov 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Murdoch admits it's tougher than expected to raise paywalls. Talks with other papers invite competition scrutiny. Guard http://tr.im/EjaO 9:00 AM Nov 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  New editor of @fthoodsentinel *still* looking for something to write about. http://yfrog.com/0nfthoodsentj 8:55 AM Nov 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  10 photos that took retouching too far.... http://tr.im/Ej8c RT @Lucie_M @miafreedman 8:51 AM Nov 6th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  HuffPo curates Twitter to create news page. http://tr.im/Ehsr http://yfrog.com/j6huffpocu... 11:52 PM Nov 5th from Yfrog
  
  
  
  
  
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  I may have a story for @fthoodsentinel since they ask... Whoops http://yfrog.com/0nfthoodsentj 11:46 PM Nov 5th from Yfrog
  
  
  
  
  
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  UK law firm sets up cyber tracing team to scour internet for anyone making negative comments about its clients. TechDirt http://tr.im/Ehl7 11:25 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Is particle accelerator sabotaging itself from the future http://tr.im/EhgQ (NS) with a baguette?! http://tr.im/Ehh4 (Times). Spooky. 11:10 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  A mildly negative mood may actually promote a more successful communication style, researchers say. BBC http://tr.im/EhfF 11:06 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @mathewi Ryan Sholin and Greg Linch of Publish2 are curating #forthood tweets & links here: http://bit.ly/3uqwEs 11:01 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  HuffPo creates Twitter list of Fort Hood locals to follow breaking news. http://bit.ly/4YXvD 10:49 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Seven reported dead in shooting a Fort Hood, TX NBC http://tr.im/Egz1 9:00 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Playing with http://www.twittertim.es/ It's scary + borderline genius. 8:45 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Private Eye says libel lawyers are using Google Alerts to search for trade (via Sense about Sci but can't find on site http://tr.im/Egqz ) 8:35 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lord Falconer says instant reporting of many events irresponsible. Sky wrongly reports Megrahi death. Via @journalismnews http://tr.im/Eet5 3:18 PM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Commitment to the public good has vanished in the race for circulation, says Harold Evans (promoting book again) NPR http://tr.im/EcBa 9:11 AM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Journalism as the first draft of history: the night the Berlin Wall came down. Reuters http://tr.im/EcA0 9:08 AM Nov 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nat Mags into loss, Haymarket profits 44% down, RBI -47%, UBM -25%, Centaur -88%, Economist UP 26% http://bit.ly/4fykbs 10:31 PM Nov 4th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Yes, yes, yes: How to write for the Daily Mail. Analysis of Chris Moyles story denied by BBC http://tr.im/E7Wq via @megpickard 3:29 PM Nov 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  30ft Jordan effigy to be burned in Kent Guy Fawkes night. Nick Griffin considered but too political. BBC http://tr.im/E7gx 1:36 PM Nov 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  20 tweetable truths about mags (via @journalismnews ) seems like clever marketing idea but I found it a bit pushy. Views? http://tr.im/E7cu 1:22 PM Nov 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Guardian article says only 5% of readers need to pay for 'success' misses point. Digital rev needs to replace *print* ads http://tr.im/E5Wc 9:15 AM Nov 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Kate Winslet accepts £25k from Daily Mail over false allegations she lied about her fitness regime. PressGaz http://tr.im/E5V7 9:10 AM Nov 4th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel changes proposed by Kampfner: claimants prove falsehood, large cos prove malice, wider public interest def. Indie http://tr.im/DWPs 8:47 PM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Kampfner calls for changes to UK Libel. Says law is balanced heavily against free expression. Indie http://tr.im/DWPs 8:42 PM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Wanting to help US cousins with definition of journalist. What about 'people who do stuff' Last 3 words may be redundant. http://tr.im/DWNl 8:34 PM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Will you get paid as a journalist? Only if you are passionate, dedicated and very good at what you do says @Judy_Sims http://tr.im/DTao 9:37 AM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Journalism *is* in crisis says @newsosaur and wild guesses by middle-aged white guys won't solve it http://tr.im/DT8L 9:36 AM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Journalism is *not* in crisis says @jeffjarvis, it needs new media entrepreneurs http://tr.im/DT88 9:36 AM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT Journalism *is in crisis - blog by me - and it's partly our own fault. http://tr.im/DNnY 9:36 AM Nov 2nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  If you are wondering why today's Tgraph piece on Tony Marchant http://tr.im/DOGL carries a pic of Trevor Eve, here's why http://tr.im/DOGS 4:57 PM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sports Journalism book costs *goodness* £51.95. Presumably the market is football millionaires. Amazon http://tr.im/DOBq 4:41 PM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  EU Presidential Election 2009 — Late Night Special. Counting the votes for Tony Blair. Spoof from WSJE http://tr.im/DOyf 4:27 PM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @EvidenceMatters They must have been using WordPro. It doesn't like intranet. Doesn't think much of words whose root is blog, either. 12:27 PM Nov 1st from web in reply to EvidenceMatters
  
  
  
  
  
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  Rushed, badly written blog by me makes point that pro journos should be pro. Shouldn't need saying but I have evidence. http://tr.im/DNnY 12:20 PM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Writing in WordPro 97 (don't see the point of a newer word proc). It's quaint that it thinks 'Google' is a spelling error. 10:49 AM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sunday Times libel tourism piece makes valid points but lacks authority or balance (and so weakens its case). http://tr.im/DKBU 12:51 AM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  I could write about John Cusack or I *could* make it all about me and how difficult I find it to write about John Cusack http://tr.im/DKqJ 12:18 AM Nov 1st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Twitter: the pulse of the planet or a left-wing rent-a-mob? Guard http://tr.im/DGDz 10:54 AM Oct 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  The challenge to engage the community without chipping away at credibility: APME projects ask readers how to do it. http://tr.im/DGA1 10:37 AM Oct 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Grenada newspaper forced into liquidation by former PM's exorbitant libel damages, Jamaica Observer reports http://tr.im/DGyy 10:31 AM Oct 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @Ruskin147 started creating Twitter lists - then asked myself why? It's like tidying my desk, a pointless mission... 10:22 AM Oct 31st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  What percentage of newspaper decline is explained by people who hate their papers or find news boring? Reuters http://tr.im/DCOa 8:24 PM Oct 30th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Just heard in a meeting: "Double negatives are a big no-no" RT @jackofkent @edyong209 5:55 PM Oct 30th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Actually, the internet was invented by Da Vinci in 1509. DarpavinciNet just didn't work well without computers so fell into disuse. 11:13 PM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @journalismnews Thanks. One can never have too many Paxman quotes. 10:11 PM Oct 29th from Tweetie in reply to journalismnews
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Court ruling 'clarifies law on UGC' http://ff.im/-aGD1g RT @paulbradshaw @richardkendall 10:10 PM Oct 29th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Slander is harder to prove, so avoid libel charges by just yellin' that shit out the window. RT @FakeAPStylebook 10:06 PM Oct 29th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  'More expensive to employ journalists to find things out than it is to employ people to express opinions,' says Paxman. http://tr.im/DuWb 7:38 PM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Paxman despondent about the level of press-release generated content from 'the sausage machine' @journalismnews http://tr.im/DuSZ -- me too. 7:32 PM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  New journalism: bypassing the publisher. Egs of journos starting web publishing http://tr.im/Drzi http://tr.im/DgJU 9:47 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nailing churnalism: Telegraph costs the UK economy £1.38bn. Social Media Today http://tr.im/DruM via @johncthompson 9:33 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  10.6% drop in US newspaper circs not that bad: Revenues increase, economy bad. Slate http://tr.im/DrrE 9:19 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Germany's approach to online copyright (NYT http://tr.im/DrqH) at odds with France, UK (Paidcontent http://tr.im/DphR) http://tr.im/DphR 9:17 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright: UK to urge EU to legalise mashups, content sharing and simplify copyright for digital Paidcontent http://tr.im/DphR 12:19 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ah... so Twitter doesn't cost business £1.4bn then. Guard http://tr.im/DpgA TechCrunch http://tr.im/DpgH Tgraph http://tr.im/Dph0 12:15 AM Oct 29th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Did you know you can track the spread of your Tweets even if u don't get an RT? Search your tr.ims http://yfrog.com/ektwitlinkj 9:40 PM Oct 28th from Yfrog
  
