Category: Newstangle
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How Al Jazeera tweets
The Twitter Media posse runs down how Al Jazeera — and specifically, the campaign to get Al Jazeera’s English offering to U.S. viewers — has been using Twitter during the current events in Egypt: I Want My AJZ. Notable: The use of promoted tweets to surface at the top of the #Egypt search.
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DocumentCloud in action
DocumentCloud in action: Five examples from 10,000 Words, including uses from the Las Vegas Sun and PBS NewsHour.
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Newspaper video lessons from The Miami Herald
Newspaper video lessons learned: How The Miami Herald cultivates loyal audience for video, its second biggest traffic driver. The short version: Breaking news, sports, weird local news, nothing your audience isn’t already reading about on your site or in your paper.
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In which we learn that Francis Ford Coppola considers his day job to be making wine.
In which we learn that Francis Ford Coppola considers his day job to be making wine: Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration (via)
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Wikileaks and The New York Times
Wikileaks and The New York Times: Wade Keller confirms what I, for one, suspected about the relationship between the two. Assange was (mostly) treated as a source of data, but as with all sources, it’s a complicated relationship.
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On the importance of being a doodler
On the importance of being a doodler: “The act of doodling is the mind’s attempt to engage before succumbing to mindlessness.”
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Make movies with Michel Gondry
Make movies with Michel Gondry: AMATEUR FILM FACTORY at the Centre Pompidou. (via)
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January 2011 Carnival of Journalism
January 2011 Carnival of Journalism: The role of Universities… Check out the massive roundup of posts examining how universities, news organizations, and communities can collaborate and operate in tomorrow’s local information ecosystem.
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On the difference between gameplay and gamification
On the difference between gameplay and gamification: Josh Korr on “why gamifying the news is so challenging.”