December 2011
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“At least on the Web, you can amend. The ethic of the Web is to say what you know...”
– David Carr: A Media Omnivore Discusses His Diet : NPR (via thisistheverge)
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Monkey Reported Stolen from San Francisco Zoo →
My latest Storify.
Backpack Journalist's Equipment Wishlist
journalismworkshops:
Backpack Journalist’s Equipment Wishlist - Dale Cressman
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The Year in Social Media
pewinternet:
Appropriately timed, our director Lee Rainie and New York Times staff writer Jennifer Preston discussed how social media has transformed over the year (on Minnesota Public Radio). Listen to the full discussion here.
Have you had a personal transformation because of social media over the last year? Do you use it as your main source of news gathering or perhaps to assess news? Or do...
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Awesomely useful: 50 New Social-Media Stats to... →
Excellent post from November on Ad Age which helped lead to this also excellent infographic posted yesterday on Mediabistro.
The Best Tumblrs We've Ever Seen, This Year →
newshour:
Great list
nationaljournal:
NJ didn’t make the list, but 2012 will be our year! At least, The Atlantic will be receiving lots of Edible Arrangements in an attempt to sway their judgement in our favor. It helps that they work one floor below.
Disclaimer: Ryan Gosling VS Puppy did make the list & happens to be a NJ newsroom favorite.
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“Social media ambassador campaigns can fit a wide range of industries and...”
– Mashable
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More year-end posts: QR code fails, Google is tops...
How did my predictions for 2011 turn out? (MediaShift)
The top QR code fails of 2011 (Mashable)
Google+ to close gap on Facebook in 2012 (Huffington Post UK)
What’s in store for social video in 2012? (Mashable)
The year in social TV (lostremote)
Facebook 2012: what the future holds for the social media powerhouse (Mashable)
How the social media IPOs of 2011 fared (Mashable)
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Social media, journalism and life online in 2011 &...
Here are links to some of the posts wrapping up 2011 and making predictions for 2012 when it comes to social media, journalism and the Internet.
2 guest posts: 2012 predictions and “Social media and the evolution of the fourth estate” (Online Journalism Blog)
2011 Social Media Hits and Misses (Soshable)
6 Game-Changing Digital Journalism Events of 2011 (Mashable)
5 social network predictions...
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Time spent on Facebook, age on social media and...
Romney: Under his presidency, PBS would have advertisements (Current)
More than $35 billion spent online this holiday (SF Gate)
How Much Time Do We Really Spend on Facebook? (Mashable)
Circa Promises Different, ‘Beautiful’ News Reading Experience (Mashable)
Age doesn’t matter, and 5 other social networking revelations (Smartplanet)
Google+ passes 60 million users with help from the Muppets...
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“comScore reports that people age 55 and older represent the fastest growing...”
– Smartplanet
“For the last year, much of the focus has been on curating content from the...”
– Vadim Lavrusik: Curation and amplification will become much more sophisticated in 2012 » Nieman Journalism Lab (via onaissues)
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“One in every seven minutes online and three out of every four minutes on social...”
– Mashable
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“That’s a pretty big problem for new social networks going forward. They can’t...”
– parislemon. And that’s just for your smaller, more niche networks (he refers to Instagram and Path in the post.) A startup that wants to draw away a majority of Facebook’s 800 million members is going to have to do something really innovative, perhaps on the scale of creating the next...
Watchthenextweb:
OpenBrand is an online platform that helps companies and designers gather, organize and maintain everything they need to unite a brand. A fully fleshed out brand needs to track everything from hexadecimal color codes to print and web typography, and OpenBrand helps make this task much easier. OpenBrand also encourages new companies to develop a complete brand by serving as a...
“Information is everywhere, and more than any previous year in our history, 2012...”
– Amy Webb. Big data, mobile payments, and identity authentication will be big in 2012 » Nieman Journalism Lab
Full disclosure: Amy Webb is a current board member of the Online News Association. (via onaissues)
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Noah Kravitz discusses Tweet ownership, 9am on... →
From the BBC: “Noah Kravitz tweeted for Phonedog as @Phonedog_Noah, but later changed his username when he left the company - taking 17,000 followers with him. The company is now seeking damages of $2.50 (£1.60) per user, per month - a total of $370,000.”
