Thursday squibs

As always, a diverse selection of posts have popped up on the ‘net today. Here’s a small sampling:

• Turning the page … Howard Weaver gives McClatchey a vote of confidence is his very classy, eloquent and heartfelt goodbye to the company.
• Twitter: Menace or Threat? Dan, at Xark, rips into mainstream media for its “coverage” of Twitter. Well worth reading no matter which side of the divide you come down on.
• The New Media Landscape. I’m not at all sure what to make of this, and a snapshot in time is only …well.. a snapshot in time. Interesting rankings, nevertheless. It seems to me, the problem with measuring is reach is that you can’t include it all: RSS, emails between friends, etc.
• The outlook is rocky for The Rocky. Denver’s Rocky Mountain News goes on the block, and Alan Mutter is not optimistic about its future. (An aside: If you don’t want bad news from newspapers these days, you pretty much have to pull the plug on the ‘net.) Somewhat related: ‘Several Cities’ Could Have No Daily Paper As Soon As 2010, Credit Rater Says, from the still comment-less Editor & Publisher.
• Justice for exploited journalism students. Dave Lee, co-editor of the BBC Internet Blog, is starting a site where British j-students can share there good and bad internship stories in an effort to find out who the best and worse “employers” are. It will be interesting to watch.
• Immersion. There is something compelling, and a little creepy, about this New York Times video that focuses entirely on the faces of young gamers as they play.
• Photographers on Twitter: How They Use It. I’m going to keep this tab open for a while: there are some interesting folk I want to check out when I get a chance.
• Model for the 21st century newsroom pt.6: new journalists for new information flows. You have been following Paul Bradshaw’s excellent and ground-breaking series, haven’t you?