Dec
18
For some reason, it feels like Friday, which has nothing to do with any of the following links.
- What Bloggers Can Learn From Journalists. Some solid advice here about sourcing, consistency, precision and more.
- Save The Books! Famous People (and Others) Tell You What Books To Buy. I forgot to take this list with me when I hit the bookstore earlier today. There are some interesting choices in this Huffington Post list. Related: Books for a Hard Season, a book list from the Columbia Journalism Review.
- The new media gift buying guide. Because it’s never too late to get your Christmas shopping done.
- Delivering the world. Intriguing details about a Boston start-up that wants to reinvent foreign reporting. This shows a lot of promise for media and journalists.
- 100 top sites for the year ahead. The Guardian’s technology staff has a list of websites for the coming year. Don’t worry about the big number: it’s easy to consume and heavy on services.
- The use of the internet by American newspapers. (Link goes to PDF). I’m working my way through this Bivings Group report. From the executive summary: “The study evaluates the web programs of America’s top 100 newspapers based on the features included, with a focus on tools that increase interactivity and immediacy.”
- A Walrus Q&A with Ken Whyte. The second time this week I’ve pointed to an interesting interview with Whyte, the editor and publisher of Macleans magazine. (Note to American readers: not an actual walrus; it’s a quite good Canadian magazine.) Via The Canadian Journalism Project.
- Your Guide to Alternative Business Models for Newspapers. Mark Glaser has a nice, detailed round-up of some of the experimentation going on out there, with examples and Mark’s take on their potential. He adds this, which I firmly agree with: “Most likely, there won’t be a ’silver bullet,’ an idea that will catch on as the savior for the newspaper business.” A must-read.
- Regret the Error. Follow the links under the pitch for Craig Silverman’s book (which would make a great Christmas present for any journalist) to read his 2008 wrap-ups on media corrections and plagiarism.