  
  
  
  
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  Source of Telegraph 31yo children on parents car ins story http://tr.im/Dlfi is uswitch.com "data analysis" http://tr.im/DleS (PDF) Robust? 1:44 PM Oct 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Sun pays out to Tom Watson MP accepting it was wrong to say he was involved in a scheme to smear Tories. Guard http://tr.im/DlbL 1:34 PM Oct 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Good blogpost by @Charonqc on the govt's latest (& silent) attack on your civil liberties http://bit.ly/fL0DY RT @jackofkent 9:22 AM Oct 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT New journalism business model: the tech freelance who turned online publisher. Guest blog by @royharvey http://tr.im/DgJU 9:11 AM Oct 28th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @tomforemski Seems like a crude calc to me. Not actually measuring productivity just time on SM x hourly rate. Could be the SM improves prod 9:09 AM Oct 28th from web in reply to tomforemski
  
  
  
  
  
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  @tomforemski Source of £1.38bn not clear but Morse sells software... see http://tr.im/DcaP 10:50 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  New journalism business model: the tech freelance who turned online publisher. Guest blog by @royharvey http://tr.im/DgJU 9:17 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Poor circulation - Sales of American newspapers keep falling http://ow.ly/15XEb5 RT @TheEconomist (via @RoyHarvey) 7:15 PM Oct 27th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Home Sec delays extradition of Brit hacker to the US to look at medical evidence. Parl to look at extradit treaty. Times http://tr.im/DdBE 1:45 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Another freesheet bites the dust. London Lite to close Guard. http://tr.im/Ddy6 I guess that means I'll have to pay for news.. oh no.. wait 1:37 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @EvidenceMatters I agree. Pure altruism. They simply want to assess the business effects of Twitter... I complained to the BBC - get me! 1:35 PM Oct 27th from web in reply to EvidenceMatters
  
  
  
  
  
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  You've moved from journo to boss when you say "We're leveraging our unrivalled global resources" WSJE's Wheatcroft http://tr.im/Ddvt 1:32 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  iPhone app economy is worth $2.4bn. Over 100k approved apps. Mashable http://tr.im/DdrD via @zigojacko 1:21 PM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Highly researched story from the BBC http://tr.im/DcaI By concidence, a press release from Morse http://tr.im/DcaP *Surely* some mistake. 8:54 AM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  57% of workers admitted using speech for personal use. Costing business £1.4bn a year. Your staff may damage you brand by speaking about it. 8:47 AM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sorry: last should have said "Twitter" not "speech" Pointless FT article on social media. Consultants make money shocker. 8:47 AM Oct 27th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  The dotcom bust. GeoCities popular but penniless. Yahoo paid $3.57bn in 1999; today worth zip. BBC http://tr.im/D8rr 7:44 PM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  I like Al Franken and here's why: RT @pkedrosky Al Franken on medical bankruptcies in other countries http://tr.im/D7pq (YouTube) 5:10 PM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Bit worried about YouGov poll. RT @sarahditum http://tr.im/D7mC (PDF) Only 9% feel positive towards BNP but 22% would consider voting BNP. 5:05 PM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mirror's archive photos on web breach copyright. Vague licence agreement to blame. EPUK http://tr.im/D4Wp via @journalismnews 10:03 AM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Rich Germans demonstrate because they have too much money. BBC http://tr.im/D4UV It was "really strange that so few people came" 9:59 AM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lords to repeal criminal libel Guard. http://tr.im/D4TH Ok but no-one has used it in years. Time'd be better spent looking a *civil* libel. 9:56 AM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Shortlist for Paul Foot award for investigative journalism published. Guard. http://tr.im/D4Te 9:53 AM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Oh-oh. Display advertising's comeback skips newspapers. Paidcontent http://tr.im/D4Rq 9:46 AM Oct 26th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Typhoons of tweets: easy for liberal goodies to say Moir and Fox had it coming but lost ads set dangerous precident. Obs http://tr.im/D18g 7:05 PM Oct 25th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  .@sarahditum says Bonnie Greer was well prepared and splendid. http://wp.me/phImL-Hf 1:55 PM Oct 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  .@JonSnowblog says that, despite the women, the BNP won http://ff.im/-amuBX 1:54 PM Oct 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  BBC plunges UK economy into recession 3 hours after it announces recovery http://tinyurl.com/yl2pofx RT @Lucie_M 1:30 PM Oct 23rd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Telegraph publishes top 10 internet rules: so true. http://yfrog.com/13top10int... 11:09 AM Oct 23rd from Yfrog
  
  
  
  
  
