NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, on YouTube. Just because. #

Here are a few articles worth reading that I’ve found in my wanderings across the Internet over the past few days. #

Hyperlocal Publishers Form a Trade Union: Some big names in hyperlocal journalism are behind this effort, which is a sensible networking alternative for small online publishers. Look forward to how it develops. #

Like them or not, the latest changes to Facebook offer big ideas for news orgs: Some lessons that might be applicable from Facebook’s recent changes, by Gina Chen at Nieman Journalism Lab. Prepare to have your biases tweaked. #

Rawporter: A mobile app that supposedly connects media outlets with citizens who have breaking news footage. Launching soon. This is an explanatory video. #

Rusbridger: Twitter is no substitute for professional reporting: I love the first comment: “It’s true, Twitter is not like reporting. Also, spoons are not like lampposts.” Yep. #

Judith Miller: ‘Just what kind of journalism is Poynter promoting?’: Based on a Poynter online course about “Covering Islam in America,” Miller, now a FOX News personality, goes on a jihad. #

WSJ.com begins tracking personal user information without consent: “The Wall Street Journal has revised the privacy policy for WSJ.com to permit the site to connect a user’s Web browsing data with personally identifiable information without consent. Previously, the policy stated that it would ask for users’ permission before doing so.” I am beginning to think it might be time for America to have a serious discussion about online privacy. If we could stop being distracted by shiny objects. #

How News Organizations Can Cut Down On The Email Overload: Can’t we all use some help in this department? #

Making it Work With a Small Staff + Other ONA notes: Sean Blanda shares some notes and observations from a nuts and bolts panel discussion at the Online News Association Conference. Includes a video of the entire talk. #

Teaching in the Quickly Changing Digital Age: An SND Takeaway: Aaron Manful pulled together the handout here with lots of information for people who want to get up to speed based on a session we did at the Society of News Design conference in St. Louis. #

A network infrastructure for journalists online: Paul Bradshaw explains why journalists need to understand RSS readers, social networks, and social bookmarking to navigate the new online news world. Detailed information worth your while. #

Is Branded Journalism Still Journalism?: They’ve been trying to rename it for years, but it’s public relations and marketing. I don’t have a problem with journalists who go into this field, either. #

Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway: Some inspiration from Jason Cohen, a start-up guy. #

Twitter ban’s constitutionality debated at UNC football panel: Interesting discussion for First Amendment Day about athletics, Twitter, and free speech rights. #

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