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Man sued for keeping company Twitter followers →
The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2011 →
J-School Students: Don't Just Look at Traditional... →
lifeandcode:
This is why journalism students shouldn’t restrict themselves to looking for jobs and internships at traditional newsrooms. Look at web-only publications, startups — and start something yourself. I’m far more likely to hire someone who’s built something themselves…and those that can build are far more likely to get into the profession and stay in it.
You’ll also improve the...
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nprfreshair:
The Fresh Air Tumblr now has more followers than the Fresh Air Facebook page, and is slowly inching towards the Twitter Feed. It will probably surpass the Twitter feed in a month or two, I’m guessing. I don’t know if this means anything, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
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12 Ways to Be More Search Savvy →
From my colleague at KQED’s MindShift, some good tips.
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No Blacks, Latinos on Forbes Under-30 Media List →
Above, some of those who are missing from the Forbes’ list of people younger than 30 who are reinventing media, according to the Maynard Institute.
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Frustration... no more.
Bluehost is back. Phew. Random timing.
So remember that thing I just posted about my pretty new resdesign? Apparently, while I was writing that post, Bluehost went down (at least that’s according to Twitter). Which means Tumblr can’t find my stylesheets on my server, which means you can’t see my pretty new redesign.
Ugh.
Internet Gods, what have I done to offend you???
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Welcome to the new ianhillmedia.com!
Greetings from ianhillmedia.com v 3.0. After at least a year of noodling around with different designs, I finally committed myself to a full redesign while I’ve been home on my Christmas vacation the past few days. To better understand the changes I’ve made, check out this screenshot of ianhillmedia v 2.0:
The most significant design change you’ll note is the shift from the...
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Facebook Timeline: Our Social Media Dude Breaks It... →
In which Jon Brooks describes me as a talented guy who knows things that can horrify people. Best. Compliment. Ever.
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Download: 11 tracks by NPR's best new artists of... →
If only it was on Spotify as well…
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25 People Who Thought Lil Kim Died, via BuzzFeed →
Hilarious.
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OMG, It's Timeline! (A Coverage Wrap-up)
Facebook Timeline Rolls Out For Everyone (Mashable)
No Timeline for Brands Yet (Mashable) How Do You Feel About Facebook Timeline? (Mashable)
Facebook’s New Design Brings Back User’s Past (New York Times)
Facebook Timeline Goes Live, Gives Users Seven-Day Grace Period (ZDNet)
Facebook Rolls Out Timeline Feature Worldwide, It’s Time to Untag Some Old Photos (Engadget)
Ready...
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An augmented book club, Fear Factor dominates and...
Turning social data into real-life connections (Mashable)
12 reasons the Argo project will sail on (Nieman Journalism Lab)
ProPublica goes responsive to better serve mobile readers (Nieman Journalism Lab)
HuffPo launches a book club around augmented reading (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Fear Factor dominates social TV chatter (Lost Remote)
8 trends that shaped the mobile industry in 2011...
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Facebook and sharing, collaborative journalism and...
Facebook makes up 52% of sharing on the web (Ad Age)
A style guide for collaborative journalism (Online Journalism Blog)
Twitvid launches social video network (Lost Remote)
How an Integrated Marketing Campaign Boosted IKEA’s Sales Over 7% (Mashable)
HootSuite Adds Constant Contact, Summify and Formulists to Social Media Management System (MarketWatch)
Four shows on PBS are faves among most...
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New G+ for iOs, StumbleUpon redesigned and an hour...
Top Twitter trends of 2011
How to transform news leadership in a digital age
WHYY and KPCC new journalism partners with NBC
NPR’s new CEO turning into Wayne Gretzky of social media
StumbleUpon launches major redesign
Shazam for TV launches first movie campaign
How independent businesses are building their online presence
Social media ROI hypocrisy
Alicia Keys: why I turned...
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YouTube's redesign, connected TV marketing and...
YouTube gets its biggest makeover ever
New YouTube is more social, more like TV
10 liveblogging tips
Teaching liveblogging
From global to localore
PBS SoCal to challenge KCET
NPR and Minnesota Public Radio win EPPY awards for websites
3 ways social media affects brands
Pulitzers go digital
Connected TV Marketing Association launches
Social media tracking platform awe.sm closes...