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  Almost 40% of US internet users visited a newspaper site in the last three months. E&P http://tr.im/CGog 6:45 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Privacy trumps libel for injunctions, High Court rules (oversimplified to fit in 140Chr) Outlaw http://tr.im/CGmX 6:42 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Chelsea FC suing Mail over girlfriend catfight story. PressGaz http://tr.im/CGky 6:36 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Guardian, Telegraph and Mail attract more than 30m uniques in Sep. Guardian back in front. PressGaz http://tr.im/CGj4 6:31 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Privacy: Mirror Group pays £35k to Jade Goody's family for pictures of burial. PressGaz http://tr.im/CGin 6:29 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Slate editor says 500,000 loyal users are key to site's revenue and journalism, not 7 mil. monthly uniques http://tr.im/CGa9 RT @NiemanLab 6:24 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  So true: it's a bad time to be a journalist if... you don't like change says @adders http://tr.im/CGef 6:22 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Time from iPhone launch to Nokia's suing for patent infringement =2 yrs. Time from Nokia announcing loss to suing =1 week. http://tr.im/CG7L 6:08 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Watershed as NYT Q3 circulation revenue beats ad rev : $175.2m cf $164.5m. http://tr.im/CF97 via @carr2n 3:37 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Great news angle: Guardian mails 3 GPS trackers and 500 postcards to see the impact of the postal strike. http://tr.im/CF2L via @NiemanLab 3:20 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Software from the illiterate: Hotmail footer says "New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday." Should be "every day". 3:15 PM Oct 22nd from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Future of journalism: sex and slot machines? People willing to pay journos for dating advice http://tr.im/CAGa RT @renbarau @neloverslane 11:30 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Newsweek journalist released from Iranian jail but 25 journalists remain in prison there. http://tr.im/CAEq 11:22 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Please stop building websites that function like print publications. Thanks for your co-operation," says @adders http://tr.im/CAxO 11:02 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  NYT Exec Ed says, after 3 weeks consuming news online: "nothing has yet made me love print less" @NiemanLab http://tr.im/CAvS 10:58 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Why would people pay for online journalism? Paywall plans don't explain what's going to make people pay. http://tr.im/CAv4 via @knightpulse 10:54 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Justice minister says Guardian had right to publish parl Q. Got bad legal advice. http://tr.im/CAsa So was injunct just C-R intimidation? 10:48 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ministers to consult judges about reducing no.of super injunctions (gag orders where you cannot even talk about the gag). http://tr.im/CAsa 10:45 PM Oct 21st from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Even Mr Justice Eady sees this libel case as misconceived RT @pressgazette: Tennis player suing Telegraph http://bit.ly/NVhgb RT @jackofkent 8:24 AM Oct 21st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Engulfed, crisis, facing elimination, critical contest. Words in first 50 on Liverpool. Press loves drama. Oh & abyss in head. RT @RoyHarvey 8:04 AM Oct 21st from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Twitter means news consumption has become seamlessly blended into the daily lives of many news consumers says @jimbradysp http://tr.im/CkCL 7:55 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel (what again?): website defence can fail if story changes over time. Outlaw http://tr.im/CkBO 7:52 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mail traffic up 21% on Jan Moir Day. NMA http://tr.im/CkAn That's 1% for every 1000 complaints. 7:50 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ludo is gone. Sir Ludovic Kennedy dies at 89. Times http://tr.im/CibO 1:39 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @paulbradshaw Intelligent comments: no.15 points out how many Daily Mail readers objected to the #janmoir piece: http://bit.ly/1Mm6Hw 1:14 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  BNP on QT. Guard. http://tr.im/Ci05 But isn't it better the world *sees* these people for what they are? 1:11 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Internet tools for journos. Journalist's Toolbox http://tr.im/Ci05 1:04 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  PCC received 4,698 complaints in all of 2008. This weekend it received 21,000 about Moir's col on Stephen Gately. http://tr.im/ChXY 12:57 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel and the imbalance of money: "My article is accurate, important and a matter of public interest," says @SLSingh http://tr.im/ChUO 12:46 PM Oct 19th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Press Complaints Commission receives 900 complaints on Jan Moir article. PressGaz http://tr.im/C3dH 10:34 PM Oct 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Trafigura story now in the open. Firm's oil waste 'potentially toxic' says report. Guardian http://tr.im/C3dg 10:32 PM Oct 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Jan Moir's rant about the Boyzone star Stephen Gately is a gratuitous piece of gay-bashing says @CharltonBrooker http://tr.im/C3ct 10:30 PM Oct 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Why your idea to save journalism won't work. Boing Boing http://tr.im/C3bl 10:27 PM Oct 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Young journ­al­ists must under­stand that scep­ti­cism is import­ant. Not of people - about power. Pilger http://tr.im/C3aE 10:25 PM Oct 16th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Random House makes 'business decision' to settle with wine expert. NYT http://tr.im/BVDt 10:41 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  California gives its courts the power to block UK Libel actions. Follows Illinois and Florida. Federal law in prep. Guard http://tr.im/BVCP 10:39 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: SDLP MP Eddie McGrady wins against Sunday Life over expenses story. Irish Times http://tr.im/BVBJ 10:37 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Warning ridiculously sweary language: Top 10 Tuckerisms from The Thick of It. Guard http://tr.im/BVrv 10:04 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  NME launches Kings of Leon gallery iPhone app 59p revenue stream. http://tr.im/BVpd 9:58 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: read @jackofkent on what BCA press release accusation of @SLSingh mailice means legally. http://tr.im/BRLL 12:51 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @jackofkent #'SinghBCA The BCA are now alleging malice by @SLSingh This could be a VERY significant development: http://bit.ly/2XYkA0 12:23 PM Oct 15th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Comp and readable description of free speech being defended in the Singh vs BCA libel case from @jackofkent http://tr.im/BNzo Huzzah! 9:00 PM Oct 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Great news: Simon Singh has been permitted to appeal. If successful he will have a fair comment defence in BCA libel action VIA @jackofkent 2:22 PM Oct 14th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Feel the power, Tweeple. Feel the power. We saved free speech today. What should we do tomrrow? 10:30 PM Oct 13th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Struggle to report what's said in Parliament is where "public's right to know" began. That's why Guardian gag mattered. RT @jayrosen_nyu 3:27 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Newsnight will report on the prevalence of media laws being used by large companies to restrict information tonight at 10.30pm on BBC2. 3:13 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  With 100000s of self-publishing advocates of freedom, this stone-age injunction had no chance says @IanDouglas http://tr.im/BE88 #CarterRuck 3:08 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @arusbridger: Victory! #CarterRuck caves-in. No #Guardian court hearing. Media can now report Paul Farrelly's PQ about #Trafigura. 12:57 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @jackofkent MP may launch rare action for Contempt of Parliament against lawyers in Guardian gagging case. http://tr.im/BDm0 12:41 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Liberals demand urgent press freedom debate following gag stopping Guardian reporting a parliamentary question. PressGaz http://tr.im/BDhT 12:26 PM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @Christianuncut The Carter-Ruck/Guardian/Trafigura press censorship story is what happens when old time lawyers meet Web 2.0 media 10:42 AM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Peter Carter-Ruck, the man who invented modern libel. Profile in First Post and linked to recent Guardian injunction. http://tr.im/BCLU 10:40 AM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Media rebellion grows - PressGaz running the story: www.tr.im/BCDI - Protest Thurs 1pm: www.tr.im/BCEn RT @EvidenceMatters @dontgetfooled 10:35 AM Oct 13th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @jackofkent Don't understand how confidentiality can be applied to public parl document. But then I don't understand any of it. 10:33 AM Oct 13th from web in reply to jackofkent
  
  
  
  
  
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  .@yelvington 1688 Bill of Rights says free speech in parliament should not be impeached by any court. Doesn't mention the Guardian though. 11:12 PM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @jackofkent Took less than 2 hours from Guardian Report http://bit.ly/4fDKNR to now viral disclosures by @dontgetfooled and @guidofawkes. 10:43 PM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Guardian legally prevented from telling us about an MP's question in parliament. Carter-Ruck involved. http://tr.im/BzA4 10:04 PM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Shami Chakarabatia: "Martin Luther King never said 'I have a nightmare'." RT @Indoncensorship 7:14 PM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  How safe is the cervical cancer jab? Or How the Sunday Express should be explaining the risks. http://tr.im/BwNy via @EvidenceMatters 2:18 PM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Anyone interested? Gordon Brown is selling the Dartford Bridge. Would make focal point for one's duck pond. Buyers market. http://tr.im/BvpP 9:13 AM Oct 12th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  @pkedrosky Boffin: wouldn't have said so. Journalese definitely but in wide use. But then maybe I'm too long a journo. 7:17 AM Oct 12th from Tweetie in reply to pkedrosky
  
  
  
  
  
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  @pkedrosky British newspaper headlines have universally called scientists 'boffins' since about 1973. It is a kind of journalist tradition 11:47 PM Oct 11th from web in reply to pkedrosky
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel has cost BBC £1m since Jan 2008 says Sunday Express. http://tr.im/Btlc 11:30 PM Oct 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hey Rupert: "User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /" It's not hard. Dare you. Go on, dare you. http://tr.im/BrbW via @mathewi @jeffjarvis 4:09 PM Oct 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sunday Express sort of apologies for false cervical jab scare story last week. Guard http://tr.im/Br8G via @jackofkent @lecanardnoir 4:02 PM Oct 11th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Christian mother persuaded on to Playboy cover: Marge Simpson how low you have fallen. **Pic here http://tr.im/BjlE ** 12:36 PM Oct 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Express cervical vaccine story: scientific discussion not possible with this sort of ugly reporting says @bengoldacre http://tr.im/BjhP 12:20 PM Oct 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT Conde Nast dumbs down for the credit crunch: closes Gourmet mag http://tr.im/BgrO opens dating site http://tr.im/BgrEabout 9:41 AM Oct 10th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Aggregators and plagiarists will soon have to pay a price for co-opting of our content," says Murdoch. http://tr.im/BezB Oooh, slap my legs 6:58 PM Oct 9th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Some days in the magistrates court are all speeding tickets and some days you get a gay/lesbian/cat/curry plot. Mail http://tr.im/B8l7 9:43 PM Oct 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  RT @adders Officially bored of the phrase "social media" now. Just going to call it "media" and everything else can be "anti-social media". 9:27 PM Oct 8th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Chiros try to close down Simon Singh's support campaign http://bit.ly/48FSAL RT @jackofkent @SciencePunk 6:48 PM Oct 8th from Tweetie
  
