Cyber Journalist.net Newsletter for November 14 2008

Cyber Journalist.net Newsletter for November 14 2008

CYBERJOURNALIST.NET

Study: Unlicensed stories reel in Internet readers
The Associated Press reports that the audience reading unauthorized online copies of newspaper and magazine articles is nearly 1.5 times larger, on average, than the readership on their own Web sites, according to a study released Thursday. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · Comment

Don’t Count Matt Drudge Out
Jack Shafer says Matt Drudge’s demise is greatly exaggerated.
Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Business Bytes, General News, News · Comment

Innovation: Twitter and Current TV founders discuss the future of news at the Web 2.0 Summit
Here is video and summary from Chris O’Brien of “The Media Business: New Approaches.” panel at the Web 2.o summit, which was moderated by Ken Auletta of the New Yorker and included Evan Williams of Twitter and Joel Hyatt of Current TV. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Convergence · Comment

Internet freedom in Egypt
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Convergence, The Weblog Blog · Comment

Glamour.com redesigns
Glamour.com has launched a redesign, featuring more video, blogs, expanded editorial coverage and more interaction between high-profile editors and their readers, The Guardian reports. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Design and Usability · Comment

The Transformation of NPR
Long defined by its radio programming, National Public Radio is reinventing itself as a multiplatform force.
Written by Jon · Filed Under Future of Media · Comment

Interactive Forms Give Power to Election Perspectives
The 2008 presidential race inspired a lot of innovative storytelling, including how we experienced coverage of the historic finale last night, writes Poynter’s Sara Quinn. Here’s a look at two projects that captured events in unique ways. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Work Gallery · Comment

‘Video Your Vote’ in action
See the videos that have been submitted so far to the YouTube/PBS “Video Your Vote” project from voters around the country…
Written by Jon · Filed Under Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Work Gallery, Innovation · Comment

Twitter Vote Report
Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators who have teamed up to help track voting problems on Election Day. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Use of Community, Great Work Gallery, Innovation, The Weblog Blog · 2 Comments

Where to Get Live Election Night Coverage Online
Here’s a nice wrap-up at BusinessWeek.com on what the major sites are planning for election day coverage online… Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · 1 Comment

Read more posts »

20081114 Cyberjournalist Net Newsletter for November 14 2008