links for 2010-03-04
March 4, 2010 in industry news
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“Colleges have for years been warning students to keep their Facebook and Myspace pages free of embarrassing photos or writings, but a more recent phenomenon is the emergence of concrete policies governing how faculty and other employees use social media.”
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Inexpensive app development site ($199 or $499) depending on your taste/budget.
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Handy tips for writing a good story.
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“I’m strongly opposed to a regulatory approach here, but I surely wish journalists would more fully embrace the ethical foundations of their craft – providing vital information for a democratic society – and give less attention to gossip and celebrity news. The gap between those foundations and actual practice needs to be much more carefully worked through for working and budding practitioners alike.”
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Members of the Texas A&M-Commerce football team are the main suspects in the theft from campus racks of last weeks’ edition of the school newspaper, ‘The East Texan.’ And head coach Guy Morriss seems pleased that the players worked together.
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“With the relentless grind of safety recalls and suffering sales, the Japanese automaker has tapped Twitter to help repair its image. Toyota launched a branded channel on TweetMeme with help from Federated Media.”
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For fun.
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“I’m getting a little bit tired of articles like this one in Inside Higher Ed today that give voice to the following argument: “Some believe journalism schools are exploiting students by maintaining high enrollment levels despite the contraction of the market for professional journalists — a system that guarantees a large population of out-of-work, debt-addled graduates.”
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“While these arrangements distinctly benefit media companies (which rightfully ought to compensate student contributors with something more tangible than “exposure”), the programs on balance represent a fair bargain for journalism students, who will need every advantage in launching their careers at a time most traditional news organizations are chopping staffs instead of expanding them.”
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“The Washington Post will launch a new $1.99 iPhone app today providing access to the site’s mobile content online and offline for one year.”
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Apple, of course, announced that its iBookstore would cater to books, but it seems that periodicals are going to have to make their own arrangements.
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“This, does of course, mean journalists have to work. The church of the savvy has failed. It’s not possible for journalists to just take the access granted to them. Sources going direct is a liberating experience – it should free journalists from the menial task of simply re-wording press releases.”
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The race is on to fill the void that the shuttering of CoPress will create. Large players such as Alloy Marketing and Crystal Tech have reportedly been in contact with Bachhuber with one hosting service offering a 60% discount on data migration for those who still want live technical support.