  
  
  
  
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  Libel: Met Commander suing Mail over allegations he advised defence lawyers. PressGaz http://tr.im/B0Ud 9:23 PM Oct 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Papers must realise that people no longer go looking for the news, the news finds them. Nieman http://tr.im/AZrv via @alexgamela 5:18 PM Oct 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Buying competitor's names in Google Adwords is not trademark infringement, prelim ECoJ ruling says. Outlaw http://tr.im/AWPt 8:46 AM Oct 7th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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  Facebook in Latin: favete linguis. Reuters' piece seems to have attracted comment from Sacha Baron Cohen. http://tr.im/AL7A 4:51 PM Oct 5th from web
  
  
  
  
  
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Twitter archive 19 Nov 08 - 29 Jan 09

Telegraph hits new peak of serious journalism: http://tr.im/M17F Lingerie American Football.    44 minutes ago   from web
 
Libel: Mail on Sunday pays out over false claims Muslim Council of Britain spokesman supported al-Qaida. Guard http://tr.im/M14p about 1 hour ago from web
 
Libel: Cherie Blair sues MoS over claims she made unreasonable demands for protection. PressGaz http://tr.im/M12I Why today, I wonder? about 1 hour ago from web
 
Once just a columnist with a huge audience and several TV shows, @charltonbrooker has finally been discovered by Huffpo http://tr.im/M10I about 1 hour ago from web
 
Superb, if scary, piece on the Chilcot Inquiry from @AIannucci http://tinyurl.com/yb7ltq2 about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
 
Privacy: Mail ignores super bit of superinjunction and publishes outline of adulterous footballer story. PressGaz http://j.mp/b7b2Y0 about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
 
Copyright: paper uses public interest defence over web photos. HTFP http://bit.ly/a1xJha RT @paulbradshaw about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
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RT @SLSingh: One step closer to reform RT @Indoncensorship: Full line up of libel reform working group http://bit.ly/9CkMzE 10:25 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck Retweeted by you
 
@megpickard starting a rumour it will be called iCandy in Scotland. 8:19 AM Jan 27th from Tweetie in reply to megpickard
 
Copyright is to promote participation in culture: those who subvert that shld have copyrights limited says @doctorow Guard http://tr.im/LHfj 9:38 PM Jan 26th from web
 
"A poll which shows people who think like me agree with me" and other poll travesties in comic form. PHD Comics via HuffPo http://tr.im/LGYB 9:23 PM Jan 26th from web
 
Newsday paywall update: 3 months later, only 35 subscribers http://j.mp/d7wJSY RT @ljthornton @NiemanLab 9:18 PM Jan 26th from web
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British Newspapers Make Things Up: tell your friends http://bit.ly/4oOGG2 8:59 PM Jan 26th from twitterfeed Retweeted by you and 98 others
 
Lads mag Nuts spends £500k on ads and revamps after losing a quarter of sales in six months. PressGaz http://tr.im/LGWP 8:45 PM Jan 26th from web
 
Journos have never been able to tell stories so effectively, [with] text, print, data, sound and vision says @arusbridger http://tr.im/LANB 11:22 PM Jan 25th from web
 
Last year Guardian earned £25m from digital advertising... we would earn a fraction of that from any known pay wall model says @arusbridger 11:18 PM Jan 25th from web
 
Readers want to make their own judgments; express their own priorities; create their own content says @arusbridger http://tr.im/LANB 11:16 PM Jan 25th from web
 
You cannot control distribution or create scarcity without becoming isolated from the networked world says @arusbridger http://tr.im/LANB 11:15 PM Jan 25th from web
 
Strategy: pay walls are not about replacing advertising revenue. They're about winning it back. Blog by me: http://tr.im/LlST 9:37 AM Jan 25th from Tweetie
 
Soon the whole British media will be run by the KGB. @MichaelWolffNYC reports rumours that Murdoch is selling the Times. Seeks confirmation. 7:09 PM Jan 23rd from web
 
Pay walls are not about replacing advertising revenue. They're about winning it back. Blog by me: http://tr.im/LlST 7:00 PM Jan 23rd from web
 
In May we were getting excited by a Twitter libel in Chicago. Just been thrown out by judge. Tweet too vague to be libel. http://tr.im/LcMa 10:53 AM Jan 22nd from web
 
French experiment to see if journalists can survive on social media alone. PressGaz http://tr.im/L8Uc 8:09 PM Jan 21st from web
 
Libel: @Indoncensorship and @englishpen welcome Jack Straw's costs proposals but say further reform needed. http://bit.ly/63tnlJ 11:46 PM Jan 20th from Tweetie
 
Printing Twitter would need 350m sheets of paper http://ff.im/-ezMeg /via @alexgamela It's costing me a fortune. 11:42 PM Jan 20th from Tweetie
 
New York Times will partner Apple at tablet launch next week, @MrsBunz bets. Will people buy news thru iTunes? Guard http://tr.im/KZMI 1:48 PM Jan 20th from web
 
Does. Not. Compute. Guardian on pay walls. Compare PressGaz on paidcontent http://tr.im/KZF3 with paidcontent on Guard http://tr.im/KZbM 1:21 PM Jan 20th from web
 
Libel: Telegraph is refused appeal on ruling that fair comment does not apply to facts within Lynn Barber review. PGaz http://tr.im/KZdW 11:41 AM Jan 20th from web
 
"We had a map, and that was it." How news orgs are covering Haiti. j.co.uk http://tr.im/KZc3 via @alexgamela 11:36 AM Jan 20th from web
 
Crazy to think pay walls will solve probs says @rusbridger Guardian unlikely to go behind wall despite losses. Paidcontent http://tr.im/KZbM 11:32 AM Jan 20th from web
 
Technology is not a strategy, it's a tool. @paulbradshaw on user generated content (UGC). OJB http://tr.im/KVVj 10:34 PM Jan 19th from web
 
Morning news: 19% get it from aggregators; 19% from newspapers. 44% scan Google heads without going to news site. E&P http://tr.im/KVN0 10:11 PM Jan 19th from web
 
French privacy law: Le Journal du Dimanche to pay Polanski €3,000 over pics of him under house arrest in Gstaad. Guard http://tr.im/KVIV 10:00 PM Jan 19th from web
 
FBI made up urgent terror emergencies to illegally get phone records, WashPo says. http://tr.im/KVHq 9:55 PM Jan 19th from web
 
Breaking news? Today Sun publishes Stig on Streetview story. http://tr.im/KVEA Times ran it last March http://tr.im/KVEO (No 3) 9:46 PM Jan 19th from web
 
I *love* this blog on endangered species: http://tr.im/KVuF Done by my friend Isha. If you're smart you'll give her a job. 9:16 PM Jan 19th from web
 
Libel: Justice Minister to consult on reducing success fees for no-win no-fee lawyers from 100% to 10%. Press Gaz http://tr.im/KTnS 3:45 PM Jan 19th from web
 
Libel, privacy: doctor cleared of Glasgow Airport terror sues the Sun. PressGaz http://j.mp/6l8GjC 8:22 AM Jan 19th from Tweetie
# AdamWestbrook
 
...meanwhile massive front page fail from the Jamaican Observer (via @duckrabbitblog) http://bit.ly/8UpzFG 7:18 AM Jan 19th from TweetDeck Retweeted by you
# Hermida
 
