Interesting stuff I saw online from Sep. 20 to Sep. 28
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Sep. 20 through Sep. 28:
- Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog » Blog Archive » Was the Scotsman right to sack Nick Clayton for blogging? - "Journalism.co.uk tried contacting the Scotsman…but received no response to the following: does the Scotsman have a set policy on staff writing for external websites? and are journalists aware of this?" The Post-Dispatch has a policy about blogging outside the newsroom by staffers.
- Buttry: Finding our way in social media | GazetteOnline.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City - Good strategies and ideas for how to engage audiences from the newspaper newsroom in social media.
- Digg aims to raise its profile - San Jose Mercury News - "Digg's traffic is showing signs of plateauing," Malik wrote this week. "What's troubling is that a mere 1 percent of its users (who can be labeled addicts) are generating 32 percent of the visits."
- Are We Ready for Citizen Journateerism? | PBS - "Basically that means ordinary folks leveraging social media tools to help people in need. I'm not talking about political or community-relevant reporting and opinioning, which is certainly a kind of volunteer community service, but about the re-purposing of citizen journalism tools in response to life and death issues on the ground."
- Interview with Ron Sylvester about using Twitter as a reporting tool | BeatBlogging.Org - Yes! “For traditional print, it kind of puts us back in the game,” he said. “It allows us to cover the courts live.”
- Citing abuse, Maui News kills online story comments - Pacific Business News (Honolulu): - How 19th century! "Instead, publisher Joe Bradley said readers would be directed to submit letters to the editor that could be printed in the newspaper or online. Submitting a letter requires readers to leave their names and contact numbers."
- ThePort helps clients, users interact on Web | ajc.com - Yeah. OK. Whatever.