Tuesday squibs

My, oh my, there are a lot of open browser windows on this MacBook.

• Being a journalism student today. Jared Silfies’s post, short and sweet, is another example of why I think journalism is in good hands (or will be).
• Experiment, accept imperfection, learn from failure. Alfred Hermida’s response to this month’s Carnival of Journalism is a suggestion that too many newsrooms are averse to: experiment even if it could end in failure. Link to the carnival of journalism, and from that a whole bunch of great posts on making simple changes to the newsroom, is here.
• Hybrid newspaper models. Kirk LaPointe has found an interesting blog post that suggests the coming model for newspapers will see how the circulation paid for and the other half given away.
• Copy editors group blasts Singleton’s outsourcing comments. MediaNews is, apparently, looking at the potential outsource “nearly every aspect of its operations,” which does not sit well with copy editors, a newspaper breed that is seems to be getting ever closer to making the species-at-risk list.
• Two CBC foreign correspondents’ contracts not renewed. The two are long-time and much admired CBC corespondants; the reported reason is financial.
• GoTriadU launches to tie schools together. One market some newspapers are turning their attentions to is local colleges, which may make things interesting for student and campus newspapers. When you read Bryan Murley’s interview with John Robinson, you also get the feeling this could present challenges for entertainment-driven local alternative media.
• News for a less flat earth. A lengthy paper by Charlie Beckett that moves beyond the core ideas about networked journalism that he set out in his excellent book SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The World. Lots to chew on here.
• How the Focus on Print Hurts Our Newspaper Site. Newspaper growing pains are well-explained by Mark Van Patten in a sober, balanced look at the reality of print and the web trying to live side-by-side.
• The 25 Best News Photographs. At Vanity Fair, with some odd choices, but I suspect best-of lists are always put together with at least one eye on generating a little conversation. PS: I dislike the need to click through to each photo separately, or even sit through the slideshow. Boston.com’s The Big Picture shows us how to intelligently handle related photos.