Oops. Express.co.uk story about the BBC and Twitter is removed. Seems journalist didn't understand how Twitter works http://is.gd/6z5Xl 4:19 AM Jan 19th from TweetDeck Retweeted by you
# jackofkent
 
Excellent blogpost on #TwitterArrest by @MTPT http://bit.ly/7trTt5 2:36 PM Jan 18th from TweetDeck Retweeted by you
# paulbradshaw
 
Very funny breakdown of the Sunday Express' woefully bad article "uncovering" BBC Twitter accounts http://bit.ly/8GS1Ai 2:48 PM Jan 18th from TweetDeck Retweeted by you and 40 others
 
Libel: Clegg (LibDem leader) to tell Royal Society draconian and unbalanced laws are stifling scientific debate. Indie http://tr.im/KKyl 10:33 AM Jan 18th from web
 
"Our right to say what we please to each other should be non-negotiable, even on Twitter" Man arrested for joke. Indie http://tr.im/KKxG 10:29 AM Jan 18th from web
 
Some claim it's better to breathe actual air. But they've never lived in Reading. @charltonbrooker on augmented reality http://tr.im/KI6U 12:25 AM Jan 18th from web
 
There's no organised effort to imprison Rod Liddle, says @sarahditum. Just a strong feeling he'd be a disaster as Indie Ed http://tr.im/KI22 12:09 AM Jan 18th from web
 
This is a good list: free online stuff for journalists from @jenleereeves via @Brizzyc http://bit.ly/uyjqo 11:58 PM Jan 17th from web
 
To anyone who doesn't already know it, I commend to you the Framley Examiner. http://tr.im/KGa2 6:01 PM Jan 17th from web
 
The Independent needs a new owner to boost resources not chop them away says Peter Preston. Obs http://tr.im/KG5B 5:46 PM Jan 17th from web
 
Libel: McCann PR legal costs £78k damages £5k. PressGaz http://tr.im/Kxcx 11:33 PM Jan 15th from web
 
Rush Limbaugh of the insane wing of the US right says Obama is stealing money meant for Haiti. Guard http://tr.im/Kwlt 7:59 PM Jan 15th from web
 
Current libel "is the most bizarre and expensive system that it is possible to devise," says Lord Just Jackson. Times http://tr.im/KwkT 7:56 PM Jan 15th from web
 
John Humphries is marvellous. This morning he took on God (via Arch Bish York) over Haiti. 2:39 PM Jan 14th from Tweetie
 
Justice Jackson's propsals on legal costs would curb ambulance chasing lawyers but will also impact libel. Lawyer http://j.mp/4DH69s 2:34 PM Jan 14th from Tweetie
 
.@jackofkent @dontgetfooled Jackson on World@1 claimed proposal removed incentives for lawyers to extend cases so more would settle early. 2:23 PM Jan 14th from Tweetie
 
Pepsi switches $20m from TV ads to social media. Mashable http://tr.im/KjLF Coke moves marketing to Facebook, Youtube. NMA http://tr.im/KjLV 9:57 PM Jan 13th from web
 
What (some) journalists really think of this Web 2.0 thing. Or Giles Coren goes nuts again. Guard. http://tr.im/KjJz 9:48 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Privacy/ harassment: Kate Middleton to sue photographer and Rex Features over Christmas Tennis pics. Guard http://tr.im/KjHV 9:44 PM Jan 13th from web
 
US magazine ad decline gets worse. Down 18% in 2009. BusWeek http://tr.im/KiWx 7:34 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Beaver Magazine (covers Canadian history) to be renamed because too often porn filters block it. AFP http://tr.im/KiUy 7:29 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Speaker believes solicitor's email to MP may be Contempt of Parliament. Emergency debate tomorrow. BBC http://tr.im/KiUe via @jackofkent 7:26 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Criminal libel and sedition abolished today. PressGaz. http://tr.im/KheF Civil libel still here though :( 2:45 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Haiti earthquake: First hand Twitter accounts and pics beat mainstream news + add to mainstream news. HuffPo http://tr.im/Khd5 2:41 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Niles says no new revenue model for journalism http://tr.im/Kh3S RT @mathewi meantime Guardian App sells 70k http://tr.im/Kh3X RT @RoyHarvey 2:15 PM Jan 13th from web
 
Two men charged with reckless conduct after driving their Peugeot along the Union Canal near Edinburgh. BBC http://tr.im/KdR2 12:01 AM Jan 13th from web
 
Privacy: Roman Polanski sues four French newspapers and two mags for pics of him under house arrest in Gstaad. Guard http://tr.im/KdOt 11:50 PM Jan 12th from web
 
Health journalists toolkit. Tips for understanding medical studies. HealthNewsReview http://tr.im/K9Fq via @IanDouglas @bengoldacre 12:23 PM Jan 12th from web
 
Only 5% of Baltimore's *new* local news comes from new media. Papers still dominate, Pew Research finds. http://tr.im/K9CO 12:13 PM Jan 12th from web
 
When Campbell says communications had to be "embedded in policy decisions" does he mean it was okay to make stuff up? http://tr.im/K9zC 11:59 AM Jan 12th from web
 
Libel: Star pays out and apologises to Peaches Geldof over false story she was a prostitute. PressGaz http://tr.im/K9za 11:56 AM Jan 12th from web
 
RT @trudishaffer Reminder: 140 characters are worth editing, too. 12:12 AM Jan 12th from Tweetie
 
Oh dear: WashPo headline writer with other things on mind http://j.mp/4zlelF Is it just me: shldn't head have something to do with story? 12:08 AM Jan 12th from Tweetie
 
Jon Snow proposes PM should be directly elected. http://tr.im/K2F2 Then we'd have Cameron leading a labour gvt. That'd be weird. 10:26 AM Jan 11th from web
 
Murdoch continues fight against free news. Times Online blocks links to NewsNow aggregator. PressGaz http://bit.ly/8iXUXN 3:24 PM Jan 8th from Tweetie
 
French ponder tax on web ads to raise $50m pa for print media and music. paidcontent http://tr.im/JHP8 4:52 PM Jan 7th from web
 
How black dog deals with the snow - a story in pictures. http://yfrog.com/1dorsoninthesnowj 12:23 PM Jan 6th from Yfrog
 
US libel: is 140chr Tweet opinion or fact? How can you tell? FindLaw http://tr.im/JvOc 5:08 PM Jan 5th from web
 
Core journalism skills crucial but technology unavoidable. 10 things from @journalismnews http://tr.im/JvJf 4:51 PM Jan 5th from web
 
Thames Valley Police apologise and pay £5k to photographer arrested for taking legitimate pics of crash scene. PressGaz http://tr.im/JvCG 4:34 PM Jan 5th from web
 
Picture story: London Zoo's annual stocktake. Tgraph http://tr.im/JvAM 4:27 PM Jan 5th from web
 
Libel: NoW pays out to Met Police officer Dizaei over false claim he employed illegal immigrant. PressGaz http://bit.ly/65FK6U 7:14 AM Dec 30th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Apparently things get serious if you *watch* someone smoking on a train. http://yfrog.com/au9l3xj 5:25 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Yfrog
 
2010, the year search engine optimisation will die says @Scobleizer http://bit.ly/8Gegcn Great content is the only answer now. 5:13 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from web
 
Experiment, diversify, engage. 10 journalism resolutions for 2010 from Josh Stearns http://j.mp/5y9fyt 1:22 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Libel reform to be included in labour manifesto for election says Jack Straw NoW http://j.mp/8Gw9xV 10:03 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Libel: what the British press can't tell you about terrorism. Spectator. http://j.mp/7PMy9o via @royharvey 5:37 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Merry Twitmas people. "The 12 Graphs of Christmas" - http://bit.ly/8W1q2N RT by absolutely *everyone* 8:46 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from web
# Lucie_M
 
Identical Sunday Times Magazine and Telegraph magazine covers http://magculture.com/blog/?p=5308 8:15 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Power Twitter Retweeted by you
 
Visualising New York Times web traffic. Fascinating. Guard http://bit.ly/5c3fZG 11:10 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
 
That Eddie Mair, firm but fair, traps politicians in his lair. Take that John Hutton, so there. PressGaz http://bit.ly/5sLr04 10:56 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
 
Transport minister Lord Adonis skiing while Britain in chaos. Sun head: Lord Alp us. Aaaarrrggghhhh. 10:49 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
 
The paragraph explored by @RoyPeterClark. Interesting. Poynter http://bit.ly/87ZNvZ 10:47 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
 
Truth in journalism requires links to sources say Nordfors HuffPo http://tr.im/IsOo But what happened to the gof *quote*? via @BrizzyC 10:38 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
 
Now US knows powerless feeling as a superpower tramples you. How and why China wrecked Copenhagen. Guard http://tr.im/Inxe via @megpickard 12:17 AM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
# TheNewsChick
 
Writers and readers, you'll love this! Stereotyping people by their favorite author http://bit.ly/4USEAz 11:10 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from web Retweeted by you and 5 others
 
Libel: North London Mosque Trust does not legally exist so has no reputation to protect, court rules. May appeal. PressGaz http://tr.im/IlCZ 5:10 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from web
 
Mr He, 23, threatened to blow up a restaurant but bomb unit determined that the device was made with pork products. Tgraph http://tr.im/Ilg8 3:50 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from web
 
Big media can do things web generation can't says Preston Obs http://j.mp/7wx8xK 1:58 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Contempt: Times refused appeal over £15k fine for revealing what went on in a jury room. PressGaz http://tr.im/Ifbg 2:46 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from web
 
Facebook fuelling divorce says Tgraph but offers NO evidence. Divorce rate actually going down it admits towards bottom. http://tr.im/If9K 2:41 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from web
 
@LucyMangan Welcome to the land of Tweet. 2:06 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from web in reply to LucyMangan
 
GE Healthcare's reponse on Ominiscan libel seems to have moved. Try http://tr.im/IeWz Meanwhile, @dontgetfooled points to http://tr.im/IeWI 1:54 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from web
 
Libel: GE Healthcare hounds academic to stop him talking about rare but deadly side effects of drug. Tgraph http://tr.im/IdDL 8:29 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from web
 
Why is the Telegraph so named? When technology was so embraced we named newspapers after it. Economist http://bit.ly/89HJ9z via @KarthikaM 11:52 PM Dec 19th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Copenhagen: global community [is] alcoholic who's decided to save up for liver transplant rather than give up drink. Guard http://tr.im/I43k 11:21 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: excellent summary of Singh vs BCA in ** Ladybird book form ** from @Crispian_Jago via @jackofkent http://tr.im/I3Wi 10:54 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
 
The city of Copenhagen is a climate crime scene, says Greenpeace. Humanity has a crisis in leadership. http://tr.im/I3UM via @KimTox 10:42 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
 
84% US grads read print newspaper. US newspaper jobs down from 424,500 to 284,220 in a decade. LAT http://tr.im/I3Tf 10:32 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from web
 
Cool: Work out the greenest way to travel with RouteRank http://tr.im/I1Ow via @zigojacko @mashable 11:36 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from web
 
Hezzer cautiously upbeat as he signs off as head of Haymarket. Trading better than forecast. Guard http://tr.im/I0WC 8:28 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from web
 
Irony: ex-KGB man in talks to take over Independent. Roy Greenslade wonders if he will run it as a freebee. Guard/FT http://tr.im/I0Vs 8:24 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from web
 
Copyright: French courts stops Google Books in its tracks. NYT http://tr.im/I0Tz 8:16 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from web
 
Twitter beats seismic detection for speed in evaluating earthquakes. BBC http://tr.im/HWbh 11:46 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from web
 
Lawyers made £100m last year by suing the NHS. Costs are higher than damages. More legal outrage. Times http://tr.im/HW8X 11:37 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from web
# paulbradshaw
 
Photo: More Truth About Twitter | Information Is Beautiful http://tumblr.com/xle4rcv70 7:39 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from Tumblr Retweeted by you
# KimTox
 
pic from the banner we hang on the route from the airport for the world leaders arriving in #Copenhagen http://twitpic.com/tw9uu 5:23 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from TweetDeck Retweeted by you
 
BBC settles with Trafigura fearing £3m legal bill. @chris_coltrane says our libel laws are shameful. http://bit.ly/4Bdpra via @jackofkent 6:04 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
*Marvellous* Everything I needed to know about journalism I learned from Ghost Busters. YouTube http://tr.im/HScj via @dutchproblogger 10:47 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from web
 
Cheap journalism turns out to be cheap. Taking more words to say this: @jayrosen_nyu http://tr.im/HQ4w and @poniewozik http://tr.im/HNAB 12:23 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from web
 
Appointment of top judges to Singh appeal suggests libel is a political issue. Lawyer http://tr.im/HQ0J 12:04 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from web
 
.@mathewi it's hard to hate a word like impactful when it is such a useful early warning of BS to come. 11:50 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from web
 
Starwars stormtrooper helmet not covered by copyright says UK Court of Appeal. Refuses to enforce US ruling. Outlaw. http://tr.im/HPV7 11:42 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: NoW and Sun apologise and pay damages to Barry George, acquitted of killing Jill Dando. Guard http://tr.im/HNBz 4:38 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from web
 
What are we willing to trade off to get journalism on the cheap? Let's be realistic and have a conversation. Time http://tr.im/HNAB 4:35 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from web
 
Newspapers right to protect source in Interbrew case, Euro court says. Guard http://tr.im/HJEz 11:46 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from web
 
BCA vs Singh appeal will be a landmark case says @jackofkent because of the line up of high-power judges. http://tr.im/HlkX 6:15 PM Dec 11th, 2009 from web
 
Tiger Woods gag: What sort of free speech do we have here when a foreign *golfer* can decide what we are allowed to say? 6:09 PM Dec 11th, 2009 from web
 
Tiger Woods gags UK media over info widely available (and protected by 1st Amend) in US. Guard http://tr.im/HlhL via @jackofkent @gimpyblog 6:07 PM Dec 11th, 2009 from web
 
84-year-old ex editor cancels newspapers buys Kindle. Deal with it. http://bit.ly/8RKiAB /via @cyberjournalist 8:49 AM Dec 11th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
The views expressed in comments that Mail stole pics do not nec reflect views of Mail Online http://ow.ly/KKuO /via @adders @alisongow 8:42 AM Dec 11th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Heseltine junior to take over Haymarket http://bit.ly/8LaTNp Pressgaz 8:35 AM Dec 11th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Yet more libel: despite winning, fear of further expensive Desmond lawsuit may stop Tom Bower's book being published Guard http://tr.im/HgXB 11:53 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web
 
More libel: Ken Bates loses last appeal £50k damages + costs est at... wait for it... £1.5m Press Gaz http://tr.im/HgWl 11:45 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web
 
Libel reform: Guttenplan's shorter list. No 3 is ban SLAPPs - lawsuits intended to put journos off doing their jobs. Guard http://tr.im/HgVI 11:43 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web
 
Libel reform: the [current] law is on the side of the devil says Nick Ross. BBC http://tr.im/HgU3 11:34 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: Sunday Mirror pays property man £30k + costs over false story that he attacked Sophie Anderton. Guard http://tr.im/HgRG 11:30 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web
 
Feel libel reform groups may be pushing too far the other way but v much *like* idea of libel tribunals. http://libelreform.org 8:13 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
@chriscsefalvay I'm a journo. Was hoping to simplify story to good vs evil. Rats. Now I must choose truth or selling the story .. again.. 8:09 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Nope says @chriscsefalvay Libel reform good vs libel reform good, but different points to reform & in more integrated manner. 8:01 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
To sum up Twit-spat between @jackofkent & @chriscsefalvay .. Libel reform good vs libel reform bad. Visit http://libelreform.org/ 7:54 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
The carnage continues... Editor & Publisher closing after 108 years: http://ow.ly/KHt0 RT @suzanneyada 7:38 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Here's a man who knows how to sell a blog post: "Douchebags, Porn & Lube" from @adders http://bit.ly/8LhslX 7:32 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
# newsosaur
 
A newspaper to inspire you all over again: I stood in line with half a dozen people yesterday waiting patiently t... http://bit.ly/5ffgI2 2:00 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from twitterfeed Retweeted by you and 1 other
# catherine_mayer
 
The US culture wars exported to Africa: Uganda's anti-gay legislation http://tinyurl.com/y8g9r7u 1:44 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from web Retweeted by you and 2 others
 
Variety pay wall roulette: phased in over 2 months. Starts with 9/10 still getting it free. HuffPo http://j.mp/4oTVEf 8:16 AM Dec 10th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
RT @bengoldacre Libel campaign launch storming. Alexei Sayle on News @10, @daraobriain on bbc brekkie, parl launch tmrw with me, BMJ ed 7:03 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Study: Americans consume 34GB info a day. Consume?! Implies digest. More like 34GB washes over them. http://tr.im/H8FY via @NiemanLab 6:57 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Complex story told simply (graphically): how Sterling reacted to chancellor's speech. http://tr.im/H73M via @Lucie_M 1:58 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from web
 
Google tests search based on mobile phone pics. Guard http://tr.im/H73i 1:56 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from web
 
Times goes behind pay wall from spring 2010 but recognises need to add something new before it does. Guard http://tr.im/H72C 1:53 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from web
 
Beyond shocking: Uganda debates death penalty for gays. MSNBC http://tr.im/H70L via @Lucie_M 1:48 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from web
 
Tories have bought Google adwords Budget + Treasury that link to Conservative website. RT @tim @faisalislam 1:46 PM Dec 9th, 2009 from web
 
Days after snr police say taking photos not good reason for terror search, photographer searched by 7 police. PressGaz http://bit.ly/7NBjQa 10:43 AM Dec 9th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Sir Harold Evans on BBC radio: journalism entering a golden age due to web's search, publishing immediacy & custom print news. RT @RoyHarvey 7:39 AM Dec 9th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
So Copenhagen is in chaos. Meanwhile in Lyon, someone seems to have left the lights on... BBC http://tr.im/H3nO 9:18 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Scarlett regrets Saddam 45min WMD claim: Tgraph blames Blair par 1 http://tr.im/H3lG Guard doesn't get to Blair till par 6 http://tr.im/H3m9 9:14 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Murdoch offers his "two cents" on free news?! paidcontent http://tr.im/H3iJ Surely *yawn* he is up to $30 or 40 on the subject by now. 9:04 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: EU e-commerce law gives publisher protection from website comments. Outlaw http://tr.im/H3hH 9:00 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Freedom of Information: Scotland consults on extending law to cover private cos that get gvt funding. Outlaw http://tr.im/H3gX 8:58 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Climate scientists are amateurs at falsifying figures. Fox News shows how with survey of 120% of US. HuffPo http://tr.im/H3dK 8:49 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Maps make figures work (and scary). US unemployment http://tr.im/H3bY via @DougCoupland 8:45 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Interesting RT @scottkarp Collaborative curation in action: Building a #Copenhagen newswire with @publish2: http://bit.ly/p2copenhagen 8:38 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
Should WSJ run everything through plagiarism software before publishing? HuffPo http://tr.im/GZIS 9:24 AM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
The $16 newspaper: "What if you offered the same sort of depth, analysis, literary value that you get in a magazine?" LAT http://tr.im/GZH3 9:14 AM Dec 8th, 2009 from web
 
RT @KarthikaM I'd appreciate this ad more if wasn't for UK's trashiest (& Murdoch-owned) tabloid: http://ow.ly/JEx1 (YouTube) via @Poynter 11:34 PM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: reform is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off says Dan Tench in the Guardian http://tr.im/GUo2 2:34 PM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
Speaker's lawyers say law needs to change on super-injunctions else right to report parliament can be restricted. Guard http://tr.im/GUn0 2:32 PM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: Tom Bower tells MPs that courts encourage threats because of the cost of rebuttal. PressGaz http://tr.im/GUlS Guard http://tr.im/GUlZ 2:30 PM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
How to find 10 red balloons quickly: the internet and money. Darpa experiment proves...smart people are smart? Guard http://tr.im/GSP4 9:02 AM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
The pros and cons of blogazines. Making publishing websites more interesting to look at. Blog by me. http://tr.im/GPNO 8:58 AM Dec 7th, 2009 from web
 
Press pressure. More than 50 papers join in front-page leader article on climate change http://bit.ly/8rtpk8 RT @media_guardian 7:55 PM Dec 6th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
A fox takes the escalator out of the tube and is photographed by @RadioKate http://twitpic.com/sebvd 7:53 PM Dec 6th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Blog by me: thinking about blogazines and making publishing websites more interesting to look at. There are pros and cons. http://tr.im/GPNO 7:41 PM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
100 ways to measure social media http://tr.im/GMRL undercuts its own argument. Most would prefer single robust measure. 8:46 AM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
Adding clicks and racking up unique users without a plan to bring them to market is a frenetic game going nowhere. Obs http://tr.im/GMQW 8:40 AM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
Telegraph has lost 1m customers in 40 years (says not wholly objective Peter Preston). Other papers hold their own. Obs http://tr.im/GMQh 8:37 AM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
Am picturing Carol Ann Duffy wrapped in brown paper when Guardian says this is her first Christmas in the post. http://tr.im/GMOk 8:25 AM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
Dull headlines: Poet writes poem. I'm shocked, saddened, surprised. BBC http://tr.im/GMO1 8:23 AM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
 
V interesting: the rise of the blogazine. Blogs with a new template for each post. http://bit.ly/RZJki via @KarthikaM 11:24 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
Ambulance chasing law firm develops iPhone app so you can take pics of your accident. Times http://tr.im/GFov 10:50 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
Not sure about the new http://reuters.com either. Notable for its massive drop-down menus. 10:47 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
NYT Style Mag website redesign. For me, its a bit cluttered and unengaging. But worth a look. http://tr.im/GFmA 10:41 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
The fact someone is taking photographs is not a good reason for police search under terrorism law says govt reviewer Indie http://tr.im/GFhT 10:26 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: Earl Spencer and daughter win substantial damages from Express over story about the Earl's divorce. PA http://tr.im/GFeZ 10:15 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
Libel: NoW pays Unite leader over false allegations of election fixing. Guard http://tr.im/GFdW 10:14 PM Dec 4th, 2009 from web
 
Selling news online is wrongheaded because readers are shamelessly promiscuous, study finds. Economist http://tr.im/GypM 8:14 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
 
Frith says cutting mag prices risky. PressGaz http://tr.im/Gynd I agree. Lower prices just make you seem like you are worth less. 8:09 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
 
Google provides news publishers with 100,000 clicks a minute, Google UK boss tells MPs. PressGaz http://tr.im/Gym4 8:06 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
 
Libel: calling a murder a grass cannot be defamatory as a matter of public policy. BBC http://tr.im/GyeN 7:51 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
 
Libel judge Eady fights back against press criticism. Guard http://tr.im/GlI9 10:09 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from web
 
RT @paulbradshaw I need your comments: What quality guarantees do blogs have? (response to government) http://bit.ly/5Ha2fs (please RT) 9:55 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from web
 
Libel reform - politicians get serious. RT @jackofkent @SLSingh: House of Lords announces libel reform working group http://is.gd/59eWY 9:05 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Libel: Singh vs BCA Court of Appeal lines up 'strong' set of judges says @jackofkent http://bit.ly/7RCn1D Taking case seriously. 8:56 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Lib Dem peer's moderate libel reform proposals. PressGaz http://j.mp/78ZWou 8:17 AM Dec 1st, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Paywall ostriches: sticking content behind paywalls won't make journalism's probs go away. http://bit.ly/4DGXSh from @adders 8:05 AM Dec 1st, 2009 from Tweetie
 
"Most avid music filesharers also most avid music everything – CD buyers, concertgoers..." Guard on bonkers Mandleson http://tr.im/FV5P 9:42 AM Nov 27th, 2009 from web
 
Here is the news via iPhone: R4 newsreader solves tech probs with script emailed, read from her phone. http://tr.im/FV41 via @journalismnews 9:33 AM Nov 27th, 2009 from web
 
You have to admire a man who creates new CSS for every post. RT @IanDouglas Dustin Curtis' http://bit.ly/6xBzUQ Extraordinary-looking blog. 9:29 AM Nov 27th, 2009 from web
 
RT @AIannucci When Gordon Brown doesn't want to get involved in a discussion, says 'I do not recognise that data.' True. I'm told. By a man. 10:51 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from web
 
"I welcome the fact that people can sue me," says Sy Hersh. "[M]y one experience with the [English libel] law was fine." http://tr.im/FPTF 10:49 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from web
 
"It's their job to keep it secret and my job to find it out and make it public," says Seymour Hersh NS http://tr.im/FPTF via @newsbrooke 10:46 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from web
 
Journalists kidnapped in Somalia land in Kenya after 15 months in captivity http://bit.ly/74DseA RT @media_guardian 10:27 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from web
 
Editor of Northern Irish paper attacked by drug dealers to stop story. http://tr.im/FPMw 10:20 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from web
 
Murdoch's Bing deal because he has nothing to lose. Reuters http://j.mp/5eq4LX 8:16 AM Nov 25th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
C4's anon blogger with 'deep interest' in Iraq Inquiry. I've worked it out. It's T Blair (insisted on pic, look) http://j.mp/8C9ib8 4:51 PM Nov 24th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Using Publish2, Twitter and Delicious to create a distributed Newswire. Slide show from Graham Holliday http://tr.im/FFGi 3:24 PM Nov 24th, 2009 from web
 
Bullying newsroom management style costs News of the World £800k at employment tribunal. Guard http://tr.im/FFAv 3:02 PM Nov 24th, 2009 from web
 
BBC will keep online news free says Sir Michael Lyons, who is smart enough to be photographed beside the word Trust. Guard http://tr.im/FFz3 3:00 PM Nov 24th, 2009 from web
 
@egrommet Better story if cat fixed friend's hand after surgeon knocked him off his bike. 4:32 PM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web in reply to egrommet
 
Is Mail causing your headache? Usual Mail-o-crap but heartening to see sense in best rated comments. http://bit.ly/4yFrKr via @IanDouglas 4:27 PM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
The Economist's cartoon view of climate negotiations http://bit.ly/4VaM0C via @RarePlanet NB: not optimistic 4:20 PM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
And notice, Mr Murdoch, how easily I circumvented the FT's paywall by using this web-based tool called the Guardian http://tr.im/FykR 10:07 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
However, I *will* miss the Times' quiff-based arts coverage when it has gone. 10:06 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
Googling from my Apple, I discover MS and News Corp are trying to stitch up the internet. Now I can ignore both at once. http://tr.im/FykR 10:05 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
The Times offers the best of quiff-related, twin-based arts coverage on the web. http://yfrog.com/04timesbesttwinbasedartscj 9:58 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Yfrog
 
New blog post on hi-tech hacks from @ruskin147 features top multimedia journo @davanac and Cardiff School of Journalism http://bit.ly/5bEZDl 9:35 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from web
 
P.J. O'Rourke wants to Tweet Constitution to kids, politicians. Lardy, otiose loptopophiles. http://is.gd/51sIW Via @KarthikaM @kennysmith 9:02 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Blog by me: why advertisers need good journalism. http://j.mp/8NaN7I 9:25 AM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Tweetie
 
RT @mathewi 's take on battle between print-heads and Webheads at major newspapers, sparked by recent cuts at the WaPo: http://is.gd/50N8v 9:23 AM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Anyway, what is the pro-anorexia community? I am picturing a village somewhere flat with v narrow houses. http://tr.im/FsF4 11:46 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Libel: WIN For reformers. Justice Minister Jack Straw is planning new libel law. Times http://tr.im/FsEi 11:40 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Libel: 259 writs served in 2008 in English High Courts. Guard http://tr.im/FsDn Out of a trillion web pages not high prob of being sued. 11:36 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Libel: 259 writs served in 2008 (English High Courts). Up 11% but not major given volume of material now published on web. 11:30 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
@AVerySecretBlog yeah I get that. But what's point of reforming libel if peeps don't stand up for selves when they have a strong defence? 11:10 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from Tweetie in reply to AVerySecretBlog
 
Getting an anonymous commenter sacked: justified or over the top? RWW http://tr.im/Fs2m 8:05 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
AMLawDaily takes offence at the idea that online journalism has lower standards. http://tr.im/Fs29 8:04 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Uni uses libel threat to remove official audit doc: http://bit.ly/8jz8Au RT @AVerySecretBlog But surely privilege defence applies? 12:30 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Blog: How should a journalist look? http://tinyurl.com/y8nymnu 1:47 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from twitterfeed
 
Blog: Pressure to reform libel http://tinyurl.com/yc7p6ru 1:47 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from twitterfeed
 
Blog: Journalism: truth vs the big story http://tinyurl.com/y9eqmbp 1:47 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from twitterfeed
 
"We do think journalism plays a role," says James Murdoch. "Is it going to be as big a role? No." PressGaz http://tr.im/Fpdj 12:50 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
Cumberland News uses CoverItLive to live blog floods. http://tr.im/Fpcz 12:46 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
 
RT @Hermida: Blog post: BBC News website adds SEO friendly headlines: http://wp.me/p2X8E-w9 7:24 AM Nov 20th, 2009 from Tweetie
 
Blog by me: picture bylines -- do journos start to look like the people they write about? Submissions welcome. http://tr.im/FjlI 6:57 PM Nov 19th, 2009 from web
 
Murdoch accuses Google, BBC of theft. Now Times runs blogger's obit without permission. http://tr.im/Fj4m via @mathewi @emilybell 5:48 PM Nov 19th, 2009 from web
 
@jiconoclast But I agree % would be tidier. 4:34 PM Nov 19th, 2009 from web in reply to pwthornton
 
@jiconoclast In fairness it's 10/100 up from 7/100. Assume writer has done it to keep figs comparable. 4:33 PM Nov 19th, 2009 from web in reply to pwthornton
 
Canadian MP wants to ban politicians from using Twitter because it makes them look like idiots. Exposes banality of parl. http://tr.im/FhnB 9:57 AM Nov 19th, 2009 from web
 
The BBC's UGC hub via @ruskin147 's iPhone. "July 7th completely changed the argument." YouTube http://bit.ly/16QvKs 9:41 AM Nov 19th, 2009 from web
 
Headlines are supposed to be mini poems. Not this one: Newspaper Deliverers Are Probed : WSJ http://tr.im/Fhkp 9:30 AM Nov 19th, 2009 from web

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 @